The Falk Digest presents short descriptions of the research projects funded by the Falk Institute.
Conflict and the Persistence of Ethnic Bias - Moses Shayo and Asaf Zussman
How to Share it Out: The Value of Information in Teams - Alex Gershkov, Jianpei Li and Paul Schweinzer
The Transition from Dollar to Shekel in the Israeli Real Estate Market - Dror Goldberg and Saggi Katz
The Accident Externality of Driving: Evidence from Observance of the Jewish Sabbath in Israel - Issi Romem and Ity Shurtz
Digest No. 16 - September 2014
Does Quality Time Produce Quality Children? Evidence on the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital using Parental Death - Eric D. Gould and Avi Simhon
Business Groups in the United States: A Revised History of Corporate Ownership, Pyramids and Regulation, 1930-1950 - Eugene Kandel, Konstantin Kosenko, Randall Morck and Yishay Yafeh
Hedonic Pricing when Housing is Endogenous: The Value of Access to the Trans-Israel Highway - Michael Beenstock, Dan Feldman and Daniel Felsenstein
Optimal Voting Rules - Alex Gershkov, Benny Moldovanu and Xianwen Shi
How Homeowners Choose between Fixed and Adjustable Rate Mortgages? - Yevgeny Mugerman, Moran Ofir and Zvi Wiener
Ethnic Conflict and Segregation in the Marketplace: Evidence from Israel - Asaf Zussman
The Impact of Medical Errors on Physician Behavior: Evidence from Malpractice Litigation - Ity Shurtz
Cyclicality of Statutory Tax Rates - Michel Strawczynski
Ethnic Discrimination: Lessons from the Israeli Online Market for Used Cars - Asaf Zussman
The Impact of Employment in Israel on the Palestinian Labor Force - Haggay Etkes
Israeli Treasury Auction Reform - Orly Sade, Roy Stein and Zvi Wiener
The Health Consequences of Air Pollution on Birth Weight: Evidence from China’s Huai River Policy - Yuyu Chen, Avraham Ebenstein,
Michael Greenstone and Hongbin Li
Raising the Financial Costs of Children and Fertility Responses: Evidence from the Kibbutz – Avraham Ebenstein, Moshe Hazan and Avi Simhon
Employment Restrictions and Political Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – Sami Miaari, Asaf Zussman and Noam Zussman
Business Cycles in Israel, 1987-2010: The Facts – Yosi Djivre and Yossi Yakhin
A Two-Pronged Control of Natural Resources: Prices and Quantities with Lobbying – Iddo Kan, Israel Finkelshtain and Yoav Kislev,
Veto Power in Committees: An Experimental Study – John H. Kagel, Hankyoung Sung and Eyal Winter
The Contribution of Vocational High School Studies to Educational Achievement and Success in the Labor Market – Shay Tzur and Noam Zussman
The Effect of Israel's Encouragement of Capital Investments in Industry Law on Product, Employment, and Investment: an Empirical Analysis of Micro Data – Guy Navon and Ronni Frish
Does Terrorism Work? – Eric D. Gould and Esteban F. Klor
Vertical Foreclosure using Exclusive Dealing: The Case of Hamburger Restaurants in Shopping Malls – Itai Ater
Contracts for Providers of Medical Treatments – Alex Gershkov and Motty Perry
Digest No. 11 – August 2009
Information Wins the Race in Explaining Non Take-Up – Momi Dahan and Udi Nisan
Terror and the Costs of Crime – Eric D. Gould and Guy Stecklov
The Dynamics of Inequality among Immigrants – Sarit Cohen-Goldner
Multi-Stage Voting, Sequential Elimination and Condorcet Consistency – Parimal Kanti Bag, Hamid Sabourian and Eyal Winter
This digest contains articles dealing with main issues in the Israeli tax system:
A Forecasting Model for Government Tax Revenues in Israel and an Evaluation of the Forecast Uncertainty – Adi Brender and Guy Navon
Shifting of VAT and purchase tax rates onto consumer prices – Natalie Mironychev, Dmitri Romanov, Merav Oren-Yiftach and Noam Zussman
