 
EducationBA, 1975, Economics and Philosophy, Ben Gurion Univ. MA, 1978, Economics, State Univ. of New York-Stony Brook PhD, 1981, Economics, State Univ. of New York-Stony Brook Expertise
Theory of organization
Behavioral Economics
Nonprofit organizations
Economics and psychology Current Research
Structure and performance in for-profit, nonprofit and government organizations
Human resource management and firm performance
The role of identity, personality, cognitive ability, ethics and values, and of social, religious, and cultural influences on trust and cooperation, behavior and organizational design.
The place of the for-profit, nonprofit, and government sectors in the new economy - Recent Research Grants
- 2005-7 Research Grant ("A Comparative Study of Organizational Structure, Behavior and Performance in For-Profit Firms, Government Organizations, and Nonprofit Organizations"): Aspen Institute ($150,000).
- Determinants of Trusting and Trustworthiness: Laboratory Experiments?: The Russell Sage Foundation ($84,000; with Louis Putterman)
Major Publications - "Reciprocity in a Two-Part Dictator Game" with L. Putterman, F. Kong, D. Magan, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2004
- "The Shifting Boundaries of the Mixed Economy and the Future of the Nonprofit Sector", Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2002,
- "Employee Buyout in a Bargaining Game with Asymmetric Information," with B. Jun, American Economic Review, 1996
- "Employee Participation, Ownership, and Productivity: A Theoretical Framework," with D. Jones, Industrial Relations, 1995
- "Who Benefits from the Nonprofit Sector? Reforming Law and Public Policy Towards Nonprofit Organizations," Yale Law Journal, 1994
- "Basic Issues in Organizations: A Comparative Perspective," with J. Montias and E. Neuberger, Journal of Comparative Economics, 1993
- "Identity and In-group-Out-group Differentiation in Work & Giving Behavior: Experimental Evidence," with McCall, Stephane, & Wong, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (in press).
- "Reducing the Negative Consequences of Identity," with Claire Hill, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2008
- "Trust, Communication and Contracts: An Experiment," with Louis Putterman, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009
Books - Economics, Values, and Organization, (ed.), with L. Putterman, Cambridge University Press, 1998, 2001 (PB), 2005 (Peking U Press)
Courses - Fall, 2009
- HRIR 8840 Seminar: Organization Theory and Behavior Sec. 001
- Spring, 2010
- HRIR 8042 Organizational Structure and Performance Sec. 001
- HRIR 8141 Organizational Theory Foundations of High-Impact HRIR Sec. 001
- HRIR 8141 Organizational Theory Foundations of High-Impact HRIR Sec. 002
Current Editorial Appointments - Associate Editor: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
- Associate Editor: Nonprofit Management and Leadership Division of Labor and Transaction Costs
Scholarly Service and Honors - Past President, Association for Comparative Economic Studies
- Two articles reprinted in The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series, Edward Elgar Publishing (1996, 2004)
- Listed in Who's Who in Economics (Edward Elgar, Third Edition, 1999)
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