Publications

by members of

Monaster Center for Economic Research
Economics Department
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva, Israel

Working papers

2008

1. Aamer Abu-Qarn & Suleiman Abu-Bader, 2008. "On the Dynamics of the Israeli-Arab Arms Race," Working Papers 251, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. Azar, Ofer H., 2007. "The effect of relative thinking on firm strategy and market outcomes: A location differentiation model with endogenous transportation costs," MPRA Paper 4455, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
2. Azar, Ofer H. & Brock, David M., 2007. "A Citation-Based Ranking of Strategic Management Journals," MPRA Paper 7066, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
3. Aamer Abu-Qarn & Suleiman Abu-Bader, 2007. "Structural Breaks in Military Expenditures: Evidence for Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Syria," Working Papers 231, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
4. Suleiman Abu-Bader & Aamer Abu-Qarn, 2007. "The Impact of GATT on International Trade: Evidence from Structural Break Analysis," Working Papers 239, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Azar, Ofer H., 2006. "Tipping, firm strategy, and industrial organization," MPRA Paper 4485, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
2. Azar, Ofer H. & Tobol, Yossi, 2006. "Tipping as a strategic investment in service quality: An optimal-control analysis of repeated interactions in the service industry," MPRA Paper 4393, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2007. [Downloadable!]
3. Azar, Ofer H., 2006. "Behavioral economics and socio-economics journals: A citation-based ranking," MPRA Paper 4377, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
4. Azar, Ofer H., 2006. "Behavioral industrial organization, firm strategy, and consumer economics," MPRA Paper 4484, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
5. Suleiman Abu-Bader & Aamer Abu-Qarn, 2006. "On the Optimality of a GCC Monetary Union: Structural VAR, Common Trends and Common Cycles Evidence," Working Papers 225, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
6. Suleiman Abu-Bader & Aamer Abu-Qarn, 2006. "Financial Developent and Economic Growth Nexus: Time Series Evidence from Middle Eastern and North African Countries," Working Papers 223, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
7. Suleiman Abu-Bader & Aamer Abu-Qarn, 2006. "Trade Liberalization or Oil Shocks: Which Explains Structural Breaks in International Trade Ratios?," Working Papers 227, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
8. Aamer Abu-Qarn & Suleiman Abu-Bader, 2006. "Getting Income Shares Right: A Panel Data Investigation for OECD Countries," Working Papers 228, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
9. Abu-Bader, Suleiman & Abu-Qarn, Aamer, 2006. "Financial Developent and Economic Growth Nexus: Time Series Evidence from Middle Eastern and North African Countries," MPRA Paper 972, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
10. Abu-Qarn, Aamer & Abu-Bader, Suleiman, 2006. "On the optimality of a GCC Monetary Union: Structural VAR, Common Trends and Common Cycles Evidence," MPRA Paper 971, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2005

1. Ofer H. Azar, 2005. "Who Do We Tip and Why? An Empirical Investigation," Labor and Demography 0502005, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
2. Ofer H. Azar, 2005. "The Academic Review Process: How Can We Make it More Efficient?," General Economics and Teaching 0502069, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
3. Ofer H. Azar, 2005. "Why pay extra? Tipping and the importance of social norms and feelings in economic theory," Microeconomics 0503005, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
4. Ofer H. Azar, 2005. "The Review Process in Economics: Is it Too Fast?," General Economics and Teaching 0503013, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
5. Ofer H. Azar, 2005. "The Social Norm of Tipping: Does it Improve Social Welfare?," Others 0503013, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
6. Ofer H. Azar, 2005. "Relative Thinking Theory," Microeconomics 0504002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
7. Azar, Ofer H., 2005. "Citing reprinted material," MPRA Paper 4483, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
8. Azar, Ofer H., 2005. "Incentives and Service Quality in the Restaurant Industry: The Tipping – Service Puzzle," MPRA Paper 4457, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2006. [Downloadable!]
9. Bar-Eli, Michael & Azar, Ofer H. & Ritov, Ilana & Keidar-Levin, Yael & Schein, Galit, 2005. "Action bias among elite soccer goalkeepers: The case of penalty kicks," MPRA Paper 4477, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
10. Aamer Abu-Qarn & Suleiman Abu-Bader, 2005. "A Versus K Revisited: Evidence from Selected MENA Countries," Working Papers 205, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
11. Suleiman Abu-Bader & Aamer Abu-Qarn, 2005. "Financial Development and Economic Growth: Time Series Evidence from Egypt," Working Papers 206, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
12. Abu-Qarn, Aamer & Abu-Bader, Suleiman, 2005. "A Versus K Revisited: Evidence from Selected MENA Countries," MPRA Paper 1114, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
13. Abu-Bader, Suleiman & Abu-Qarn, Aamer, 2005. "Financial Development and Economic Growth: Time Series Evidence from Egypt," MPRA Paper 1113, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Gadi Fibich & Arieh Gavious & Aner Sela, 2004. "All-Pay Auctions with Weakly Risk-Averse Buyers," Working Papers 2004.14, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. [Downloadable!]
2. Fibich, Gadi & Gavious, Arieh & Sela, Aner, 2004. "Asymptotic Analysis of Large Auctions," CEPR Discussion Papers 4331, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2003

