ISRAEL FINKELSHTAIN
Last updated: August, 2006
CURRICULUM
VITAE
Home
address: Myasday Yarkona 36, Yarkona, 45915, Israel.
Phone
(home): 09 7405222. Phone (office):
08-9489255. Phone (cell):
0524-282611.
Fax
(home): 09-7459089. Fax (office):
09-9466267. E-mail:
finkelsh@agri.huji.ac.il.
Personal
Details
Year of Birth: 1959
Place of Birth: Kfar-Saba, Israel
Identity Number: 055610471
Marital Status: Married+2
Nationality:
Israeli
Military Service:
IDF, 1977-1980.
Higher
Education
B.S Agr.
, Magna Cum laude, Agricultural Economics and Management, The Hebrew
University
of Jerusalem, 1983 (Dean's list).
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M.Sc.
Suma Cum laude , Agricultural Economics and Management, The Hebrew
University
of Jerusalem, 1985 (Gal Distinguished Student Fellowship).
Ph.D.,
Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California,
Berkeley,
Supervisor: James A. Chalfant, 1990 (University of California
Fellowship).
Post-doctoral
Kinamon Fellowship, at University of California,
Berkeley
1990-1991.
Post-doctoral
Hirshlimer Fellowship,
at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1991-1992.
Academic
Appointments
1983–1985
Teaching and Research Assistant, Department
of Agricultural Economics and
Management, Hebrew University.
1985–1989
Dept. Ag. Res. Econ. California University,
Berkeley:
Teaching Assistant "Advanced
Econometric" (Graduate level), Research Assistant: "On the Behavior
of Agricultural Households Under Risk".
1992–1997
Lecturer,
Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University.
1997–2005
Present
Senior Lecturer, Department of
Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University.
1998-2000
Head of teaching track, Agricultural
Economics and Management in Agriculture, Member of the Hotel Management
Curriculum Committee, Head of the Steering Committee of the
Agricultural
Marketing Program, Member of the Ag. Econ. Dept. Recruitment and
Promotion
committees, Hebrew University.
2001-2002
Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Tel-hai College, Israel.
2005-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and
Management, Hebrew University.
2005-present
Director of Research, the Center for Agricultural Economic Research,
member of
the financial committee, Hebrew University.
Public
Activities
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1996-7
Member of a Public committee for the
Development of the Rural Community for the Next Century.
Nominated by the Israeli Agricultural
Minister.
1997- 2005 Member and
Chair of the Economic and Marketing Steering Committee, the Israeli
Chief
Scientist of the Agricultural Ministry.
2000 Chair
of a special Advisory Committee,
nominated by the Israeli Chief Scientist of the Agricultural Ministry
to design
and implement an economic review process for research proposals in
Agriculture.
1998-2002 Chair of the
Executive Committee of “Moshav Yarkona” an Agricultural Settlement.
2002 Co-Organizer of
"the Economics of Water and Agriculture" an international Workshop in
the Honor of Professor Yoav, Kislev, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2006 Organizer of
"the Economics of Agricultural Trade" an international workshop, the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Membership
in Professional Societies (various years):
American
Agricultural Economics Association.
Israel Economic Association.
European
Association of Agricultural Economics
Academic
Awards:
1992 Outstanding Journal
Article (best journal article of the year): American Association of
Agricultural Economics.
1992 Outstanding
Published Research in Agricultural Economics: Western Agricultural
Economic
Association.
1996, 1997 Dean’s
Appreciation Letters for Outstanding Teaching: Price Theory II and
Fundamentals
of Statistics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Funded
Research Projects:
Close
to a million $ in extramural funding.
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<>1991-2:
Chief Scientist of the Agricultural Ministry “Economic Evaluation of
Agricultural
Research Proposals.” I. Finkelshtain I and Z. Bar-Shira, $70,000.
1992:
Chief Scientist of the Agricultural
Ministry, “The Structure of Israeli Meat Demand.” I.
Finkelshtain, $10,000.
