Prof. Mark
Gradstein
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Department
of Economics Tel: +972-8-64-72288 Fax: +972-8-64-72941 |
Teaching
Political Economy of Growth and Development
Research
Interests
Political
economy, education, growth and development.
Selected Recent Publications
“Misallocation of
Talent and Human Capital: Political Economy Analysis”, 2019, European
Economic Review, 118, 148-157.
“Government
Decentralization as a Commitment in Non-Democracies,” 2017, Journal of
Comparative Economics, 45, 110-118.
"Income
Windfalls and Schooling: Evidence from International Oil Price Shocks,"
2016, with M. Brueckner, Journal of Human Capital, 10, 212-234.
“National Income
and its Distribution,” 2015, with M. Brueckner and E. Dabla
Norris, Journal of Economic Growth, 20, 149-175.
“Government
Spending Cyclicality: Evidence from Transitory and Persistent Shocks in
Developing Countries,” 2014, with M. Brueckner, Journal of Development
Economics, 111, 107-116.
“Exogenous
Volatility and the Size of Government,” 2013, with M. Brueckner, Journal of
Development Economics, 105, 254-266.
“Effects of Transitory
Shocks to Aggregate Output on Consumption in Poor Countries,” 2013, with M.
Brueckner, Journal of International Economics, 91, 343-357.
“Estimating Permanent Income Elasticity of
Government Expenditures: Evidence on Wagner's Law Based on Oil Price Shocks,”
2012, Journal of Public Economics, 96, 1025-35 (with M. Brueckner and A.
Chong).
“Is the World Flat? Country
Level and Firm Level Determinants of Law Compliance,” 2011, Journal of Law,
Economics, and Organization, 27, 245-271, with A. Chong.