Avi Weiss

Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Applied Economics, Experimental Economics

Ph.D. in Economics, The University of Chicago, December 1987.
Disseration: "Firm-Specific Physical Capital: An Empirical Analysis of Vertical Mergers."
Chairman: Gary S. Becker (Nobel Laureate in Economics).
Committee members: Dennis W. Carlton, Charles Kahn and George J. Stigler (Nobel Laureate in Economics).

M.A. in Economics, The University of Chicago, December 1981.

B.A. in Accounting and Economics (Double major), Bar-Ilan University, July 1979.

Professional Experience

Academic Experience

Other Professional Experience

Research Center Affiliation

Referee for Journals

Referee for Institutions and Foundations

University of Chicago

Bar-Ilan University

Personal Grants

The Pinhas Sapir Economic Policy Forum, Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University, for "The Structure of Imports and Foreign Trade Liberalization: The Phenomenon of Sole Importerships," co-authored with Elise Brezis, 1993.

Internal grant for the study of Experimental Economics, Bar-Ilan University, 1995.

Internal grant for the study of Endogenous Bureaucracy, Bar-Ilan University, 1997.

Internal grant for the study of Cooperative and Non-Cooperative R&D with Uncertainty and Spillovers, Bar-Ilan University, 1998.

Internal grant for the study of The Optimal Size for a Minority, Bar-Ilan University, 2000.

Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Technion University, for "Cooperative and Non-Cooperative R&D with Uncertainty and Spillovers," 2001.

Internal grant for the study of Immigration Amnesties, Bar-Ilan University, 2001.

Aharon Meir Center for the Research and Study of Banking, Bar-Ilan University, for "Cooling-off Periods and Red-Tape Formation in Central Banking," 2001.

Ushi Friedman Foundation, Rupin Institute, for "Assessing the Level of Altruism Among Kibbutz Members," 2001.

Institutional Grant

Pivotal in founding the Aharon Meir Center for the Research and Study of Banking at Bar-Ilan University, and in raising nearly $1,250,000 for the operation of the Center.

Outstanding Lecturer Award - Awarded on May 23, 1995 by the Student Union Council. Chosen as one of the top five lecturers at Bar-Ilan University.

Koret Prize - second place in paper competition on "How can Israel achieve economic self-sufficiency," 1997-1998, Koret Foundation.

Doctoral Students

Masters Students

Sharon Zaurbach - Price Marking.

"Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Labor-Managed Firms," International conference organized with Yehuda Don and Nava Kahana, Bar-Ilan University, May 25-28, 1992.

"The Israeli Economy - 1995," organized under the auspices of The Azrieli Institute for Research on The Israeli Economy, Bar-Ilan University, February 8, 1995.

Symposium on the Privatization Process in Israel, Bar-Ilan University, February 1, 1996.

European Public Choice Society 1996 Meetings, Advisory Committee, Bar-Ilan University and Tiberias, Israel, March 10-13, 1996.

"The Economics of Judaism and Jewish Observance," Advisory Committee, Bar-Ilan University, December 13-15, 1998.

"Law, Jewish Law and Economics," Advisory Committee, Bar-Ilan University, December 16-17, 1998.

"The Impact of Firing Costs on Wage Differentials ? An Insider?Outsider Approach," co?authored with Jacob Rosenberg, International Workshop on the Economics of Labor Market Discrimination and Segregation, Bar?Ilan University, June 3?4, 1991.

"Political Considerations in Governmental Grants to Municipalities in Israel," co-authored with Shimon Rozevitch and Adi Schnytzer, Israel Economic Association Meetings, December 25-26, 1991.

"Absenteeism: When Effort is (Partially) Observable," co-authored with Nava Kahana, International Conference on Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Labor-Managed Firms, Bar-Ilan University, May 25-28, 1992.

"The Structure of Imports and Foreign Trade Liberalization: The Phenomenon of Sole Importerships," co-authored with Elise Brezis, Israel Economic Association Meetings, December 12-13, 1993.

"Why Illegal Immigration is Illegal, and Why It Exists," co-authored with Arye Hillman, CEPR Workshop on The Political Economy of Illegal Immigration, Halkidiki, Greece, September 14-16, 1995.

"Restrictions on Regulators' Employment - A Public Choice Perspective," co-authored with Elise Brezis, Israel Economic Association Meetings, December 24, 1995.

"Why Illegal Immigration is Permitted," co-authored with Arye Hillman, European Public Choice Society Meetings, Bar-Ilan University and Tiberias, Israel, March 10-13, 1996.

"Restrictions on Regulators' Employment - A Public Choice Perspective," co-authored with Elise Brezis, European Public Choice Society Meetings, Bar-Ilan University and Tiberias, Israel, March 10-13, 1996.

"An Economic Approach to Jewish Law - The Case of Accident Law," co-authored with Jacob Rosenberg, European Association of Law and Economics Conference, Haifa, Israel, August 27-29, 1996.

"Creating Illegal Immigrants," co-authored with Gil Epstein and Arye Hillman, CEPR Workshop on The Political Economy of Illegal Immigration, Athens, Greece, February 14-15, 1997.

"Endogenous Red-Tape: Bureaucracy as Oil on the Hinges of a Revolving Door," co-authored with Elise S. Brezis and Jacob Paroush, European Public Choice Society Meetings, G?teburg, Sweden, April 30 - May 3, 1998.

"Endogenous Red-Tape: Bureaucracy as Oil on the Hinges of a Revolving Door," co-authored with Elise S. Brezis and Jacob Proush, Israel Economic Association Meetings, May 21, 1998.

"The Jubilee as Antitrust Litigation," co-authored with Jacob Rosenberg, The Jubilee and its Economic and Social Implications, Jerusalem, Israel, May 27 - May 29, 1998.

"Inferring Values from Jewish Attitudes Toward Competition," co-authored with Dennis W. Carlton, Law, Jewish Law and Economics, Ramat-Gan, Israel, December 16-17, 1998.

"Endogenous Red-Tape: Bureaucracy as Oil on the Hinges of a Revolving Door," co-authored with Elise S. Brezis and Jacob Proush, Association of Southern European Theorists Meetings, Tel-Aviv, Israel, October 10-11, 1999.

The Optimal Size for a Minority," co-authored with Hillel Rapoport, Social Interactions and Economic Behavior, Paris, France, December 16-18, 1999.

"The Return of Land in the Jubilee: An Economic Model," co-authored with Jacob Rosenberg, International Conference on Biblical Economics, Jerusalem, Israel, June 5-7, 2000.

"The Optimal Size for a Minority," co-authored with Hillel Rapoport, The Economics of Judaism and Jewish Human Capital, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., June 20-22, 2000.

"A Theory of Immigration Amnesties," co-authored with Gil S. Epstein, European Public Choice Society, Paris, France, April 18-21, 2001.

"A Theory of Immigration Amnesties," co-authored with Gil S. Epstein, Israel Economic Association Meetings, May 3, 2001.

"Cooperation and Competition in an R&D Market with Spillovers," co-authored with Damiano Bruno Silipo, Israel Economic Association Meetings, May 8, 2002.

"Coordination and Critical Mass in a Network Market - An Experimental Evaluation," co-authored with Amir Etziony, Economic Science Association Meetings, Boston, Massachusetts, June 27-30, 2002.