Professor Emeritus Elise S. Brezis

• "Mercantilism” Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press, 2003, vol. 3, pp. 482-85.
• “Political Institutions and Economic Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe: A Snowball Effect” (with Thierry Verdier) Economic Systems, 2003, 27:289-311.
• “Why are the Transition Paths in China and Eastern Europe Different? A Political Economy Perspective” (with Adi Schnytzer), Economics of Transition, 2003, 11:3-23.
• “The New views on Demographic Transition: A Reassessment of Malthus’s and Marx’s Approach to Population” (with Warren Young), European Journal of Economic Thought, 2003, 10: 25-45.
• “Social Classes, Demographic Transition and Economic Growth”, European Economic Review, 2001, 45: 707-717.
• “The Effects of Internet and E-Commerce on Competition and Concentration in the Import Market”, Quarterly Tax Review, (Hebrew), November 2000, pp.58-73.
• “Minorities and Economic Growth: A Synthesis” in The Economic Role of Minorities in Europe, Datini Institute for Economic History, 2000, pp.502-507.
• “Competition and Concentration in the Israeli Import Sector”, Quarterly Tax Review, (Hebrew), 1999, 104: 26-44.
• “Le Passage du developpement à la croissance”, In K. de Queiros-Mattoso,  L’histoire économique moderne, l’harmattan, (In French)1999, pp. 387-408.
• “Elites, Minorities and Economic Growth in an Interdisciplinary Perspective”, (with Peter Temin) in Brezis and Temin, ed. Elites, Minorities and Economic Growth, North-Holland, Elsevier, 1999, pp. 3-16.
• “Elite Schools, Circulation of Elites and Economic Development: The ENA Case” (with Francois Crouzet), in Brezis and Temin, ed. Elites, Minorities and Economic Growth, North-Holland, Elsevier, 1999, pp. 235-248.
• “Communist Regime Collapse: Output and the Rate of Repression”  (with Adi Schnytzer), Eastern Economic Journal, Fall 1998, pp. 463-474.
• “Economic Growth, Leadership and Capital Flows: the Leapfrogging Effect” (with Daniel Tsiddon), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, September 1998, pp.261-277.
• "Is a Cooling-off Period for Regulators in the public Service Sector Necessary?” (with Avi Weiss), Quarterly Economics, (Hebrew), July 1998, pp.397-412.
• “Technology and Life Cycle of Cities”(with Paul Krugman), Journal of Economic Growth, December 1997, pp. 369-383.
• “Post Regulatory Employment Restrictions” (with Avi Weiss), European Journal of Political  Economy, v13, 1997, pp.517-536.
• “Did Foreign Capital Flows Finance the Industrial Revolution? A reply”, Economic History Review, February 1997.
• “Immigration, Investments and Real Wages”  (with Paul Krugman), Journal of Population Economics, 9, 1996, pp. 83‑93.
• “The Role of High‑Tech in the Rivalry on Power and Competitiveness”,  in Weidenfeld and Zimmerman, ed. Beyond Sovereignty: The European Integration, 1996, pp.165-73.
• “Market Structure and Trade Liberalization: The Case of Sole Importership” (with Avi Weiss), Quarterly Economics, (Hebrew), August 1995, pp.267 283.
• “The Role of Assignats during the French Revolution: Evil or Rescuer?” (with Francois Crouzet), Journal of European Economic History,  April 1995, pp.7‑40.
• “Britain's Balance of Payments in the Century before Waterloo: New Estimates, Controlled Conjectures”, Economic History Review, February 1995, pp.46‑67.
• “Europe and Israel: The Effects of EMU on Development and Growth”, in Ahiram E., and Tovias A., ed., Israel and Europe: Common and Divergent Interests. (Peter Lang), 1995, pp.165‑175.
• “Leapfrogging in International Competition: A Theory of Cycles in National Technological Leadership.” (with Paul Krugman and Daniel Tsiddon),  American Economic Review, December 1993, pp.1211‑1219.
• “The Dynamics of Wages and Prices during the Great Depression” (with Jean‑Louis Arcand),  Journal of Macroeconomics., August 1993, pp.553‑589.
• “Price Level Determinacy and the Choice of Policy Targets under Rational Expectations”  (with E. Offenbacher), Economic Letters, 13, 1983, pp.25‑30.
• “The Interaction between Inflation and Monetary Aggregates in Israel”, (with L. Leiderman and R.Melnick), The Bank of Israel Review, 55, 1983, pp.48‑60.

