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Cut taxes or reduce public debt? The case of Israel

August 31, 2004
On August 26, 2004, the seminar "Cut Taxes or Public Debt? The Case of Israel," led by Dr. Michel Strawczynski, was held at ORT's School of Management and Social Sciences.

This seminar was organized by ORT’s Economic Coordination Office. The Minister of Economy and Finance, Isaac Alfie, also spoke at the event.

Dr. Strawczynski is deputy director of the Research Department at the Bank of Israel; a professor of public economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and co-editor of the Israel Economic Review.

His research is published in the most prestigious international journals, including the *American Economic Review*, the *Journal of Public Economics*, and the *Review of Economics and Statistics*.