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Ofer Azar did his Ph.D. in economics at His
main research areas include industrial organization, behavioral economics,
competitive strategy, experimental economics and applied microeconomics. Dr.
Azar is an Associate Editor in the Journal of
Economic Psychology, an Editorial Board Member in the Journal of
Socio-Economics, and an Advisory Board Member in the SSRN Journals
in Behavioral & Experimental Economics. In
a recent ranking
of economists whose first publication appeared in the last 10 years, Dr. Azar was ranked 69th. In
2008 one of his articles was chosen by The New York Times as
one of the important ideas of the year (see below), and in 2009 he won the Toronto
Prize for Research Excellence of Young Researchers. Article selected by The
New York Times Magazine to be included in the "Year in Ideas
2008" issue Link to the research article
in the Journal of Economic Psychology Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev Press Release Article in Maariv
(appeared in various versions in NRG, Zman Tel
Aviv, and Kol Hazman) (in
Hebrew) Selected
publications* * For a full list of
publications see my CV.
My published papers sometimes have working paper versions in IDEAS or SSRN or you can e-mail me and let me
know which paper you want. 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 and
Organization, 65(3-4), 420-435. Azar, Ofer H. and David M. Brock (2008), "A
Citation-Based Ranking of Strategic Management Journals," Journal
of Economics and Management Strategy, 17(3), 781-802. Azar, Ofer H. (in press), "The Impact of
Economics on Management," Journal of Economic Behavior and
Organization. Azar, Ofer H. and 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, 75(1), 246-260. Azar, Ofer H. (2007), "The Slowdown in
First-Response Times of Economics Journals: Can it Be Beneficial?" Economic
Inquiry, 45(1), 179-187. Azar, Ofer H. (in press), "The Effect of
Relative Thinking on Firm Strategy and Market Outcomes: A Location Differentiation
Model with Endogenous Transportation Costs," Journal of Economic
Psychology. Bar-Eli, Michael, Ofer H. Azar, Azar, Ofer H. (2005), "The Review Process in
Economics: Is It Too Fast?" Southern Economic Journal,
72(2), 482-491. Azar, Ofer H. (2004), "Optimal Monitoring with
External Incentives: The Case of Tipping," Southern Economic
Journal, 71(1), 170-181. Azar,
Ofer H. (2004), "What Sustains Social Norms and How They Evolve? The
Case of Tipping," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,
54(1), 49-64. Rankings of downloads
/ abstract views of academic articles / working papers Top 5% authors
in IDEAS/REPEC (downloads, weighted by number of authors) Top 5% authors in
IDEAS/REPEC (abstract views, weighted by number of authors) Behavioral, social,
and experimental economics journals Experimental
Economics Behavioral, social,
and experimental economics links Recent
Developments in Behavioral Economics (edited by S. Maital) – Table of
Contents Economic Science Association Industrial
organization journals International Journal of Industrial Organization Journal
of Industrial Economics Review of Industrial
Organization
Economists who do
research on various aspects of academia Ted Bergstrom Other links on
academia and economics Andreas Ortmann and
Peter Todd's "Academic Journals Feedback Project" Tipping links Michael Lynn’s website:
tipping bibliography and more.
Some media coverage
of my research On restaurant tipping Ha'aretz, August 28, 2007
(in Hebrew) On soccer goalkeepers
and the action bias The New York Times
Magazine "Year in Ideas 2008" issue Psychology Today, May-June
2007 (the top-left piece on goalkeepers) The Marker Magazine, July 2007 (in Hebrew) The New York Times, March 1, 2008 The Washington Post, March
31, 2008 On the consumer bias of
relative thinking Ha'aretz (The Marker
supplement), March 18, 2005 (in Hebrew) |
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