Ofer H. Azar

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management

Professor and Head of the Multidisciplinary Specialty

P.O. Box 653

Beer-Sheva, 84105

Israel

http://www.oferazar.com

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A Citation-Based Ranking of Strategic Management Journals

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A Citation-Based Ranking of Strategic Management Journals

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Feb 2008
Ofer H. Azar and David M. Brock
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - School of Management
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Journal rankings, Citation analysis, Strategic Management, Academic impact, Strategy

A Citation-Based Ranking of Strategic Management Journals

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 17, Issue 3, pp. 781-802, Fall 2008
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Aug 2008
Ofer H. Azar and David M. Brock
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - School of Management
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Behavioral Economics and Socio-Economics Journals: A Citation-Based Ranking

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Oct 2006
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
Downloads 1,028 (20,565)
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Journal rankings, Citation analysis, Behavioral economics, Socio-economics, Economics and psychology

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The History of Tipping - from Sixteenth-Century England to United States in the 1910s

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 May 2003
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Tipping, History, Social norms, Feelings

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Incentives and Service Quality in the Restaurant Industry: The Tipping - Service Puzzle

Applied Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Nov 2006
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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tipping, service quality, social norms, waiters, restaurants, the hospitality industry

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Action Bias Among Elite Soccer Goalkeepers: The Case of Penalty Kicks

Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 28, No. 5, 2007
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 09 Feb 2008
Michael Bar Eli, Ofer H. Azar, Ilana Ritov, Yael Keidar-Levin and Galit Schein
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - School of Education, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Decision Making, Uncertainty, Choice Behavior, Sport Psychology, Behavioral Economics

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The Social Norm of Tipping: A Review

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 Feb 2003
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Tipping, social norms, behavioral economics, restaurants, tips, gratuities

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The Implications of Tipping for Economics and Management

International Journal of Social Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Jan 2003
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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tipping, social-economics, behavioral-economics, social-norms, hospitality-industry, restaurants

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The Academic Review Process: How Can We Make it More Efficient?

American Economist, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Feb 2005
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Academic publishing, first response times, editorial process, review process, refereeing

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Do Soccer Players Play the Mixed-Strategy Nash Equilibrium?

Applied Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 May 2011
Ofer H. Azar and Michael Bar Eli
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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Soccer, mixed strategy Nash equilibrium, MSNE, sports, football, penalty kicks

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What Sustains Social Norms and How They Evolve? The Case of Tipping

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 May 2003
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Tipping, Social norms, Evolution, Conformist transmission, Conformity, Feelings, Emotions

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Why Pay Extra? Tipping and the Importance of Social Norms and Feelings in Economic Theory

Journal of Socio-Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 01 Apr 2005
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Tipping, social norms, feelings, consumer behavior, restaurants

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The Slowdown in First-Response Times of Economics Journals: Can it Be Beneficial?

Economic Inquiry, 2007
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Jun 2006
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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First response time, Academic publishing, Review process, Referees, Editorial delays, Refereeing, Economics journals, Reviewing

13.

Relative Thinking Theory

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Apr 2005
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Relative thinking, relative differences, behavioral decision making, behavioral economics, psychological economics, percentages, ratios, absolute differences, Weber's law

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Who Do We Tip and Why? An Empirical Investigation

Applied Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Feb 2005
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Tipping, Service industries, social norms, social welfare, behavioral economics, feelings, emotions, psychological economics

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Rejections and the Importance of First Response Times

International Journal of Social Economics, February 2004
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Mar 2003
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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academic publishing process, turnaround time, academic journals, review process, publication delay, rejections, first response time, peer-review

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The Review Process in Economics: Is it Too Fast?

Southern Economic Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Apr 2005
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Review process, academia, refereeing, research, publishing, publication process, first response times

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Tipping as a Strategic Investment in Service Quality: An Optimal-Control Analysis of Repeated Interactions in the Service Industry

Southern Economic Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2007
Ofer H. Azar and Yossef Tobol
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management and The Jerusalem College of Technology
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Tipping, Service Industry, Behavioral Economics, Social Norms, Service Quality, Optimal Control

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Tipping, Firm Strategy, and Industrial Organization

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2007
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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tipping, firm strategy, business strategy, industrial organization, social norms, norms, restaurants, waiters, servers, the service industry, tips, gratuities, strategy

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The Social Norm of Tipping: Does it Improve Social Welfare?

Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Apr 2005
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Tipping, social norms, social welfare, behavioral economics, psychology and economics, psychological economics

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Do Consumers Make Too Much Effort to Save on Cheap Items and Too Little to Save on Expensive Items? Experimental Results and Implications for Business Strategy

American Behavioral Scientist, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Feb 2010
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Relative thinking, Consumer behavior, Behavioral economics

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Business Strategy and the Social Norm of Tipping

Journal of Economic Psychology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 May 2011
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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tipping, social norms, business strategy, service industry, restaurant industry

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Optimal Monitoring with External Incentives: The Case of Tipping

Southern Economic Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Nov 2005
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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external incentives, tipping, monitoring, intrinsic motivation, reputation

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Tipping Motivations and Behavior in the US and Israel

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 421-457, 2010
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 26 Feb 2010
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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tipping, social norms, cross-cultural differences, restaurant industry, experimental survey, service charge, waiters, consumer behavior

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Evolution of Social Norms with Heterogeneous Preferences: A General Model and an Application to the Academic Review Process

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Mar 2006
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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social norms, evolution, turnaround times, refereeing, review process

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The Effect of Relative Thinking on Firm Strategy and Market Outcomes: A Location Differentiation Model With Endogenous Transportation Costs

Journal of Economic Psychology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2007
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Competitive Strategy, Relative Thinking, Pricing, Mental Accounting, Consumer Psychology, Consumer Attitudes & Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Behavioral Decision Making, Industrial Organization, Product Differentiation

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Effect of External Incentives on Profits and Firm-Provided Incentives Strategy

Journal of Socio-Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Jun 2007
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Worker satisfaction, Personnel economics, External incentives, Worker reputation, Intrinsic motivation

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Do People Tip Strategically, to Improve Future Service? Theory and Evidence

Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 515-527, May 2007
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 19 May 2007
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Does Relative Thinking Exist in Real-World Situations? A Field Experiment with Bagels and Cream Cheese

Economic Inquiry, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 564-572, 2011
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 21 Mar 2011
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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The Influence of Economics Articles on Business Research: Analysis of Journals and Time Trends

The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 57, Issue 4, pp. 851-869, December 2009
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Dec 2009
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
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Psychological Construal of Economic Behavior

Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 29, No. 5, 2008
Posted: 27 Oct 2015
David Leiser, Ofer H. Azar and Liat Hadar
Dept. of Psychology - Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah - Adelson School of Entrepreneuship

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Behavioral economics; Construal level theory; Psychology and economics; Behavioral decision making

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Can Price Discrimination Be Bad for Firms and Good for All Consumers? A Theoretical Analysis of Cross-Market Price Constraints with Entry and Product Differentiation

Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 3, No. 1, Article 12
Posted: 23 Oct 2003
Ofer H. Azar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management

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Cross-Market Price Constraints, Price Discrimination, Regulation, Product Differentiation, Entry, Duopoly, Universal Service Requirements