1. Fibich, Gadi & Gavious, Arieh & Sela, Aner, 2003. "Auctions with Weakly Assymmetric Interdependent Values," CEPR Discussion Papers 4009, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ofer H. Azar, 2003. "The History of Tipping - From Sixteenth-Century England to United States in the 1910s," Economic History 0309001, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
3. Ofer Azar, 2003. "Rejections and the Importance of First Response Times (Or: How Many Rejections Do Others Receive?)," General Economics and Teaching 0309002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
4. Ofer H. Azar, 2003. "Optimal Monitoring with External Incentives: The Case of Tipping," Industrial Organization 0312004, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
5. Ofer H. Azar, 2003. "Tipping: The Economics of a Social Norm," Labor and Demography 0309002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
6. Ofer H. Azar, 2003. "What sustains social norms and how they evolve? The case of tipping," Others 0309001, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
7. Ofer H. Azar, 2003. "The implications of tipping for economics and management," Others 0309002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
8. Ofer H. Azar, 2003. "The Social Norm of Tipping: A Review," Others 0309006, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
9. Azar, Ofer H., 2003. "The Effect of External Incentives on Profits and Firm-Provided Incentives Strategy," MPRA Paper 4456, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2007. [Downloadable!]
10. Suleiman Abu-Bader & Aamer Abu-Qarn, 2003. "Government Expenditures, Military Spending and Economic Growth: Causality Evidence from Egypt, Israel and Syria," Working Papers 163, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
11. Abu-Bader, Suleiman & Abu-Qarn, Aamer, 2003. "Government Expenditures, Military Spending and Economic Growth: Causality Evidence from Egypt, Israel and Syria," MPRA Paper 1115, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. Azar, Ofer H., 2002. "The slowdown in first-response times of economics journals: Can it be beneficial?," MPRA Paper 4478, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
2. Azar, Ofer H., 2002. "Evolution of social norms with heterogeneous preferences: A general model and an application to the academic review process," MPRA Paper 4482, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
3. Azar, Ofer H., 2002. "Can Price Discrimination be Bad for Firms and Good for All Consumers? A Theoretical Analysis of Cross-Market Price Constraints with Entry and Product Differentiation," MPRA Paper 4575, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2001

1. Aamer Abu-Qarn & Suleiman Abu-Bader, 2001. "The Validity of the ELG Hypothesis in the MENA Region: Cointegration and Error Correction Model Analysis," Working Papers 134, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Abu-Qarn, Aamer & Abu-Bader, Suleiman, 2001. "The Validity of the ELG Hypothesis in the MENA Region: Cointegration and Error Correction Model Analysis," MPRA Paper 1116, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2000

1. Gavious, Arieh & Moldovanu, Benny & Sela, Aner, 2000. "Bid Costs and Endogenous Bid Caps," Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications 01-19, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim & Sonderforschungsbereich 504, University of Mannheim. [Downloadable!]

