Participation in Scientific Conferences, and Lectures:

2005. Society of Economic Dynamics, Annual Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, “The Mystery of Monogamy,” lecture.

2005. Hebrew University, Departmental seminar, Economics department, “The Effect of Parents' Longevity and Socio-Economic Variables on Offspring’s' Life Expectancy,” lecture.

2004. NBER Summer institute, 2004, U.S., “The Mystery of Monogamy,” lecture.

2004. Conference on ‘Economic Growth and Distribution’, Lucca, Italy, 2004, “Corruption and Openness,” lecture.

Published Articles:

Gould Eric, Avi Simhon and Bruce Weinberg. “ Does Parental Quality Matter? Evidence on the Transmission of Human Capital Using Variation in Parental Influence from Death, Divorce, and Family Size .” forthcoming  Journal of Labor Economics,.

Fishman, Arthur & Finkelstein, Israel & Simhon, Avi & Yacouel, Nira, "Collective brands," International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2018, 59(C), pages 316-339.

Higher Education:

B.Sc., Mathematics and Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1984.

M.A., Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1986.

Ph.D., Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 1992.

Post-doctoral fellowship at Hebrew University, Dept. Of Economics, 1992-1994.

Academic Appointments

2003 – currently Senior Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management.

Macroeconomics, Technological changes, Growth and development economics, Natural resource and water economics.