Background
Kurz, Mordecai was born on November 29, 1934 in Natanya, Israel. Came to the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1973. Son of Moshe and Sarah (Kraus) Kurz.
Kurz, Mordecai was born on November 29, 1934 in Natanya, Israel. Came to the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1973. Son of Moshe and Sarah (Kraus) Kurz.
Bachelor in Economics and Political Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1957. Master of Arts in Economics, Yale University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Yale University, 1962.
Master of Science in Statistics, Stanford University, 1960.
Assistant professor economics Stanford University, 1962-1963, associate professor, 1966-1968, professor, 1969—2010, Joan Kenney professor economics, 1997—2010, Joan Kenney professor economics emeritus, since 2010, director economics section Institute for Mathematics Studies, 1971-1989. Senior lecturer in economics Hebrew University, 1963-1966. Consultant economics Socially Responsible Investment International, Menlo Park, California, 1963-1978.
Special economic advisor Canada health and Welfare Ministry, Ottawa, Ontario, 1976-1978. Special economic advisor President's Commission on Pension, Washington, 1979-1981. Research associate National Bureau Economic Research, 1979-1982.
Lady Davis visiting professor Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1993. Principal investigator Smith Richardson Foundation, 2001-2006. Member advisory board Annals of Finance, since 2004.
Member Editorial Board Economic Theory, since 2008.
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My early work concentrated on problems of economic growth where both theoretical and empirical projects were undertaken. These studies examined the relations between technology and social institutions. Also, an extensive amount of work was dedicated to investigating the scope for public policy which aims at efficient growth.
Later I worked on problems in general equilibrium theory with emphasis on equilibria with transaction cost and price rigidities. In recent years my interests have focussed on the process in which public policy is formed and the role of political power in determining both tax structures and income distribution. As part of this general interest, I completed empirical investigations of some aspects of negative income taxation and social security, while my theoretical work concentrated on the analysis of tax structures and income distribution as an endogenous outcome of a social bargaining process.
Board directors Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, since 1998. Fellow Econometric Society (associate editor Journal Economic Theory 1976-1990). Member American Economic Association.
Married Lillian Rivlin, August 4, 1963 (divorced March 1967). M 2d Linda Alice Cahn, December 2, 1979.