{"id":6716,"date":"2021-10-29T08:01:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ercg.co.il\/%d7%90%d7%95%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a4%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%a4%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%90%d7%a9%d7%a8-%d7%91%d7%9c%d7%a1\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T09:58:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:58:37","slug":"about-prof-asher-blass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ercg.co.il\/en\/about-prof-asher-blass\/","title":{"rendered":"About Prof. Asher Blass"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6716\" class=\"elementor elementor-6716 elementor-1794\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fd6e978 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fd6e978\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Asher Blass<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c7ed6cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c7ed6cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Higher Education<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1813c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1813c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ph.D.,<\/strong> Harvard University, Economics, 1988.<br \/><strong>M.A., <\/strong>Harvard University, Economics, 1985.<br \/><strong>B.A.,<\/strong> Hebrew University of Jerusalem, <em>magna cum laude<\/em>, Economics, 1978.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6956a1e1 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6956a1e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ercg.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CV-Asher-Blass.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">The Full CV<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section 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class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Primary Employment<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-737a396 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"737a396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>ERCG<\/em> Economic Research and Consulting Group,<\/strong> Jerusalem (2001 to the present), CEO. The company was established by Prof. Blass and specializes in industrial organization, antitrust, supervision and finance.<\/p><p>Bank of Israel, Research Department (1992-2000), Chief Economist (prior to that, Senior Economist), Head of capital markets and industrial sector.<\/p><p><strong>Lexecon Ltd.,<\/strong> Chicago, Illinois (1988-1991), Senior Economist at a leading economics-legal consulting firm that was established by Justice Posner and professors from the University of Chicago including three Nobel Prize Laureates in Economics. Specializes in economics and law, project management on matters of finance, the financial markets, industrial organization, governmental supervision and antitrust.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-261a27f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"261a27f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f793ce1\" data-id=\"f793ce1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-574fd90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"574fd90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\tTeaching and Research Activity\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe84f2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe84f2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ashkelon Academic College,<\/strong> Department of Economics and Banking, Ashkelon, Associate Professor (2008 to the present).<\/p><p><strong>Hebrew University of Jerusalem,<\/strong> Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Adjunct Lecturer, Industrial Organization, Economics and Law (1991-1994, 2007).<\/p><p><strong>Israel Democracy Institute,<\/strong> Jerusalem (2004-2007), research in the structure of the supervisory authorities of the capital market in Israel.<\/p><p><strong>Tel Aviv University,<\/strong> Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Senior Adjunct Lecturer, Finance and Financial Markets (1995-1997), 2000-2002).<\/p><p><strong>Interdisciplinary Center, <\/strong>Herzliya, Senior Adjunct Lecturer, the Israeli Economy and Financial markets (2000).<\/p><p><strong>Tel Aviv University,<\/strong> Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Senior Adjunct Lecturer, Finance and Financial Markets (1997-1999).<\/p><p><strong>Wesleyan University,<\/strong> Department of Economics, Middletown, Connecticut, Senior Adjunct Lecturer, Microeconomics, the Israeli Economy and Finance (1995, 1998).<\/p><p><strong>Yale University,<\/strong> Department of Economics, New Haven, Connecticut, Adjunct Lecturer, Financial Markets and Industrial Organization (1995, 1998).<\/p><p><strong>Harvard University,<\/strong> Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1984-1988), Teaching Fellow, Microeconomics, Investments, Sports Economics and the Israeli Economy.<\/p><p><strong>Harvard Business School,<\/strong> Boston, Massachusetts (1984-1988), Research Fellow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Asher Blass Higher Education Ph.D., Harvard University, Economics, 1988.M.A., Harvard University, Economics, 1985.B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, magna cum laude, Economics, 1978. 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