Journal Papers

Beenstock M., Feldman D and Felsenstein D (2016) Hedonic Pricing when Housing is Endogenous: The Value of Access to the Trans-Israel Highway, Journal of Regional Science (forthcoming)

Beenstock M., Felsenstein D and Reingewertz Y. (2015) Tide Gauge Location and the Measurement of Global Sea Level Rise,  Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 22, 179-206.

Beenstock M. and Felsenstein D. (2015) Spatial Spillover in Housing Construction,  Journal of Housing Economics, 28, 42-58.

Beenstock M., Felsenstein D and Rubin Z. (2015) Immigration to the European Union from its Neighborhoods: Testing Welfare-Chasing and Related Hypotheses by Spatial Gravity,  International Journal of Manpower (forthcoming)

Beenstock M., Felsenstein D and Rubin Z. (2015) Visa waivers, multilateral resistance and international tourism: some evidence from Israel,  Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, DOI 10.1007/s12076-015-0137-3 (forthcoming)



Grinberger A.Y. and Felsenstein D. (2014) Bouncing Back or Bouncing Forward? Simulating Urban Resilience,  Urban Design and Planning, 167, 115-124.

Felsenstein D, Lichter M. and Ashbel E. (2014) Coastal Congestion: Simulating Port Expansion and Land Use Change under Zero-Sum Conditions,  Ocean and Coastal Management, 101, 89-101

Felsenstein, D. and Lichter, M (2014), Land Use Change and the Management of Coastal Areas: Prospect and Retrospect,  Ocean and Coastal Management, 101, 123-125

Felsenstein D and Lichter M (2014), Social and Economic Vulnerability of Coastal Communities to Sea Level Rise and Extreme Flooding,  Natural Hazards, 71, 465-491

Lichter M and Felsenstein D (2014) Coastal Communities under Threat: Comparing Property and Social Exposure,  Geographical Research Forum, 34, 40-58

Felsenstein D. (2013) Factors Affecting Regional Productivity and Innovation in Israel: Some Empirical Evidence,  Regional Studies,, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2013.837871

Alexiadis S and Felsenstein D (2012) The Flexible Accelerator Model and the 'Regionalization' of Capital Stock Estimates, Regional Science Inquiry 4 (1), 39-45.

Beeenstock M and Felsenstein D (2012), Nonparametric Estimation of the Spatial Connectivity Matrix using Spatial Panel Data, Geographical Analysis, 44(4), 386-387.

Ergas Y and Felsenstein D (2012) Airport Relocation and Expansion and the Estimation of Derived Tourist Demand; The Case of Eilat, Israel, Journal of Air Transport Management, 24, 54-61

Lichter M and Felsenstein D (2012) Assessing the Costs of Sea Level Rise and Extreme Flooding at the Local Level; A GIS-Based Approach, Ocean and Coastal Management, 59, 47-62

Beeenstock M, Feldman D and Felsenstein D (2012), Testing for Units Roots and Cointegration in Spatial Cross Section Data, Spatial Economic Analysis 7(2), 203-222.

Beeenstock M, Felsenstein D and Benzeev N (2011), Capital Deepening and Regional Inequality: An Empirical Analysis, Annals of Regional Science 47, 599-617.

Felsenstein D and Persky J. (2011) Gender and Job Chains in Local Economic Development, Economic Development Quarterly, 25(2), 172-181.

Horne R. and Felsenstein D. (2010) Is Property Assessment Really Essential for Taxation? Evaluating the Performance of an 'Alternative Assessment' Method, Land Use Policy, 27, 1181-1189.

Felsenstein D and Ashbel E (2010) Simultaneous Modeling of Developer Behavior and Land Prices in UrbanSim, Journal of Transportation and Land Use, 3 (2), 107-127.

Portnov B.A. and Felsenstein D. (2010) On the Suitability of Income Inequality Measures for Regional Analysis: Some Evidence from Simulation Analysis and Bootstrapping Tests, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, (44), 212-219.

Beenstock M. and Felsenstein D. (2010) Marshallian Theory of Regional Agglomeration, Papers in Regional Science, 89 (1) 155-172.

