Dr. Avichai Snir

Telephone
972-3-5318931
Email
avichai.snir@biu.ac.il
Office
226; Building: 504
Fields of Interest

Monetary economics
Experimental economics

Reception Hours
Monday, 15:00-16:00
PO Box
76
Research Categories
    Teaching

    Monetary Theory
    Introduction to Python and Databases
    Macroeconmics 101

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    Publications

    Published papers:

    Snir, A. (2006), “Shifting Paradigms: From Fostering Equality to Building Safety Nets. Analyzing some Consequences of Privatization in the Israeli Kibbutz,” 

    Snir, A. (2014), "When choosing to be almost certain of winning can be better than choosing to win with certainty," European Journal of Political Economy 36, 135–146. 

    Horenstein, A., and A. Snir (2017), "Portfolio Choice in Mexico," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance 16, 1–13. 

    Horenstein, A., D. Osgood, and A. Snir (2017), “Out-of-town Buyers, Mispricing and the Availability Heuristic,” Real Estate Finance 34(1), 1–10. 

    Snir, A., D. Levy, and H. Chen (2017), “End of 9-Endings, Price Recall and Price Perceptions,” Economic Letters 155, 157–163. 

    Levy, D., A. Snir, A. Gotler, and H. Chen (2020), “Not All Price Endings Are Created Equal: Price Points and Asymmetric Price Rigidity,” Journal of Monetary Economics 110, 33–49. 

    Schade, C.S., and A. Snir (2020), “A lab test on the decision not to decide,” Business Research 13(3), 1253–1291. 

    Snir, A., and D. Levy (2021), "If You Think 9-Ending Prices Are Low, Think Again,” Journal of the Association for Consumer Research 6(1), 33–47 (Special Issue on Behavioral Pricing). 

    Snir, A., H, Chen, and D. Levy (2021), “Stuck at Zero: Price Rigidity in a Runaway Inflation,” Economic Letters 204, 109885. 

    Levy D., A. Snir (2022), “Potterian Economics,” Oxford Open Economics 1.

    Snir, A., A. Chen, and D. Levy (2022), “Zero-Ending Prices, Cognition, and Price Rigidity,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 203, 519–542. 

    Ray, S., A. Snir, and D. Levy (2023), “Retail Pricing Format and Rigidity of Regular Prices,” Economica 90(360), 1173–1203.

    Bar-El, R., L. Hatzor, and A. Snir (2024), “An Experiment on Donations, Personal Stories, and Cheating,” European Journal of Political Economy 84, 102381. 

    Snir, A., D. Levy, D. Levy and H.A. Chen, (2024) ''Price Gauging or Market Forces? Fairness Perceptions of Price Hikes during the Pandemic'', Economics Bulletin, 44(4), 1291-1325.

    Sayag, D., A. Snir, and D. Levy (2025), “Sticky information and price controls: Evidence from a natural experiment,” Economic Letters 248, 112245.

    Levy, D., H.A. Chen, S. Ray, E. Chareete, X. Ling, W. Zhao, M. Bergen and A. Snir (2025), “Asymmetric Price Adjustment over the Business Cycle,” Economic Letters 254, 112450.

    Sayag, D., A. Snir, and D. Levy (Forthcoming), “0.001 and Counting: Revisiting the Price Rounding Tax,” Contemporary Economic Policy, Forthcoming.

    Chapters in Edited Volumes
    Levy, D., and A. Snir (2010), “Human Capital and Economic Growth in the Potterian Economy,” with D. Levy, in The Law and Harry Potter, F. Snyder and J. Thomas, Eds. (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press), pp. 211–235.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Working Papers

    Levy, Dudi, A. Snir, Daniel Levy, A. Chen, D. Wang, “Large Effects of Small Cues: Priming Selfish Economic Decisions.”, R&R in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

    Sandler, A., A. Snir and D. Levy, "Sales Filters and Regular Price Rigidity", R&R in the Economic Journal.

    Knotek II, E.S., D. Sayag, and A. Snir, “The Effects of Price Endings on Price Rigidity: Evidence from VAT Changes.” (Completed)

    Ginker, T., A. Ilek and A. Snir, "Rigidity and Synchronization: Analyzing Online and Offline Price Dynamics" (Completed)

    Genesove, D., D. Levy, A. Snir, “The Elasticity of Substitution of Capital for Land in Multi-Unit Housing.” (in Progress)

     

    Research

    Price Rigidity and Monetary Economics, Behavioral Economics and Political Economics

    Last Updated Date : 25/11/2025