Eliezer B. Ayal
Professor Emeritus
Ph. D., Cornell University, 1961
Phone: (312)355-0505 Fax: (312) 996-3344
E-Mail:Eayal@uic.edu
Homepage:http://tigger.uic.edu/~hhstokes/ayal.html
Fields of Interest: Economic Growth and Development, Urbanization, Economics of Bureaucracy
Selected Research:
“Components of Economic Freedom and Growth: An Empirical Study” (with George Karras), The Journal of Developing Areas, Spring 1998
“Bureaucracy, Investment, and Growth” (with George Karras), Economics Letters, November 1996
“Thailand's Development, The Role of Bangkok,” Pacific Affairs, November 1992
“Entrepreneurship in the Towns of Northern Thailand” (with L. Chulasai), Journal of Development Planning, Summer 1988
“Behavioral Variability in Migration,” in S. Maital (ed.) Applied Behavioral Economics, Simon and Schuster International Group (in the U.S. New York University Press), Spring 1988
“Arab Labor in Palestine and Beyond Within a Two-Sector Development Model,” Middle East Review, Summer 1983
Current Research Interests:
Urbanization within and across borders
Freedom and Economic Growth
Other Significant Accomplishments:
USIA Grant, 1986-1991
President, Council on Thai Studies
Fulbright Grants to Thailand and Israel 1984
Invited Distinguished Lecturer in a number of U.S. and foreign universities
Referee for foundations and journals
Phi Beta Kappa
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