CV
Education
1968/69 - 1972
M.I.T.
Economics
Ph.D.
Fall 1972
1964/65 - 1967
Hebrew University
Economics with a minor in Business Administration
M.A.
Fall 1967
1960/61 - 1963
Hebrew University
Economics and Statistics
B.A.
Fall 1963
Academic Positions (since the early eighties)
October - November 2015
Swiss National Bank
Visiting Research Fellow
October 2010 - September 2019
Interdisciplinary Center, Herzeliya
Professor of Economics
Spring 2009
University of Munich
Visiting Professor
Spring 2008
University of Bonn
Visiting Professor
Fall 2007
European Central Bank
Visiting Research Fellow
Since Fall 2006
Tel-Aviv University
Professor Emeritus
Academic Year 2005/06
Department of Economics, Princeton University
Visiting Professor
Springs 2001 & 2002
Department of Economics, Stanford University
Visiting Professor
1984 - Fall 2006
Berglas School of Economics,
Tel Aviv University
Professor of Economics
Spring 1995
University of Chicago-CSES
Visiting Professor
1994 - 2003
CentER, Tilburg University
Senior Research Fellow
Summers 1990 - 1992
World Bank
Visiting Research Fellow
Academic Year 1989/90
Department of Economics,
Princeton University
Visiting Professor
Summer 1989
Free University of Berlin
Visiting Professor
1986 - June 88
Department of Economics
Tel Aviv University
Chairman
Summer 1985
Research Dep., Federal Reserve Bank of St-Louis
Visiting Research Fellow
1983 - 85
GSIA Carnegie-Mellon University
Visiting Professor
Teaching by Decreasing Order of Personal Preference
The Global Financial Crisis – Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses
Economics and Politics of Central Banking and Strategic Aspects of Monetary Policy,
The International Monetary System
Macroeconomics (with particular emphasis on endogenous policymaking)
Political Economy, Inflation
Other Professional Activities
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Member - Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Israel, October 2011 - September 2015
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President - Israeli Economic Association: December 1995-December 1997.
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Member - Commission on Reform of the Law of the Bank of Israel, 1998.
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Research Fellow , Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
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Associate Editor - European Journal of Political Economy, 1991-February 2000.
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Board of Editors of Economic Inquiry; 1985-1996.
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Associate Editor - European Economic Review, 1986-1987.
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Member of the Organizing Committee for the World Congress of the Econometric Society - Summer 1985.
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Consultant - Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG II) of the Commission of the
European Communities, 1982-83. -
Editor, Economic Quarterly (in Hebrew).
Honors
Since 2009 ranked within Top 1 percent of authors Worldwide by the RePec (Research papers in Economics) authors service (the ranking is in terms of a weighted impact index of worldwide scientific economic publications).
Listed in: Who is Who in Economics - A Biographical Dictionary of Major Economists 1700 - 1986, MIT Press and Wheatsheaf Books 1986. Who's Who in Economics, 2003, Fourth Edition, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA.
Prize: The 1993 Yavor prize for best paper on Development Issues. (The prize was awarded anually by the Horowitz Institute for Research on Developing Countries at Tel Aviv University).
Teaching: Student rated best Ph.D. course” in the 1995 Network of countrywide Ph.D. courses, Utrecht, The Netherlands for the course; “Central Bank Stategy, Credibility and Independence”, (out of 19 courses).
Mention for excellence in teaching - Interdisciplinary Center, 2015/2016.