Jonas Prager
Biographic Data
| ID | 3877137 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonas Prager |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonas |
| FAMILY NAME | Prager |
| SIGNATURE | PRAGER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Contract City Redux: Weston, Florida, as the Ultimate New Public Management Model City
Contracting out has become an accepted and, indeed, universal method of providing services in both the private and public sectors. Yet rarely has a municipality outsourced just about every service under its direct control—from public safety (police and fire), to solid waste collection and disposal, to parks maintenance, to municipal engineering and legal services. Weston, Florida, a city of some 62,000 residents, operates with just three employee…
Wage indexation and the Israeli labor market: The institutional imperative
Israel is a nation replete with contradictions; its economics, politics, and sociology often defy understanding. This Jewish state, located on the periphery of the Moslem world, has few natural resources of its own, while its neighbors to the south and east enjoy the benefits of oil wealth. It is geographically Middle Eastern, yet politically finds itself considered European. Its population is predominantly Asian and African, yet its political in…
Central Bank Policy-Making in Israel: The Horowitz Governorship (1954–1971)
The functions of a modern central bank are manifold, but fall into a few general categories — technical, advisory, and control. Technical activities do not demand a separate central banking institution; they could be performed equally well by alternative arrangements. These functions are of a clerical nature and do not require continuous decision-making. For example, central banks typically handle the government's financial accounts, making its p…
Wage indexation and the Israeli labor market: The institutional imperative
Israel is a nation replete with contradictions; its economics, politics, and sociology often defy understanding. This Jewish state, located on the periphery of the Moslem world, has few natural resources of its own, while its neighbors to the south and east enjoy the benefits of oil wealth. It is geographically Middle Eastern, yet politically finds itself considered European. Its population is predominantly Asian and African, yet its political in…
Central Bank Policy-Making in Israel: The Horowitz Governorship (1954–1971)
The functions of a modern central bank are manifold, but fall into a few general categories — technical, advisory, and control. Technical activities do not demand a separate central banking institution; they could be performed equally well by alternative arrangements. These functions are of a clerical nature and do not require continuous decision-making. For example, central banks typically handle the government's financial accounts, making its p…
Wage indexation and the Israeli labor market: The institutional imperative
Israel is a nation replete with contradictions; its economics, politics, and sociology often defy understanding. This Jewish state, located on the periphery of the Moslem world, has few natural resources of its own, while its neighbors to the south and east enjoy the benefits of oil wealth. It is geographically Middle Eastern, yet politically finds itself considered European. Its population is predominantly Asian and African, yet its political in…
Contract City Redux: Weston, Florida, as the Ultimate New Public Management Model City
Contracting out has become an accepted and, indeed, universal method of providing services in both the private and public sectors. Yet rarely has a municipality outsourced just about every service under its direct control—from public safety (police and fire), to solid waste collection and disposal, to parks maintenance, to municipal engineering and legal services. Weston, Florida, a city of some 62,000 residents, operates with just three employee…
Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Currency (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Monetary economics (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works) · Bailout (1 works) · Business administration (1 works)