Academic Degrees:
1961 - B.Sc.    Agriculture, The Hebrew University.
1963 - M.Sc.,    Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew University
1965 - Ph.D.    Iowa State University.

EMPLOYMENT
a. Academic
2005    Instructor, National Defense College.
2003 -    Emeritus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2000 - 2003    Chair, Department of Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1999 - 2000    Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, American University, Washington, D.C.
1997 - 2003    Associate professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1973 - 1996    Senior Lecturer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1992 - 1993    Visiting Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, American University, Washington, D.C.
1987 - 1988    Visiting Professor, Dept. of Economics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1985 - 1986    Joseph and Esther Foster Visiting Professor, Dept. of Economics, Brandeis University, Boston, MA
1977 - 1978    Research Consultant, Development Research Center, The World Bank
1971 - 1973    Visiting Lecturer, Dept. of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadellphia, PA
1967 - 1973    Lecturer, The Hebrw University of Jerusalem    
1963 - 1966    Research Associate, Dept. of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1962 - 1963    Research Assistant, Dept. of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1961 - 1962    Research Assistant, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

b. Non-academic
1982 - 1985    Deputy Governon, Bank of Israel.
1981 - 1983 -    Economic Advisor to the Minister of Finance of Israel.
Part-time Employment
a. Academic
Winter, 1994    Visiting Professor, New Economic School, Moscow, Russia
Summer, 1993    Visiting Scholar, Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Summer, 1990    Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Summer, 1986    Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Summer, 1980    Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Summer, 1975    Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1966 - 1969    Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics, Tel-Aviv University
Summer, 1965    Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Missouri at Columbia.

b. Non-academic
2010    Member, Board of Directors, The Corporation for the Development of Rehovot.
2009    Prepared a survey of Israel's Water Economy for the Commission of Inquiry on Israel's Water Economy
2006-present    Consultant with Sadan-Lowental, Inc..
8/06-2/07    Chair, Committee on the Evaluation of Financial Assets of Holocaust Victims, appointed by the Minister of Justice (statutory).
9/97-2/99    Member, Commission on National Defense Spending, appointed by Director General of the Ministry of defense.
Spring 1997    Appointed by Israel's Ministry of Agriculture to Recommend Changes in the Institutional Setup of Israel's Avocado Exports
10/94-10/97    Chief lecturer and tutor, Koret Project for Policy Interns (a program of consultants to members of the Knesset, the Israeli legislature).
1991 - 2003    Consultant with the Economic Adviser Department of the Ministry of Defense of Israel
1990    Member of the Commission for the Implementation of Justice Netanyahu Reform Recommendations for Israel's Health System
1980    Appointed by a subcommittee of the Israeli Legislature to submit a plan for the reorganization of Israel's flower export system
1979 - 1981    Consulted with Israel's Ministry of Defense on the construction of two military airfields in connection with the Camp David Peace Agreement
Winter, 1977    Consultant with the World Bank on a study of subsidies in Mexico
Fall, 1974    Participated in the planning of, and teaching in a course for senior agricultural ministry officials in Iran
Spring, 1970    Prepared a feasibility study on a citrus plantation project in Madagascar, for the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Israel
Spring, 1969    Consulted with Tahal Co. in connection with its development project in Quasvin, Iran.
Additional Occupation
1982 - 1985    1. Member, Securities Authority, State of Israel.
2. Member, Board of Directors, Israel Chemicals
Teaching Experience
Micro and macroeconomics at the introductory, intermediate and advanced levels; economics of uncertainty; mathematical programming; theory of investment; money and banking; operations research; econometrics at the introductory level; the economy of Israel.
Honors
1965    Member, Gamma Sigma Delta
1974    The Biannual Oded Levine Prize awarded by the Opaerations Research Society of Israel
1998    Koret Foundation First Prize for best paper on Israel's economy.
Journalistic Activities
Published articles in all of Israel's major newspapers; wrote regularly for Globes, Israel's leading business paper. Had weekly talk spots on both of Israel's public radio networks.

