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

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).
https://www.iaee.org/energyjournal/article/3109

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.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.02.038

Ben-Moshe, O., & Rubin, O. D. (2015). Does wind energy mitigate market power in deregulated electricity markets?. Energy, 85, 511-521.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.03.069

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.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2013.07.020

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.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.07.007

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2013.01.001

Rubin, O. D., & Babcock, B. A. (2011). A novel approach for modeling deregulated electricity markets. Energy policy, 39(5), 2711-2721.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.040

Dr. Ofir Rubin, Head of the Department of Public Policy & Management, 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 field of energy and fuels and he is a recipient of prestige research grants from GIF, ISF, Ministry of Science, 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.