Taxes, Economic Uncertainty and the Judiciary: Analysis of the Israeli Supreme Court Decisions – David Gliksberg
Are Income and Consumption Taxes Ever Really Equivalent? Evidence from a Real-Effort Experiment with Real Goods – Tomer Blumkin, Bradley J. Ruffle and Yosef Ganun
VAT Revenue Forecasting in Israel – Tatiana Slobodnitsky and Lev Drucker
The Baby Boom and World War II: A Macroeconomic Analysis – Matthias Doepke, Moshe Hazan and Yishay Maoz
Education, Militarism and Civil Wars – Moses Shayo
Social Identity and Preferences over Redistribution – Esteban F. Klor and Moses Shayo
The Inevitability of Price Spikes and Tight Capacity in Competitive Electricity Markets – Irena Milstein and Asher Tishler
Does Raising the Principal'ss Wage Improve the School’s Outcomes? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from an Unusual Program in Israel – Victor Lavy
The Old and the Restless: Inside the Black of Box of Ability Peer Effects in the Israeli Classroom – Victor Lavy, M. Daniele Paserman and Analia Schlosser
Information Wins the Race in Explaining Non Take-Up – Momi Dahan and Udi Nisan
Inequality and the State in Israel: Implications of the Social Services as an Employer – Michael Shalev
The Impact of Terrorism Across Industries: An Empirical Study – Claude Berrebi and Esteban F. Klor
Search and Prices: Evidence form the FSU Immigration to Israel – Saul Lach
Job Search and Hyperbolic Discounting – Daniele Paserman and Stefano Della Vigna
Longevity across Generations – Saul Lach, Yaacov Ritov and Avi Simhon
Regulating Irrigation via Block-Rate Pricing: An Econometric Analysis – Ziv Bar-Shira, Israel Finkelshtain and Avi Simhon
Do Minorities Respond to Discrimination with Intensified Self Effort or with Alienation? Tax Collection in the Arab Local Authorities as a Case Study – Adi Brender
Mass Migration to Israel – Sarit Cohen-Goldner and M. Daniele Paserman
The Origin of Overtaking in the Land Abundance as a Hurdle for Education Reformsand Natives’ Transitions from Employment – Omer Moav and Dietrich Vollarth
Inspection in Markets for Experience Goods – Omer Moav and Zvika Neeman
This Digest presents short descriptions of selected studies written by students of the Department of Economics at the Hebrew University.
The Effect of Parents’ Education and Earnings upon the Education and Earnings of their Children – Michael Beenstock
How Much Does It Cost to Short Sale A Stock Index –- Abraham Lioui and Ron Malka
Incentive Structures for Class Action Lawyers – Alon Klement and Zvika Neeman
Against Compromise: A Mechanism Design Approach – Alon Klement and Zvika Neeman
Digest No. 3 – October 2002
Mobility and Longitudinal Inequality in Earnings: Israel 1983-1995 – Michael Beenstock
Political Pressure and Monetary Accommodation in the Political Business Cycle – Allan Drazen
Contracts, Externalities and Incentives in Shopping Malls – Eric D. Gould, B. Peter Pashigian and Canice Prendergast
Labor Market Experience and in the Gender Gap – Moshe Hazan and Yishay D. Maoz
Technical Progress and Early Retirement – Avner Ahituv and Joseph Zeira
Evaluating the Effect of Teacher’s Performance Incentives on Pupil Achievements – Victor Lavy
R&D, Subsidies and Productivity – Saul Lach and Robert M. Sauer
The Wage Structure in Non-Profit Institutions in Israel – Yoram Gabai and Eldad Brik
Income Maintanence Problemd and Solutions – Dmitri Romanov and Noam Zussman
Job Search and Hyperbolic Discounting – Daniele Paserman and Stefano Della Vigna
Cheap Children and the Persistence of Proverty – Omer Moav
Loss Aversion and Seller Behavior: Evidence from the Housing Market – David Genesove and Christopher Mayer