1

Guy Ben-Ishai, "Post-Privatization Efficiency Increases in Israeli Government Firms"

(supervisor: David Levhari)

January 1996

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2

Larry Leibovich, "The TV License Fee in Israel: A Cost-Benefit Analysis"

(supervisor: Shlomo Yitzhaki)

February 1996

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3

Regina Wittenberg, "Motor Car and Petrol Taxation Policy in Israel: Analysis and

Proposal for a Tax Reform" (supervisor: Yoram Gabay)

April 1996

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4

Vadim Marmer, "The Effect of a Minimum Wage on Wage Distribution, Family Income and Poverty Rates" (supervisor: Joshua Angrist)

August 1996

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5

Hanit Atiyas and Kobi Nimkovski, "An Examination of Mutual Funds in Israel, 1991-1995" (supervisor: Michael Beenstock)

July 1996

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6

Arie Beresteanu, "Non-Parametric Regression and its Application to Analyzing Income

Functions in Israel for Salaried and Self-Employed Workers"

(supervisor: Michael Beenstock)

July 1997

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7

Ramy Wahbeh-Joseph, "The Proposed Reform in the Banking System: Is it Really

Advisable?" (supervisor: Yoram Gabay)

July 1997

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8

Ephi Sandrow and Daniel Cohen, "Substitution Between Diesel and Petrol Engines in

Private Automobiles: Effects on the Israeli Economy" (supervisor: Shlomo Yitzhaki)

November 1997

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9

Bruce Rapoport, "The Effect of Dual Listing on the New York Stock Exchange on Stocks'  Returns on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange" (supervisor: Yishay Jaffe)

January 1998

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10

Hila Zach, "Taxing Profits on the Stock Exchange: Theory and Practice"

(supervisor: Yoram Gabay)

January 1998

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11

Assaf Segal and Micha Mandel, "Factors Affecting CEO Salaries in Israeli Industrial Firms" (supervisors: Yishai Jaffe and Asher Blass)

March 1998

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12

Victoria Lachtman, "The Development of Comparative Advantage in Selected Israeli

Sectors, 1985-1994" (supervisor: Nathan Sussman)

July 1998

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13

Roy Stein, "Deriving Expectations of Devaluation Using Call Options on the

Forward Rate" (supervisor: Avi Ben-Bassat)

March 1999

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14

Liat Sack, "The Effect of Belonging to a Conglomerate in Israel on a Firm's

Profitability, Growth and Risk" (supervisor: Yishai Yaffe)

September 1999

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15

Effi Benmelech, "A Microstructure Approach to the Israeli Foreign Exchange Market"

(supervisor : Eugene Kandel)

May 2000

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16

Muhammad Asali and Ehud Bar-Selaa', "The construction industry in Israel,

Growth and evolution (1970-1997)" (supervisor: Joseph Zeira)

July 2000

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17

Vadim Marmer and Vadim Novofastovskiy, "The Relation between a Couple's Supplies of  Work in a Family - Nature Test Approach" (supervisor: Shlomo Yitzhaki)

July 2000

18

Vadim Marmer, "The Relationship between Family Size, Labor Supply and Labor

Income in Israel" (Supervisor: Shlomo Yitzhaki)

September 2000

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19

Renat Lokomet, "Venture Capital Funds and their Contribution to the Evolution of the Israeli High-Tech Industry" (Supervisor: Yishai Jaffe)

March 2001

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20

Gal Sperber, "Analysis of Investment Agreements of the Venture Capital Industry in

Israel, in view of Economic Principal Agent Theories" (Supervisor: Yishai Jaffe)

November 2001

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Paper

21

Yossi Rabanian and Eran Shwartsberg, "The Opening of Football Players Market

in Israel to International  Trade between the Years 1988-1996"

(Supervisor: Nathan Sussman)

May 2002

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22

Oren Rigbi and Itamar Altalef, "Technical Impacts in Inequality Indices"

(supervisor: Shlomo Yitzhaki)

January 2003

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23

Aryeh Bassov and Ariel Marks,  "Manipulations  of MAOF Stock Index on Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange" (Supervisor: Eugene Kandel)

February 2003

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24

Maia Kampeas and Achinoam Levy,  "Welfare or “Leisure – Fare”?The Welfare
Law in Israel and its Impact on the Labor Market" ((supervisor: Yoram Gabay)

September 2003

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25

Eyal Argov, "The Role of Bank Capital Constraints in the Transmission of Monetary Policy" (supervisor: Joseph Zeira)

May 2005

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26

Dorit Sasson, "Are Grinberg and Bernstein More Employable than Buzaglo and Abuksis? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination by Origin and Gender"

(supervisor: Victor Lavy)

September 2006

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27

Shlomi Yishai and Tal Harel, "Could a Transfer to a Differential VAT System Reduce Inequality in Income? Differential Value Added Tax Model"    October 2007 (supervisor: Yoram Gabai)

October 2007

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28

Ophir Barenholz, "The Reform in the Employment Model of Foreign Workers in the Construction Industry in Israel", (supervisor: Yoram Gabbay)

May 2008

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29

Sami H. Miaari, "Public-Private Wage Differential in the West Bank and Gaza Before and During the Second Intifada", (advisor: Eytan Sheshinski)

July 2008

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 Ofer Dror and Dror Walter, "Two Jews, Three Languages -- The Revival of the Hebrew Language: An Economic Perspective    (advisor: Nathan Sussman)

December 2008   

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