Daniel Schiffman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5847545 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Schiffman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Schiffman |
| SIGNATURE | SCHIFFMAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ariel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2031-4392 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The UK–Israel FTA in a politically dynamic era
This paper examines post-Brexit UK–Israel trade relations through role theory, focusing on how national role conceptions (NRCs) shape trade policy. Based on official documents, media sources, and interviews, it shows strong mutual incentives to replace the 2019 continuity agreement with an upgraded free trade agreement centred on digital services, innovation, and investment. Negotiations progressed through five rounds between 2022 and 2024, align…
Did “the railroads” cause US banks to fail in the 1930s
A combination of archival evidence, panel data, and time series analysis shows that the decline of railways played a major role in US bank failures of the 1930s. Possible failure mechanisms included banks holding: (1) obligations from financially distressed railways and (2) any form of railway bond which lost value due to a collapse. Twenty Massachusetts state banks that failed between 1931 and 1933 incurred average losses in the railway bond por…
Bread and the dilemmas of socialist paternalism in Israel, 1948–1977
The Economic Advisory Staff and State-Building in Israel, 1953-1955
This paper documents the activities and influence of the Economic Advisory Staff (EAS), a group of US economists that advised the Government of Israel (GOI) between May 1953 and July 1955. The EAS’ senior members were Oscar Gass (Director), Bernard Bell (Deputy Director), Bertram Gross, Abba Lerner, Marion Clawson and Arye Gaathon. We evaluate the EAS’ influence using the conceptual framework of learning and signaling. The EAS promoted learning b…
The Kollel Movement in the State of Israel
In Israel, the contemporary Haredi kollel (institute for advanced Torah study for adult men) is caught between two institutional visions: one sees the kollel as a selective, temporary framework to train future educators, rabbis, and leaders, while the other views the kollel as a non-selective phenomenon of indefinite study for people who have few career options. This tension has resulted in several types of contemporary kollels and a number of re…
The Office of the Chief Scientist and the financing of high tech research and development, 2000–2010
The Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) provides public financing for high tech Research and Development. This article describes the OCS and its evolution since 2000, and assesses the government's response to crises in venture capital financing during 2001–03 and 2008–10. It finds that the government's response was inadequate in 2001–03; the OCS budget was reduced, and essential reforms were adopted belatedly. In 2008–10, the picture is mixed; th…
Shattered Rails, Ruined Credit
This article uses a new panel dataset to investigate the relationship between financial fragility and real activity on U.S. railroads during 1929–1940. Leverage had a negative effect on maintenance, within small firms only. Bankruptcy had a positive effect on maintenance and employment, within large firms only. Both leverage and bankruptcy effects were significantly larger during the worst depression years. Had all railroads been bankrupt during …
Shattered Rails, Ruined Credit
This article uses a new panel dataset to investigate the relationship between financial fragility and real activity on U.S. railroads during 1929–1940. Leverage had a negative effect on maintenance, within small firms only. Bankruptcy had a positive effect on maintenance and employment, within large firms only. Both leverage and bankruptcy effects were significantly larger during the worst depression years. Had all railroads been bankrupt during …
The Kollel Movement in the State of Israel
In Israel, the contemporary Haredi kollel (institute for advanced Torah study for adult men) is caught between two institutional visions: one sees the kollel as a selective, temporary framework to train future educators, rabbis, and leaders, while the other views the kollel as a non-selective phenomenon of indefinite study for people who have few career options. This tension has resulted in several types of contemporary kollels and a number of re…
Shattered Rails, Ruined Credit
This article uses a new panel dataset to investigate the relationship between financial fragility and real activity on U.S. railroads during 1929–1940. Leverage had a negative effect on maintenance, within small firms only. Bankruptcy had a positive effect on maintenance and employment, within large firms only. Both leverage and bankruptcy effects were significantly larger during the worst depression years. Had all railroads been bankrupt during …
The Office of the Chief Scientist and the financing of high tech research and development, 2000–2010
The Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) provides public financing for high tech Research and Development. This article describes the OCS and its evolution since 2000, and assesses the government's response to crises in venture capital financing during 2001–03 and 2008–10. It finds that the government's response was inadequate in 2001–03; the OCS budget was reduced, and essential reforms were adopted belatedly. In 2008–10, the picture is mixed; th…
The Kollel Movement in the State of Israel
In Israel, the contemporary Haredi kollel (institute for advanced Torah study for adult men) is caught between two institutional visions: one sees the kollel as a selective, temporary framework to train future educators, rabbis, and leaders, while the other views the kollel as a non-selective phenomenon of indefinite study for people who have few career options. This tension has resulted in several types of contemporary kollels and a number of re…
The Economic Advisory Staff and State-Building in Israel, 1953-1955
This paper documents the activities and influence of the Economic Advisory Staff (EAS), a group of US economists that advised the Government of Israel (GOI) between May 1953 and July 1955. The EAS’ senior members were Oscar Gass (Director), Bernard Bell (Deputy Director), Bertram Gross, Abba Lerner, Marion Clawson and Arye Gaathon. We evaluate the EAS’ influence using the conceptual framework of learning and signaling. The EAS promoted learning b…
Bread and the dilemmas of socialist paternalism in Israel, 1948–1977
The UK–Israel FTA in a politically dynamic era
This paper examines post-Brexit UK–Israel trade relations through role theory, focusing on how national role conceptions (NRCs) shape trade policy. Based on official documents, media sources, and interviews, it shows strong mutual incentives to replace the 2019 continuity agreement with an upgraded free trade agreement centred on digital services, innovation, and investment. Negotiations progressed through five rounds between 2022 and 2024, align…
Did “the railroads” cause US banks to fail in the 1930s
A combination of archival evidence, panel data, and time series analysis shows that the decline of railways played a major role in US bank failures of the 1930s. Possible failure mechanisms included banks holding: (1) obligations from financially distressed railways and (2) any form of railway bond which lost value due to a collapse. Twenty Massachusetts state banks that failed between 1931 and 1933 incurred average losses in the railway bond por…
Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Macroeconomics (2 works)