Journal articles

2009

1. Ofer Azar, 2009. "Incentives and service quality in the restaurant industry: the tipping-service puzzle," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 41(15), pages 1917-1927. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2008

1. Azar, Ofer H., 2008. "The effect of external incentives on profits and firm-provided incentives strategy," The Journal of Socio-Economics, Elsevier, vol. 37(1), pages 149-156, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ofer Azar, 2008. "Strategic Behavior and Social Norms in Tipped Service Industries," Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 8(1), pages 1778-1778. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Azar, Ofer H., 2008. "Evolution of social norms with heterogeneous preferences: A general model and an application to the academic review process," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 65(3-4), pages 420-435, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Ofer H. Azar & David M. Brock, 2008. "A Citation-Based Ranking of Strategic Management Journals," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 17(3), pages 781-802, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Azar, Ofer H., 2008. "The impact of economics on management," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 68(3-4), pages 667-675, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
6. Leiser, David & Azar, Ofer H. & Hadar, Liat, 2008. "Psychological construal of economic behavior," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 29(5), pages 762-776, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
7. Ofer H. Azar & Yossi Tobol, 2008. "Tipping as a Strategic Investment in Service Quality: An Optimal-Control Analysis of Repeated Interactions in the Service Industry," Southern Economic Journal, Southern Economic Association, vol. 75(1), pages 246-260, October.
8. Azar, Ofer H., 2008. "The effect of relative thinking on firm strategy and market outcomes: A location differentiation model with endogenous transportation costs," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 29(5), pages 684-697, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
9. Leiser, David & Azar, Ofer H., 2008. "Behavioral economics and decision making: Applying insights from psychology to understand how people make economic decisions," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 29(5), pages 613-618, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
10. Aamer S. Abu-Qarn & Suleiman Abu-Bader, 2008. "On the Optimality of a GCC Monetary Union: Structural VAR, Common Trends, and Common Cycles Evidence," The World Economy, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 31(5), pages 612-630, 05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
11. Aamer S. Abu-Qarn., 2008. "Six decades of the Israeli-Arab conflict: an assessment of the economic aspects," Economics of Peace and Security Journal, Economists for Peace and Security (UK), vol. 3(2), pages 8-15, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
12. Abu-Bader, Suleiman & Abu-Qarn, Aamer S., 2008. "Financial development and economic growth: The Egyptian experience," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 30(5), pages 887-898. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
13. Suleiman ABU-BADER & Aamer S. ABU-QARN, 2008. "The Impact Of Gatt On International Trade: Evidence From Structural Break Analysis," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 8(2), pages 23-36. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
14. Suleiman Abu-Bader & Aamer S. Abu-Qarn, 2008. "Financial Development and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Six MENA Countries," Review of Development Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 12(4), pages 803-817, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
15. Suleiman Abu-Bader & Aamer Abu-Qarn, 2008. "The Relationship between GATT Membership and Structural Breaks in International Trade," Global Economy Journal, International Trade and Finance Association, vol. 8(4), pages 1. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. Berman, Oded & Gavious, Arieh, 2007. "Location of terror response facilities: A game between state and terrorist," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 177(2), pages 1113-1133, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Gadi Fibich & Arieh Gavious & Oded Lowengart, 2007. "Optimal price promotion in the presence of asymmetric reference-price effects," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(6), pages 569-577. [Downloadable!]
3. Azar, Ofer H., 2007. "Why pay extra? Tipping and the importance of social norms and feelings in economic theory," The Journal of Socio-Economics, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 250-265, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Azar, Ofer H., 2007. "Relative thinking theory," The Journal of Socio-Economics, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 1-14, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Azar, Ofer H., 2007. "Behavioral economics and socio-economics journals: A citation-based ranking," The Journal of Socio-Economics, Elsevier, vol. 36(3), pages 451-462, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
6. Ofer H. Azar, 2007. "The Slowdown In First-Response Times Of Economics Journals: Can It Be Beneficial?," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 45(1), pages 179-187, 01. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
7. Ofer H. Azar, 2007. "Do people tip strategically, to improve future service? Theory and evidence," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 40(2), pages 515-527, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
8. Bar-Eli, Michael & Azar, Ofer H. & Ritov, Ilana & Keidar-Levin, Yael & Schein, Galit, 2007. "Action bias among elite soccer goalkeepers: The case of penalty kicks," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 28(5), pages 606-621, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
9. Abu-Qarn, Aamer S. & Abu-Bader, Suleiman, 2007. "Sources of Growth Revisited: Evidence from Selected MENA Countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 35(5), pages 752-771, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2006