1993-6: BARD
foundation, ”Organization of
Agricultural Marketing,” I. Finkelshtain, S. Buccola and Z. Bar-Shira
Z, $200,000.
1995-6:
Chief Scientist of Agricultural
Ministry, “Incentive Structure in Public R&D.” , I. Finkelshtain,
$15,000.
1995-6:
Israeli Citrus Marketing Board, “Organization of Israeli Citrus
Export.”, I. Finkelshtain and Y. Plessner,
$25,000.
1996-7: R&D
Authority the Hebrew University, “Incentive
Structure in Public R&D.” I.
Finkelshtain, $12,000.
1998-9: Fruit
and Vegetable Production and Marketing
Boards., “International Comparison of Agricultural Support Policies,” I. Finkelshtain,
$25,000.
1998-9: Chief
Scientist of Agricultural Ministry,
“Efficiency and Equity in Irrigation Regulation,” Z. Bar-Shira and I. Finkelshtain,
$16,000.
2000-2002:
Center for the Research of Land Policy, JNF, “Land Auctions in Israel,” I. Finkelshtain and Y. Tsur
$15,000.
2001-2002:
Center for Research in Agricultural Economics, “Land Auctions in Israel,” I. Finkelshtain
$5,000.
2002:
Israeli Tourism Ministry, “Virtual Tourism
Services.”, A. Fleischer and I Finkelshtain,
$5,000.
2001-2003:
Maurice Falk Institute for Economic
Research in Israel, "Estimating Agricultural Water Demand under Block
Rate
Pricing", Z. Bar-Shira, I. Finkelshtain and A. Simhon, $20,000.
2001-2003:
Chief
Scientist and Planning Authority, Agricultural Ministry,
"Economic
Organization of Rural Municipalities", I. Finkelshtain,
$35,000.
2002-2004:
Sapir Research Fund, "Economic
Organization of Rural Municipalities", I. Finkelshtain, and E. Feinerman $35,000.
2002:
the Center for Agricultural Economic
Research, "Economic Organization of Rural Municipalities", I. Finkelshtain,
$2,500.
2003:
Israel Citrus
Marketing Board, "Israeli Market for Fresh Citrus," I. Fineklshtain,
$5,000.
2003-2004:
Chief Scientist of Agricultural
Ministry, "Anti-trust Regulations in Israel Agriculture",
I. Finkelshtain and Y. Kachel,
$10,000.
2003-2004:
Hebrew University, "Comparing
Total Factor Productivity Across Countries", Z. Bar-Shira, I. Finkeshtain,
and A. Simhon, $5,000.
2003-2004
Chief Scientist of Agricultural
Ministry, "Organization of
Agricultural Export," I. Finkelshtain $9,000.
2004-6: BARD,
"The Economics of Contracting in
U.S and Israel Agricultures",
I. Finkelshtain and Tigran
Malqovian. $245,000.
2005-6: Niedersachsen, Germany "Deregulation
of Agricultural Trade in
Israel and its Influence on Agricultural Product Trade with the
European
Union" I. Finkelshtain, Y. Kachel, with Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel and
Harald Grethe. $190,000.
2006-7:
Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry
of Agriculture , "Marketing Margins in Israeli Agriculture," I. Finkelshtain $16,000.
2006-7: the Center for Agricultural Economic
Research, "An Econometric Study of Marketing Margins in Israeli
Agriculture," I. Finkelshtain $6,000.
Supervision
of Graduate Students
Master’s
degree students:
1.
1991-2 Taniv Rophe: "Structural
Changes in the Demand for
Israeli Meat", degree completed, Magna Cum laude.
2.
1993-4
Anat Manes: "Incentives In
Public Agricultural Research", ", degree completed, Magna Cum laude.
3.
1996-7 Yoval Hochberg: “An Economic
Analysis of the Israeli Processed Tomato Industry", Co-Supervisor: Yoav
Kislev,
degree completed, Magna Cum
laude.
4.
1996-7 Arza Ovadia: “Income tax in the
Israeli Agricultural Sector.”
5.
1998-9 Marina Penaliss: “Nonparametric
Analysis of Agricultural Households.” degree completed, Summa Cum laude.