List of Publications

Ph.D. Dissertation

Quadratic Programming Competitive Equilibrium Solutions for the U.S. Argicultural Sector, Ames, Iowa State University, II + 101pp.

Books, Monographs and Papers in Books - English

1. (1994) The Political Economy of Israel: From Ideology to Stagnation, Albany, State University of New York Press, 328+xii pp.
2. (1976) The Marketing of Israel's Citrus Fruit in Major European Markets, Rehovot, The Center for AgriculturaEconomics Research, x + 70 pp. (with E. Hochman and M.G. Kohn).
3. (1988) "Israel's Monetary Policy", in A. Rabushka and S. Hanke, eds., Toward Growth: A Blueprint for Economic Rebirth in Israel, Jerusalem, The Center for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, pp. 71-81.
4. (1990) "Israel's Economy in the Post-Begin Era", in G. Mahler, ed., Israel After Begin, Albany, State University of New York Press, pp. 291-306.
5. (1991) Post-Stabilization Monetary Policy in Israel (1985-1990), Research Paper No. 5, Jerusalem, Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, 40pp.
6. (1992) Monetary Policy in Israel in 1991, Research Paper No. 12, Jerusalem, Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, 20 pp.
7. (1993) Monetary Policy in Israel in 1992, Research Paper No. 15, Jerusalem, Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, 16 pp.
8. (1994) Monetary Policy in Israel in 1993, Research Paper No. 19, Jerusalem, Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, 16 pp.
9. Inter-Enterprise Debt and the Russian Coal Industry, Report Submitted to the World Bank, 94 pp. + appendices (with Michael Bernstam and Thomas MaCurdy).
10. (1995) Monetary Policy in Israel in 1994, Research Paper No. 23, Jerusalem, Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, 17pp.
11. (2005) "Economists, Government, and Economic Policymaking in Israel: from 'Crawling Peg' to 'Cold Turkey", in Steven G. Medema and Peter Boettke, eds., The Role of Government in the History of Economics Thought, Durham and London, Duke University Press, pp. 292-313 (with Warren Young).

Books, Monographs and Papers in Books - Hebrew

1. (1976) "הביקוש לכסף", עיונים בכלכלה , (נדב הלוי ויעקב קופ עורכים), עמ" 214-21.
2. (1990) "שנים מן היסודות ההיסטוריים לקשיי החקלאות: הבעלות על הקרקע וכיבוש העבודה", בטכנולוגיה, קואופרציה, צמיחה ומדיניות (יואב כסלו עורך), ירושלים, מגנס, עמ' 233-52.
3. (2007) בחינה ביקורתית של דו"ח הוועדה לבחינת תקציב הביטחון, המרכז הירושלמי לענייני ציבור ומדינה.