PUBLICATIONS BY TOPIC

Elites and Economic Growth

• "Measuring conflcts of interest: a revolving door indicator", (with Joël Cariolle), Febuary 2015.
• "Social Mobility at the Top: Why Are Elites Self-Reproducing?", (with Joël Hellier), working paper, December 2013.
• "Promiscuous Elites, the Revolving Door, and Economic Growth", working paper, July 2013.
• "Promiscuous Elites and Economic Development, Department Working Papers, 2012-09.
• “Elites and Economic Outcomes” in S. Durlauf and L. Blume, eds. New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2008.
• “Changes in the Training of the Power Elites in Western Europe” (with Francois Crouzet), Journal of European Economic History, 2004, 33:33-58.
• “Minorities and Economic Growth: A Synthesis” in The Economic Role of Minorities in Europe, Datini Institute for Economic History, 2000, pp.502-507.
• “Elites, Minorities and Economic Growth in an Interdisciplinary Perspective”, (with Peter Temin) in Brezis and Temin, ed. Elites, Minorities and Economic Growth, North-Holland, Elsevier, 1999, pp. 3-16.
• “Elite Schools, Circulation of Elites and Economic Development: The ENA Case” (with Francois Crouzet), in Brezis and Temin, ed. Elites, Minorities and Economic Growth, North-Holland, Elsevier, 1999, pp. 235-248.
• “Post Regulatory Employment Restrictions” (with Avi Weiss), European Journal of Political  Economy, v13, 1997, pp.517-536.

Globalization and Economic Growth

• “Globalization and Migration: a ‘Unified Brain Drain’ Model”, (with Ariel Soueri), working paper, November 2012.
• "Brain Drain and Development Traps" (with Jean-Pascal Benassy),  Journal of Development  Economics, Volume 102, May 2013, pp.15–22.
• "Mercantilism” Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press, 2003, vol. 3, pp. 482-85.
• “Le Passage du developpement à la croissance”, In K. de Queiros-Mattoso,  L’histoire économique moderne, l’harmattan, (In French)1999, pp. 387-408.
• “Did Foreign Capital Flows Finance the Industrial Revolution? A reply”, Economic History Review, February 1997.
• “Immigration, Investments and Real Wages”  (with Paul Krugman), Journal of Population Economics, 9, 1996, pp. 83‑93.

Population and Economic Growth

• “Endogenous fertility with a sibship size effect”, (with Rodolphe Dos Santos Ferreira), March 2014.
• "Population and Economic Growth: Ancient and Modern", (with Warren Young), European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2014.
• “Population Dynamics and Economic Growth: Should We Adopt Different Frameworks for Poor and Rich Countries?” January 2012, working paper #2012-04.
• "Can Demographic Transition only be Explained by Altruistic and Neo-malthusian Models?", Journal of SocioEconomics, 2010(39): 233-240.
• “The New views on Demographic Transition: A Reassessment of Malthus’s and Marx’s Approach to Population” (with Warren Young), European Journal of Economic Thought, 2003, 10: 25-45.
• “Social Classes, Demographic Transition and Economic Growth”, European Economic Review, 2001, 45: 707-717. 

Leapfrogging and Economic Growth

• “Economic Growth, Leadership and Capital Flows: the Leapfrogging Effect” (with Daniel Tsiddon), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, September 1998, pp.261-277.
• “Technology and Life Cycle of Cities”(with Paul Krugman), Journal of Economic Growth, December 1997, pp. 369-383.
• “Leapfrogging in International Competition: A Theory of Cycles in National Technological Leadership.” (with Paul Krugman and Daniel Tsiddon),  American Economic Review, December 1993, pp.1211‑1219.