6.
1997-9
Assaf Perez: “Prices vs. Quotas in Regulating The Israeli Water
Economy.
” degree completed, Magna Cum laude.
7.
1998-9 Bosmat Naginess: “Econometric Analysis of Israeli Cut Flowers
Sales in
Dutch Auctions.” Co-Supervisor: Hillery Voet,
degree completed, Summa Cum laude.
8.
1998-9 Yizhak Malcka:
“Inter-Departmental Pricing in Israeli Hospitals.”
9.
1998-9 Samuel Zilberstein :
“Concentration Measurement in the Israeli Motorcycle Industry.” degree
completed,
Magna Cum laude.
10.
1998-1991 Nir Trup : "Economic
Analysis of Israeli Avocado Export to Europe", degree
completed, Magna Cum laude.
11.
1999-2000 Alon Hameery: “Repeated
Games and Oligopoly Behavior—a
Comparative Literature Review.” degree completed,
Magna Cum laude.
12.
1999-2000 Sharon Eshckol: “Urban Land Auctions: The Case of the Israeli Land
Administration.”
13.
2000-2001 Avi Kastro: “International Trade in
the Middle East."
14.
2001-2003 Shy Polack: “Agricultural Support
Policies: an International Perspective.” degree completed, Summa Cum
laude.
15.
2002-2005 Gilad Sahar, “Parametric Analysis
of Citrus Demand in the Israeli Market.” .
16.
2002-2005 Yulia Farid, "Hedonic Analysis
of Israeli Wines." To be completed this semester.
17.
2001-present Ron Nakar: “Nonparametric
Analysis of Citrus Demand in the Israeli Market.”
18.
2002-present Sharabi Avital, "Econometrics of Block-Rate Pricing in
Agricultural
Irrigation."
19.
2005-present Attel Shteren, "Strategic
Choice of Agricultural Export
Contracts".
20.
2005-present
Batchen Cabara, "Real estate Auction".
21.
2006- present
Adam Dvir “Reforms in the Organization of Israeli Agricultural
Export”.
22.
Aana Chuldva, "An
Econometric Study of
Marketing Margins in Israeli Agriculture."
Doctoral
degree students:
1997-2000 Iddo
Kan: “Siting
Noxious Facilities: Economic, Environmental and Political
Considerations.”
1996-2005
Yael Kachel: “Structure and Performance in
the Israeli Citrus Industry,” won the 2006 Ran Mosenzon’s Prize
for the
best
dissertation in the area of Israel Economy.
1999-2006 Anat
Manes-Tchetchik: “The Economics of Rural
Tourism in Israel," awarded
the Horoviz fellowship.
2000-
2006 Mordehai Delgo: Organization of
Rural Municipalities in Israel.”
2001-
present Taniv Rophe: “Economic Analysis
of Land Auction in Israel,” awarded a
rector fellowship, proposal approved in 2003.
Post-doctoral
Fellows:
1.
Nira Yakuel, year of commencement-2004. Project title: "Contracting in U.S and
Israeli Agricultures".
2. Yael Kachel, year of
commencement-2004. Project
title: "Deregulation of
Agricultural Trade in Israel and its
Influence
on Agricultural Product Trade with the European Union."
3.
Anat Manes-Tchetchik, year
of commencement-2006. Project title: "The
Economics of Rural
Municipalities.”
Courses Taught:
"Introduction to
Micro Economics" (Bachelor's)
Introduction to Macro
Economics" (Bachelor's)
"Fundamentals of
Statistics" (Bachelor's)
"Price Theory
B" (Bachelor's)
"Micro Economics
II—Producer Theory" (Bachelor's)
"Micro Economics
III—Welfare Theory" (Bachelor's)
"Introduction to
Industrial Organization" (Bachelor's)
"The Economics of
Israeli Agriculture" (Bachelor's)
"Industrial
Organization" (Graduate).
"Public
Economics" (Graduate).
"Students
Seminar" (Graduate).
"Departmental
Seminar" (Graduate).
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