This paper tests the visa-led tourism hypothesis (VTH) which contends that easing of visa restrictions increases international tourism. Israel acts as a natural laboratory in this case with clear before and after junctures in visa restrictions. We use panel data on tourism to Israel from 60...

This paper empirically analyses the relationship between terror incidents and internal migration in Israel. Using a newly created database of region-to-region migration flows for the years 1998-2012, the empirical model regresses the annual flow of migrants from an origin subdistrict to a...

Even when all past and present information is known, individuals usually remain uncertain about the permanence of observed variables. After reviewing the history and role of adaptive expectations and its statistical foundations in modeling this permanent-transitory confusion, the paper...

Neben den USA ist Israel eines der wichtigsten Entwicklungszentren für zivil und militärisch genutzte Hochtechnologie. Ob einst in der Landwirtschaft, später vor allem in der Informationstechnik und militärischen Sicherheitstechnologie, insbesondere in der Optoelektronik, dann in den...

Using data on Israeli closures inside the West Bank, we provide novel evidence on the labor market effects of conflict-induced restrictions to mobility. To identify the effects we exploit the fact that the placement of physical barriers by Israel was exogenous to local labor market conditions....