Prof Michael Ben-Gad
Deputy Head,
Department of Economics
City University
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7040 4582
Fax. +44 (0) 20 7040 8580
Higher Education
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Economics, B.A., 1988.
University of Chicago, Department of Economics, A.M., 1992.
University of Chicago, Department of Economics, Ph.D., 1996.
Works in Progress
M. Ben-Gad, Y. Ben-Haim, and D. Peled, "Allocating Security Expenditures under Knightian Uncertainty: an Info-Gap Approach
M. Ben-Gad, "The Two Sector Endogenous Growth Model"
M. Ben-Gad, "Sufficiency Conditions and the Existence of Equilibria in the Two-Sector Endogenous Growth Model with Leisure"
M. Ben-Gad, "Importing Human Capital: The Effects of Immigration in the Two-Sector Endogenous Growth Model"
M. Ben-Gad, "Distortionary Taxation, Public Debt, and Immigration"
M. Ben-Gad, "The Nested CES and Translog Production Functions"
E. Baharad and M. Ben-Gad, "On the Impossibility of a Multistage Efficient Allocation"
Academic Articles
M. Beenstock and M. Ben-Gad, "The Fiscal and Monetary Dynamics of Israeli Inflation: A Cointegrated Analysis 1970-1987," Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper Series: 290, 1989, London.
M. Ben-Gad, "Balanced-Growth-Consistent Recursive Utility and Heterogenous Agents," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 23, 1999, 459-462.
M. Ben-Gad, "The Incidence of Deficit Finance with Imperfect Capital Markets,'' Southern Economic Journal, 66, 2000, 649-666.
M. Ben-Gad, "Fiscal Policy and Indeterminacy in Models of Endogenous Growth," Journal of Economic Theory, 108, 2003, 322-344.
M. Ben-Gad, "Taxes, the Debt Burden, and the Economic Program," Labor, Society and Law, 10, 2004, 241-256 (in Hebrew).
M. Ben-Gad, "Measuring the Welfare Effects of the Reagan Deficits: A Portfolio Choice Approach," Economic Inquiry, 42, 2004, 441-454.
M. Ben-Gad, "The Economic Effects of Immigration---a Dynamic Analysis,'' Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 28, 2004, 1825-1845.
M. Ben-Gad, "The Impact of Immigrant Dynasties on Wage Inequality," Research in Labor Economics, 24, 2005, 77-134.
M. Ben-Gad, "Capital-Skill Complementarities and the Immigration Surplus," Review of Economic Dynamics, 11, 2008, 335-365.
Chapters in Books
M. Ben-Gad, "Analyzing Economic Policy Using High Order Perturbations," Economic Dynamics: Theory, Games and Empirical Studies, Nova Science, 2009.
Other Articles
M. Ben-Gad, "Economic 'impact' is a poor basis for funding decisions" Research Fortnight, September 9, 2009.
M. Ben-Gad, Correspondence on Macroeconomic Theory, Financial Times, August 14, 2009.
M. Ben-Gad, "Alive and Well and Living in Tuscany," satire, February 13, 2007.
M. Ben-Gad, "The Economist is the Commissar's Worst Enemy," Ha’aretz, February 12, 2007 (in Hebrew).
M. Ben-Gad, "The Second Lebanon War: An Economic Perspective," September 21, 2006 (in Hebrew).
M. Ben-Gad, "Some Concerns Regarding the Economic Relations Between Israel and Palestine," October 20, 2005 (in Hebrew).
M. Ben-Gad, "A Fence for a Time of Peace," Ha’aretz, September 6, 2001 (in Hebrew).
M. Ben-Gad, Correspondence on immigration and taxation, New Republic , Vol. 223, Number 17, Issue 4,475, October 23, 2000.
M. Ben-Gad, Correspondence on immigration of academics and scientists, New Republic , Vol. 220, Number 19, Issue 4,399, May 10, 1999.
Research Grants and Scholarships
Israel Science Foundation, "Distortionary Taxation, Public Debt, and Immigration" 2007-2008, (research grant no. 49/06).
Economics and National Security, Samuel Ne'eman Foundation, Technion, 2004. (research grant no. 358, shared with Prof. Yakov Ben-Haim).
Edelstein Foundation for Population Research, 2002.
Advanced Research Program, Social Sciences Research Grant, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, State of Texas, 1997-99 (research grant no. 003652-836).
Research Initiation Grant, University of Houston, 1996.
Bradley Foundation Grant, University of Chicago, 1994-95.
Henry Morgenthau Jr. Memorial Scholarship in Public Finance, University of Chicago, 1994.
Century Scholarship, University of Chicago, 1989-93.
Teaching Interests
Macroeconomics, Public Finance, the Economics of Immigration, Economic Growth.
Academic Appointments
City University London, Dept. of Economics, Professor, 2009-present.
City University London, Dept. of Economics, 2007-2009.
International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University, Int. Faculty, 2008-present.
University of Haifa, Dept. of Economics, Lecturer, 2001-2007.
University of Houston, Dept. of Economics, Assistant Professor, 1995-2001.
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, Dept. of Economics, Visiting Assistant Professor Summer 2002.
Other Experience
Bank of Israel, Research Department, 1987-1989.
Israel Defense Forces: Military Service, 1982-1985.
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