Beenstock M. and Felsenstein D. (2010) Spatial Error Correction and Cointegration in Non Stationary Panel Data: Regional House Prices in Israel, Journal of Geographical Systems ,12, 189-206.

Beenstock M. and Felsenstein D. (2008) Regional Heterogeneity, Conditional Convergence and Regional Inequality, Regional Studies, 42, (4), 475-488.

Freeman D. and Felsenstein D (2008) Forecasting Regional Investment in the Hotel Industry: An Input-Output Approach, Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy,  37 (3) 243-256.

Persky J. and Felsenstein D (2008) Multipliers, Mark-Ups and Mobility Rents: In Defense of 'Chain Models' in Urban and Regional Analysis, Environment and Planning A (40), 2930-2947

Persky J. and Felsenstein D. (2008) Job Chains and Wage Curves: Worker Mobility and Marshallian Surpluses in Evaluating Regional Employment Growth, Journal of Regional Science, 48 (5), 921-940.

Beenstock M. and Felsenstein D. (2007) Mobility and Mean Regression in the Dynamics of Regional Inequality, International Regional Science Review30 (4), 335-361.

Felsenstein D. and Persky J. (2007) Evaluating Local Job Creation: A 'Job Chains' Perspective, Journal of the American Planning Association 73 (1), 23-34.

Hazam S. and Felsenstein D. (2007) Terror, Fear and Behavior in the Jerusalem Housing Market, Urban Studies, 44 (13), 2529-2546.

Beenstock M. and Felsenstein D. (2007) Spatial Vector AutoregressionsSpatial Economic Analyis, 2 (2), 167-196.

Persky J. and Felsenstein D. (2006) Restricting Access in a Job Chains Model of Local Employment Creation, Annals of Regional Science, 40 (2), 423-435.

Felsenstein D. and Portnov B. (2005) Understanding Regional Inequalities in Small Countries, Regional Studies, 39 (5) 647-658.

Fleischer A. and Felsenstein D. (2004) Face-to-Face or Cyberspace? Choosing the Internet as an Intermediary in the Travel Market, Tourism Economics, 10 (3) 345-359.

Felsenstein D.(2003)  Do High Technology Agglomerations Encourage Urban Sprawl?, Annals of Regional Science, 36 (4),645-662.

Felsenstein D. and Fleischer A. (2003) Local Festivals and Tourism Promotion: The Role of Public Assistance and Visitor Expenditure, Journal of Travel Research, 41 (4) 385-392.


Book Chapters

Beenstock M and Felsenstein D (2016) Spatial Dependence in the Econometrics of Gravity Modeling,in Arbia G and Patuelli R (eds) The Spatial Econometrics of Spatial Interaction Models, Springer (forthcoming).

Grinberger, A. Y., Lichter, M., and Felsenstein, D. (2016). Dynamic Agent Based Simulation of an Urban Disaster using Synthetic Big Data. in Thakuria P, Tilahun N and Zellner M (eds)  Seeing Cities Through Big Data: Research, Methods and Applications in Urban Informatics, Springer (forthcoming)

Grinberger, A. Y., and Felsenstein, D. (2016) A Tale of Two Earthquakes: Dynamic Agent-Based Simulation of Urban Resilience in Lombard G., Clarke G. and Stern E. (eds)  Applied Spatial Modeling and Planning, Routledge.

Grinberger, A. Y., Lichter, M. and Felsenstein, D. (2015).Simulating Urban Resilience: Disasters, Dynamics and (Synthetic) Data, in S. Geertman, J. Stillwell, J. Ferreira, & R. Goodspeed (eds.)  Planning Support Systems and Smart Cities,, Springer.

Felsenstein D., Lichter M, Ashbel E and Grinberger Y (2014) Land Use Land Cover Dynamics at the Metropolitan Fringe pp 143-166 in Czamanski D., Benenson I and Malkinson D (eds) Modeling of Land Use and Ecological Dynamics, Springer.

Felsenstein D and Hazam S. (2012) Intra-Urban Mobility and Changing Density Functions in Tel Aviv, 1995-2006 pp. 29-44 in Frenkel A, McCann P and Nijkamp P (edsSocieties in Motion: Regional Development, Industrial Innovation and Spatial Mobility, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK.

