Nadav Levy                                       Research / Teaching / CV / Contact Info

Department of Economics

University at Albany

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EDUCATION:                                                                                                                                  PDF version

 

            Ph.D., Economics, Northwestern University, Illinois,   2003.

            B.Sc., Computer Science and Statistics, Tel Aviv University, Israel,   1992.

                                                                             

                                                                                               

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION:

 

            Industrial Organization, Economics of Organizations.

 

                         

CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

 

2007–present: Visiting Assistant Professor, Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University

2004-present: Assistant Professor of Economics, University at Albany, SUNY.

Fall 2002-2003: Lecturer, University at Albany, SUNY. 

1994-1996: Consultant, Xpert Unix System. Tel-Aviv, Israel.

1993-1994: Software Programmer, Synergy Integration, Tel-Aviv, Israel

 

PUBLISHED AND ACCPETED PAPERS:

 

“Commitment, Exchange Autonomy and the Boundary of the Hierarchical Firm”,

        Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Vol. 24, No. 1

 

COMPLETED PAPERS :

 

“Make vs. Buy Externalities and the Organization of Supplier Networks”, under submission.

 “On the Informational Benefits of a Conflict over Transfer Prices”, mimeo 2003.

       

WORK IN PROGRESS:

 

            "Government's Credit-Rating Concerns and the Privatization of Public Projects " (joint with Ady Pauzner)

“Principal’s experience and the authority relationship”

 “Technological Cooperation and Tacit Collusion”

 “Interconnection Quality as a Strategic Variable:  An Empirical Study of Internet Backbones” (joint with Oded Bizan)

 

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

 

The Center for the Study of Industrial Organization Dissertation Fellowship,  Northwestern University, 2000/1.

Distinguished Teaching Assistant Awards, Northwestern University, 1998-1999 and 1999-2000.

University Fellowship, Northwestern University, 1997.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

 

Referee,  Rand Journal of Economics, European Economic Review

Member,  Econometric Society, Industrial Organization Society.

 

COURSES TAUGHT:

 

Industrial Organization (Ph.D.), Industrial Organization (undergraduate)

Intermediate Microeconomics (undergraduate)