Energy & Environmental Economics
Energy Policy & Consumer Behavior
Agricultural Economics & Rural Development

1. Vertlib, S., Rosenzweig, Rubin, O. D., & Steren (accepted). Are car safety systems associated with more speeding violations? Evidence from police records in Israel. PLOS ONE.
2. Song, Y., Zhang, Z., Sahut, J. M., & Rubin, O. (2023). Incentivizing green technology innovation to confront sustainable development. Technovation, 126, 102788.‏
3. Shriki, N., Rabinovici, R., Yahav, K., & Rubin, O. (2023). Prioritizing suitable locations for national-scale solar PV installations: Israel's site suitability analysis as a case study. Renewable Energy.‏
4. Shriki, N., Rabinovici, R., Yahav, K., & Rubin, O. D. (2022). Methodology for estimating the potential of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic as part of the national electricity grid: The case of Israel. Energy for Sustainable Development, 68, 332-349.‏
5. Steren, A., Rosenzweig, S., & Rubin, O. D. (2022). Assessing the emission consequences of an energy rebound effect in private cars in Israel. Environmental Pollution, 306, 119332.‏
6. Steren, A., Rubin, O. D., & Rosenzweig, S. (2022). Energy-efficiency policies targeting consumers may not save energy in the long run: A rebound effect that cannot be ignored. Energy Research & Social Science, 90, 102600.‏
7. Ihle, R., Bar‐Nahum, Z., Nivievskyi, O., & Rubin, O. D. (2022). Russia’s invasion of Ukraine increased the synchronisation of global commodity prices. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 66(4), 775-796.‏
8. Hartal, S., Rubin, O. D., & Malul, M. (2021). The mobility preferences of ICT knowledge workers: Do second-ranked cities have a chance of attracting them?. Journal of Urban Affairs, 1-15.‏
9. Ihle, R., Rubin, O. D., Bar-Nahum, Z., & Jongeneel, R. (2020). Imperfect food markets in times of crisis: economic consequences of supply chain disruptions and fragmentation for local market power and urban vulnerability. Food Security, 12(4), 727-734.‏
10. Bar-Nahum, Z., Finkelshtain, I., Ihle, R., & Rubin, O. D. (2020). Effects of violent political conflict on the supply, demand and fragmentation of fresh food markets. Food Security, 12, 503-515.‏
11. Reitan, A., Rubin, O. D., Rubin, A., & Kimhi, A. (2019). Privatization, demographic growth, and perceived sustainability: Lessons from the Israeli renewing kibbutzim. Sustainable Development, 27(6), 1076-1084.‏
12. Du, X., & Rubin, O. D. (2018). Transition and integration of the ERCOT market with the Competitive Renewable Energy Zones Project. The Energy Journal, 39(4).‏
13. Hartal, S., Malul, M., & Rubin, O. D. (2017). The role of coordination failure in the movement of future knowledge workers away from the periphery. Cities, 64, 18-25.‏
14. Shay-Margalit, B., & Rubin, O. D. (2017). Effect of the Israeli “green schools” reform on pupils’ environmental attitudes and behavior. Society & Natural Resources, 30(1), 112-128.‏
15. Yirmiyahu, A., Rubin, O. D., & Malul, M. (2017). Does greater accessibility to higher education reduce wage inequality? The case of the Arab minority in Israel. Studies in Higher Education, 42(6), 1071-1090.‏
16. Rubin, O. D., & Ihle, R. (2017). Measuring temporal dimensions of the intensity of violent political conflict. Social Indicators Research, 132, 621-642.‏
17. Steren, A., Rubin, O. D., & Rosenzweig, S. (2016). Assessing the rebound effect using a natural experiment setting: Evidence from the private transportation sector in Israel. Energy Policy, 93, 41-49.‏
18. Ben-Moshe, O., & Rubin, O. D. (2015). Does wind energy mitigate market power in deregulated electricity markets?. Energy, 85, 511-521.
19. Rubin, A., & Rubin, O. D. (2014). Is there a distinct Israeli Diaspora? Impact of temporal sociopolitical circumstances on the formation of diaspora groups. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 40(5), 737-758.‏
20. Rubin, O. D., & Rubin, A. (2014). Intergenerational religious transmission mechanisms among second-generation migrants: The case of Jewish immigrants in the United States. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 43, 265-277.‏
21. Flaig, D., Rubin, O., & Siddig, K. (2013). Imperfect competition, border protection and consumer boycott: The future of the dairy industry in Israel. Journal of Policy Modeling, 35(5), 838-851.‏‏
22. Rubin, O. D., & Babcock, B. A. (2013). The impact of expansion of wind power capacity and pricing methods on the efficiency of deregulated electricity markets. Energy, 59, 676-688.‏
23. Ihle, R., & Rubin, O. D. (2013). Consequences of unintended food policies: Food price dynamics subject to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Food Policy, 42, 96-105.‏
24. Rubin, O. D., & Babcock, B. A. (2011). A novel approach for modeling deregulated electricity markets. Energy Policy, 39(5), 2711-2721.‏
25. Feng, H., Rubin, O. D., & Babcock, B. A. (2010). Greenhouse gas impacts of ethanol from Iowa corn: Life cycle assessment versus system wide approach. Biomass and Bioenergy, 34(6), 912-921.‏

Prof. Ofir Rubin focuses his research on economic modeling of energy markets, management of natural resources, and the economics and environmental aspects of renewable energy. Ofir holds M.Sc. in agricultural economics and management from the Hebrew University and a PhD in economics from Iowa State University. Before joining BGU, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Hebrew University. His research has been published in top journals in the fields of energy and environmental science and he is a recipient of prestige research grants from GIF, ISF, Ministry of Science, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and others. Ofir teaches courses in environmental policy and natural resources management and supervises graduate students working on various aspects of energy policy and the economics of renewable energy.