1. Gadi Fibich & Arieh Gavious & Aner Sela, 2006. "All-pay auctions with risk-averse players," International Journal of Game Theory, Springer, vol. 34(4), pages 583-599, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Azar, Ofer H., 2006. "Gordon R. Foxall, Understanding Consumer Choice, Palgrave Macmillan, New York (2005) pp. xvi+262, ISBN 1-4039-1492-3 (hbk), $95," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 27(4), pages 600-602, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Azar, Ofer H., 2006. "Robert Winston, Human instinct: How our primeval impulses shape our modern lives, Bantam Press (2003) ISBN 0553814923 416, pp. (pbk), [UK pound] 8.99," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 27(6), pages 813-815, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Ofer Azar, 2005. "The Social Norm of Tipping: Does it Improve Social Welfare?," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 85(2), pages 141-173, 08. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Azar, Ofer H., 2005. "Daniel Friedman and Alessandra Cassar, Economics Lab: An Intensive Course in Experimental Economics, Routledge, London and New York (2004) pp. 248, £75.00, 0-415-32402-5 (pbk), £27.99, ISBN 0-415-32," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 26(5), pages 785-787, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Ofer H. Azar, 2005. "Who do we tip and why? An empirical investigation," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 37(16), pages 1871-1879, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Ofer H. Azar, 2005. "The Review Process in Economics: Is It Too Fast?," Southern Economic Journal, Southern Economic Association, vol. 72(2), pages 482–491, October.

2004

1. Fibich, Gadi & Gavious, Arieh & Sela, Aner, 2004. "Revenue equivalence in asymmetric auctions," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 115(2), pages 309-321, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Azar, Ofer H., 2004. "What sustains social norms and how they evolve?: The case of tipping," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 54(1), pages 49-64, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Azar, Ofer H., 2004. "The history of tipping--from sixteenth-century England to United States in the 1910s," The Journal of Socio-Economics, Elsevier, vol. 33(6), pages 745-764, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Ofer H. Azar, 2004. "Optimal Monitoring with External Incentives: The Case of Tipping," Southern Economic Journal, Southern Economic Association, vol. 71(1), pages 170-181, July.
5. Aamer S. Abu-Qarn & Suleiman Abu-Bader, 2004. "The validity of the ELG hypothesis in the MENA region: cointegration and error correction model analysis," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 36(15), pages 1685-1695, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2003

1. Gavious, Arieh & Rabinowitz, Gad, 2003. "Optimal knowledge outsourcing model," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 31(6), pages 451-457, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Arieh Gavious & Shlomo Mizrahi, 2003. "A signaling model of peaceful political change," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 119-136. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Elitzur, Ramy & Gavious, Arieh, 2003. "Contracting, signaling, and moral hazard: a model of entrepreneurs, 'angels,' and venture capitalists," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 18(6), pages 709-725, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Elitzur, Ramy & Gavious, Arieh, 2003. "A multi-period game theoretic model of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 144(2), pages 440-453, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Ofer Azar, 2003. "Can Price Discrimination be Bad for Firms and Good for All Consumers? A Theoretical Analysis of Cross-Market Price Constraints with Entry and Product Differentiation," Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 3(1), pages 1176-1176. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
6. Abu-Bader, Suleiman & Abu-Qarn, Aamer S., 2003. "Government expenditures, military spending and economic growth: causality evidence from Egypt, Israel, and Syria," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 25(6-7), pages 567-583, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2002

1. Arieh Gavious & Benny Moldovanu & Aner Sela, 2002. "Bid Costs and Endogenous Bid Caps," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 33(4), pages 709-722, Winter.
2. Gavious, Arieh & Mizrahi, Shlomo, 2002. "Maximizing political efficiency via electoral cycles: An optimal control model," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 141(1), pages 186-199, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Fibich, Gadi & Gavious, Arieh & Sela, Aner, 2002. "Low and high types in asymmetric first-price auctions," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 75(2), pages 283-287, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2001

1. Arieh Gavious & Shlomo Mizrahi, 2001. "A continuous time model of the bandwagon effect in collective action," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer, vol. 18(1), pages 91-105. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2000

1. Arieh Gavious & Shlomo Mizrahi, 2000. "Information and Common Knowledge in Collective Action," Economics and Politics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 12(3), pages 297-319, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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