Articles - English

1. (1965) "Competitive Equilibrium - Application of Mathematical Programming", Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 13, 65-79 (with D.Yaron and E.O. Heady).
2. (1965) "Competitive Equilibrium Solution with Quadratic Programming", Metroeconomica 17, 117-30 (with E.O. Heady).
3. (1967) "Activity Analysis, Quadratic Programming and General Equilibrium", International Economic Review 8, 168-79.
4. (1968) "A Programming Model for Optimal Patterns of Investment, Production and Consumption Over Time", Israel Journal of Technology, 6, 333-40 (with Y. Kislev).
5. (1968) "Quadratic Programming Solution of Competitive Equilibrium for U.S. Agriculture", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 50, 536-55; Reply, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 51, 483-4 (1969) (with H.H. Hall and E.O. Heady).
6. (1968) "On the Allocation of Resources in a University Department", Metroeconomica 20, 256-71 (with K.A. Fox and B.C. Sanyal).
7. (1971) "Computing Equilibrium Solutions for Imperfectly Competitive Markets", American Journal of Agricultural Economics 53, 191-96.
8. (1973) "An ApLinear Programming Model of Intertemporal Equilibrium", Metroeconomica 25, 66-80 (with Y. Kislev).
9. (1973) "An Applicable Model of Optimal Marketing Policy", Operations Research, 21, 401-12 (with M.G. Kohn).
10. (1980) "The Precautionary Demand for Money: A Rigorous Foundation", Journal of Monetary Economics, 6, 419-32 (with J.D. Reid).
11. (1983) "Unemployment and Wage Rigidity: The Demand Side", Oxford Economic Papers 35, 202-12 (with S. Yitzhaki).
12. (1986) "Inflation, the Level of Investment and Interest Rates", European Economic Review 30, 1169-87 (with H. Shalit).
13. (1989) "Israel's War Against Capitalism", Journal of Economic Growth 3, No. 3, 49-57.
14. (1994) "The Cost of Inflation: Israel's Example", Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 8 No. 2, Spring, 204-207.
15. (1997) "The Economics of Irrigation with Saline Water: A Dynamic Analysis", Natural Resource Modeling 9, 255-276(with Eli Feinerman).
16. (2001) "Recycled Effluent: Should the Polluter Pay?", American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83, 958-71 (with Eli Feinerman and Dafna DiSegni).
17. (2007) "Is It the Economy Stupid?", Israel Affairs 13, No. 2, 493-500).
18. (2008) "Tax Efficiency and Quality/Quantity Tradeoffs in Defense Procurement", Defense and Peace Economics 19, 21-26 (with Jonathan Lipow).

Articles - Hebrew

1. 1. (1981) "האינפלציה ושער החליפין: הסתכלות מוניטרית", רבעון לכלכלה 109, 137-55 (עם יואב כסלו)
   2. (1981) "סקירה ארוכת-טווח ובעיות ותכניות קצרות-טווח, רבעון לכלכלה 114 עמ' 238-45.
   3. (1983) "הרקע העיוני והמעשי למדיניות הכלכלית ומטרותיה", רבעון לכלכלה 118, עמ' 741-57.
   4. (1984) "דולריזציה בדרך לייצוב המטבע--תאוריה ויישום" רבעון לכלכלה 120, עמ' 22-32.
   5. (1986) "הדולריזציה: רקע ותכנית" הרבעון הישראלי למיסים 57, עמ' 11-22 (מאמר מוזמן).
   6. (1992) "מדיניות מוניטרית בישראל מייצוב המשק עד 1990" רבעון לכלכלה 151, עמ' 609-35 (מאמר מוזמן).
   7. (1997) "קרקעות חקלאיות בישראל ומה שביניהן--סיפור של כשלון מערכתי?" רבעון לכלכלה חוברת 2/97, עמ' 213-240 (עם פנחס זוסמן)
   8. (1998) "האם כדאי לחסוך במים בחקלאות" מים והשקיה 384, עמ' 5-12

Book reviews - English

1. (1996) Local Communities and the Israeli Polity, ed. Efraim Ben-Zadok, State University of New York Press, Ethnic and Racial Studies vol 19, No. 3, 770-71
2. (2003) The Global Political Economy of Israel by Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler, The Middle East Journal 57 No. 2, 331-32.

Books Reviews - Hebrew

1. (1984) "קטן זה יפה? על א.פ.שומכר, קטן זה יפה, ירושלים, אדם (תרגום מאנגלית: אורה גרינגרד),", רבעון לכלכלה 123, עמ' 483-84.
2. (1992) "מה בין המערכת הכלכלית לפיסיקאלית", על א. תמרי, אקומטריה, ירושלים, אקומטריה 1991, רבעון לכלכלה 152, עמ' 136-37.
3. (1997) "בנק הפועלים: בין אידאולוגיה לפרקטיקה", על נחום גרוס ויצחק גרינברג, בנק הפועלים, חמישים השנים הראשונות 1921-1971, רבעון לכלכלה נובמבר, 460-67.
4. (2003) "יעקב ליפשיץ: כלכלת ביטחון - התיאוריה הכללית והמקרה הישראלי", רבעון לכלכלה (מרץ), 194-203.