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  1. Impact of Education (Level of Knowledge) on the Prevalence of Obesity in Different Urban Environments

    Article • REGION, November 2024, European Regional Science Association

    Yuval Arbel

  2. Can COVID-19 herd immunity be achieved at a city level?

    Article • PLOS One, May 2024, PLOS

    Yuval Arbel

  3. Cesarean Sections and Family Planning Among Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews

    Article • Journal of Religion and Health, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  4. Low vs. high income: The impact of high-rise buildings on prevalence of obesity

    Article • Cities, March 2024, Elsevier

    Yuval Arbel

  5. Is a municipal socio-economic ranking more influential than vaccination on daily growth in COVID-19 infection rate?

    Article • Cogent Social Sciences, January 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Yuval Arbel

  6. Young vs. Old Population: Does Urban Environment of Skyscrapers Create Different Obesity Prevalence?

    Article • BioMed, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Yuval Arbel

  7. COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality Factors

    Article • REGION, August 2023, European Regional Science Association

    Yuval Arbel

  8. What is the optimal country for minimum COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates?

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  9. What caused what? The Israeli Shekel and cryptocurrencies

    Article • Israel Affairs, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Yuval Arbel

  10. To obey or not to obey? Can game theory explain human behavior in the context of coronavirus disease?

    Article • Review of Development Economics, February 2023, Wiley

    Yuval Arbel

  11. Do Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews Suffer more than Secular Israeli Jews from Obesity? Gender, Cohort Effect and the Yule–Simpson Paradox

    Article • Journal of Religion and Health, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  12. The median age of a city’s residents and population density influence COVID 19 mortality growth rates: policy implications

    Article • Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  13. Is COVID-19 Herd Immunity Influenced by Population Densities of Cities?

    Article • Sustainability, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Yuval Arbel

  14. Can Obesity Prevalence Explain COVID-19 Indicators (Cases, Mortality, and Recovery)? A Comparative Study in OECD Countries

    Article • Journal of Obesity, June 2022, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Yuval Arbel

  15. Can smoking prevalence explain COVID-19 indicators (cases, mortality, and recovery)? A comparative study in OECD countries

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  16. Can the Regime Type (Democracy versus Autocracy) Explain the COVID-19 Recovery Rates?

    Article • Chinese Political Science Review, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  17. Covid 19 vaccination: Accessibility or literacy? Israel as a case study

    Article • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, March 2022, Elsevier

    Yuval Arbel

  18. Do COVID19 infection rates change over time and space? Population density and socio-economic measures as regressors

    Article • Cities, January 2022, Elsevier

    Yuval Arbel

  19. BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting: A Note

    Article • November 2021, Research Square

    Yuval Arbel

  20. Is there an endogeneity problem between health and apartment value? Gender differences and the impact of obesity on property self-evaluation

    Article • Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  21. Do population density, socio-economic ranking and Gini Index of cities influence infection rates from coronavirus? Israel as a case study

    Article • The Annals of Regional Science, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  22. Nutrition, age, medical literacy and gender: The impact of ethnic origin (Arabs vs. Jewish Israelis) on obesity

    Article • Clinical Nutrition Open Science, August 2021, Elsevier

    Yuval Arbel

  23. Are Ultra-Orthodox Jews Healthier than Secular Jews? Gender Differences, Cohort Effect, Lifestyle and Obesity

    Article • Contemporary Jewry, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  24. What Is the Optimal Family Size for a Minimal Likelihood of Obesity?

    Article • Contemporary Jewry, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  25. Assortative Marriage for Height–BMI in an Israeli Sample

    Article • Marriage & Family Review, December 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Yuval Arbel

  26. The cause and effect problem: Is there mutual obesity among Arab Israeli couples?

    Article • PLOS One, October 2020, PLOS

    Yuval Arbel

  27. Can Increased Recovery Rates from Coronavirus be explained by Prevalence of ADHD? An Analysis at the US Statewide Level

    Article • Journal of Attention Disorders, September 2020, SAGE Publications

    Yuval Arbel

  28. Can reduction in infection and mortality rates from coronavirus be explained by an obesity survival paradox? An analysis at the US statewide level

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  29. Migration and Food Consumption: The Impact of Culture and Country of Origin on Obesity as an Indicator of Human Health

    Article • Sustainability, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Yuval Arbel

  30. The “battle of sexes” construct among ultra-Orthodox Jews: what is the optimal number of children for a minimal BMI?

    Article • Journal of Public Health, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  31. Do Population Density, Socio-Economic Ranking and Gini Index of Cities Influence Infection Rates from Coronavirus? Israel as a case Study

    Article • July 2020, Research Square

    Yuval Arbel

  32. The Chicken and Egg Problem: Obesity and the Urban Monocentric Model

    Article • The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel

  33. Giving at the close: Experimental evidence on cooperation in contributing to a public good

    Article • Journal of Public Economic Theory, November 2019, Wiley

    Yuval Arbel

  34. The Association of Pension Income with the Incidence of Type I Obesity among Retired Israelis

    Article • Journal of Obesity, July 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Yuval Arbel

  35. Can the Laffer curve become a policy tool for reducing tax evasion? Stratification of property tax collection by land use

    Article • Journal of Urban Management, April 2019, Elsevier

    Yuval Arbel

  36. Public policy for reducing tax evasion: implications of the Yule–Simpson paradox

    Article • Applied Economics Letters, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Yuval Arbel

  37. A comparison of local property tax compliance among renters and owner-occupiers

    Article • Regional Science and Urban Economics, September 2017, Elsevier

    Yuval Arbel

  38. Fundraising to a real-life public good – evidence from the laboratory

    Article • Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, December 2016, Elsevier

    Yuval Arbel

  39. Does the first impression matter? Efficiency testing of tenure-choice decision

    Article • Regional Science and Urban Economics, September 2016, Elsevier

    Yuval Arbel

  40. ARE THE DISABLED LESS LOSS AVERSE? EVIDENCE FROM A NATURAL POLICY EXPERIMENT

    Article • Economic Inquiry, December 2015, Wiley

    Yuval Arbel

  41. Anchoring and housing choice: Results of a natural policy experiment

    Article • Regional Science and Urban Economics, November 2014, Elsevier

    Yuval Arbel

  42. Roll a die and tell a lie – What affects honesty?

    Article • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, November 2014, Elsevier

    Yuval Arbel

  43. Social involvement, level of income and employment among immigrants

    Article • International Journal of Manpower, August 2014, Emerald

    Yuval Arbel, Yossef Tobol

  44. The Correlation among Immigrant Homeownership, Objective and Subjective Characteristics, and Civic Participation: New Evidence from the Israeli Experience

    Article • Urban Studies, December 2011, SAGE Publications

    Yuval Arbel

  45. The local cost of terror: Effects of the second Palestinian Intifada on Jerusalem house prices

    Article • Regional Science and Urban Economics, November 2010, Elsevier

    Yuval Arbel

  46. Mean Reversion and Momentum: Another Look at the Price-Volume Correlation in the Real Estate Market

    Article • The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yuval Arbel