Israeli Economy

• “Disengagement: Can it Improve the Palestinian Economy?”, Israel Affairs, April 2006, 12(2): 330-340.
• “Economic Cooperation and Conflict Resolution: Europe and the Middle East”, European Union Review, 2003, 8:7-34.
• “The Effects of Internet and E-Commerce on Competition and Concentration in the Import Market”, Quarterly Tax Review, (Hebrew), November 2000, pp.58-73.
• “Competition and Concentration in the Israeli Import Sector”, Quarterly Tax Review, (Hebrew), 1999, 104: 26-44.
• "Is a Cooling-off Period for Regulators in the public Service Sector Necessary?” (with Avi Weiss), Quarterly Economics, (Hebrew), July 1998, pp.397-412.
• “The Role of High‑Tech in the Rivalry on Power and Competitiveness”,  in Weidenfeld and Zimmerman, ed. Beyond Sovereignty: The European Integration, 1996, pp.165-73.
• “Market Structure and Trade Liberalization: The Case of Sole Importership” (with Avi Weiss), Quarterly Economics, (Hebrew), August 1995, pp.267 283.
• “Europe and Israel: The Effects of EMU on Development and Growth”, in Ahiram E., and Tovias A., ed., Israel and Europe: Common and Divergent Interests. (Peter Lang), 1995, pp.165‑175.
• “Price Level Determinacy and the Choice of Policy Targets under Rational Expectations”  (with E. Offenbacher), Economic Letters, 13, 1983, pp.25‑30.
• “The Interaction between Inflation and Monetary Aggregates in Israel”, (with L. Leiderman and R.Melnick), The Bank of Israel Review, 55, 1983, pp.48‑60.

Higher Education and Peer Review

• "Mobility of Students and Quality of Higher Education: An Empirical Analysis of the “Unified Brain Drain” Model", (with Ariel Soueri), working paper, August 2013.
• “Globalization and Migration: a ‘Unified Brain Drain’ Model”, (with Ariel Soueri), working paper, November 2012.
• "Ranking and Quality of Universities: Why are US Universities at the top of the International Rankings" in  J. Brada, W. Bienkowski and G. Stanley, eds. The University in the age of Globalization,  Palgrave Macmillan, 2012: 155-179.
• “Focal Randomization: An optimal Mechanism for the Evaluation of R&D projects", Science and Public Policy, December 2007, 34(9): 691-698.
• "The Role of Higher Education Institutions: Recruitment of Elites and Economic Growth” (with Francois Crouzet) in T. Eicher, eds. Institutions and Economic Growth, MIT Press, 2006: 191-213.

Political Economy and Transition

• "Non-Linear Geographics and the Economics of Transition and Democratization” (with Thierry Verdier),  Economics of Transition, Volume 21(1) 2013:53-71.
• “Political Institutions and Economic Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe: A Snowball Effect” (with Thierry Verdier) Economic Systems, 2003, 27:289-311.
• “Why are the Transition Paths in China and Eastern Europe Different? A Political Economy Perspective” (with Adi Schnytzer), Economics of Transition, 2003, 11:3-23.
• “Communist Regime Collapse: Output and the Rate of Repression”  (with Adi Schnytzer), Eastern Economic Journal, Fall 1998, pp. 463-474.

Macroeconomics and Economic History

• “Did Foreign Capital Flows Finance the Industrial Revolution? A reply”, Economic History Review, February 1997.
• “The Role of Assignats during the French Revolution: Evil or Rescuer?” (with Francois Crouzet), Journal of European Economic History,  April 1995, pp.7‑40.
• “Britain's Balance of Payments in the Century before Waterloo: New Estimates, Controlled Conjectures”, Economic History Review, February 1995, pp.46‑67.
• “The Dynamics of Wages and Prices during the Great Depression” (with Jean‑Louis Arcand),  Journal of Macroeconomics., August 1993, pp.553‑589.
• “Price Level Determinacy and the Choice of Policy Targets under Rational Expectations”  (with E. Offenbacher), Economic Letters, 13, 1983, pp.25‑30.

BOOK REVIEWS

• Book Review on “The Accounts of the British Empire”, Mario Tiberi, EH-net, 2005.