Felsenstein D (2011) Human Capital and Labor Mobility in Regional Innovation and Growth pp 119-131 in Cooke P, Asheim B, Martin R, Todtling F, Boschma R and Schwartz D (edsHandbook on Regional Innovation and Growth, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK.

Felsenstein D., Asbel E. and Ben-Nun A. (2007) Microsimulation of Metroplitan Employment Deconcentration: Application of the UrbanSim Model in the Tel Aviv Region, Chap 16 in Koomen E., Bakema A., Stillwel J and Schloten H. (edsSimulating Land Use Change, Springer, Berlin.

Felsenstein D. (2005) Translating Employment Concentration into Land Consumption: Some Results from the Chicago Metropolitan Area, in Atzema O., Rietveld P. and Shefer D. (eds),Regions, Land Consumption and Sustainable Growth: Assessing the Impact of the Public and Private Sectors,Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK.

Felsenstein. D. and Portnov B. (2005) The Liability of Smallness; Can We Expect Less Regional Disparities in Small Countries?, pp.15-24 in Felsenstein D. and Portnov B (edsRegional Disparities in Small Countries, Springer, Heidelberg.

Portnov B. and Felsenstein D. (2005) Measures of Regional Inequality for Small Countries, pp. 47-62 in Felsenstein D. and Portnov B. (edsRegional Disparities in Small Countries, Springer, Heidelberg.

Fleischer A. and Felsenstein D. (2004) Short-Run Output and Employment Effects Arising from Assistance to Tourism SME?s: Evidence from Israel, pp 71-81 in Thomas R (ed), Small Firms in Tourism: International Perspectives, Elsevier, Holland.

Persky J. and Felsenstein D. (2004) Evaluating the Welfare Outcomes of Local Economic Development: A Job Chains Approach, pp.130-144 in Reese L. and Fasenfest D. (edsCritical Perspectives in Local Economic Development, Wayne State University Press, Detroit MI.

Felsenstein D. and Barkai H. (2002) Indentifying Globalization Trends in the Cultural Industries of Tel Aviv, pp. 237-256 in Felsenstein D., Schamp E. and Shachar A. (2002) (eds), Emerging Nodes in the Global Economy: Frankfurt and Tel Aviv Compared, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Felsenstein D. and Ergas Y. (2002) Tel Aviv as a High Tech 'Hot Spot': Does Location Really Matter ?, pp. 109-130 in Felsenstein D., Schamp E. and Shachar A. (2002) (eds), Emerging Nodes in the Global Economy: Frankfurt and Tel Aviv Compared, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, TheNetherlands.

Felsenstein D. and Ergas Y. (2002) Investing in an Emerging Node: Foreign-Owned Companies in the Tel Aviv Economy, pp. 57-80 in Felsenstein D., Schamp E. and Shachar A. (2002) (eds), Emerging Nodes in the Global Economy: Frankfurt and Tel Aviv Compared, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Felsenstein D. and Freeman D. (2002) Gambling on the Border: Casinos, Tourism Development and the Prisoner's Dilemma, pp 95-115 in Krakover S. and Gradus Y. (eds). Tourism in Frontier Areas, Lexington Books, Maryland.

Shachar A. and Felsenstein D.  (2002)  Globalization Processes and their Impact on the Structure of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area, pp. 35-56 inFelsenstein D., Schamp E. and Shachar A. (2002) (eds), Emerging Nodes in the Global Economy: Frankfurt and Tel Aviv Compared, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.


Other Publications

Felsenstein D. (2008) Community Economic Development, Ministry of Welfare and Social Services, Jerusalem (Hebrew).

Ashbel E., Biemans H., Felsenstein D. and Kuijpers M. (2005) Quality of Life Effects Associated with Employment Sprawl: Applications of the UrbanSim Microsimulation Model, paper presented at the CUPUM05 conference, London.

Persky J.,  Felsenstein D. and Carlson V. (2004) What are Jobs Worth?, Employment Research, Upjohn Institute

Haaretz, 19.11.2008: "The gap between Tel Aviv and the periphery is not that large"

Haaretz, 26.9.2011: "Who wants a decaying Israel Land Authority?"

National Geographic, February 2015 (Hebrew) "Mediterranean Sea Level"


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