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Israeli Section NEWS - Annual meeting
The Israeli section of the RSAI held its annual meeting in January at Tel Aviv university. The event attracted nearly 50 regional scientists and 15 papers were presented. The event also marked the inauguration of the Stan Czamanski prize for outstanding scholarship by a young scholar from the Israeli section. Stan is one of the most senior members of the international regional science community and until recently was a regular participant at Israeli section meetings. The prize was made available through the benevolence of his son, Dan Czamanski also a very active member of the regional science world. First prize went to Yuval Arbel for his paper on ‘Climatic Differences Among US States and Land to Structure Elasticity of Substitution: Empirical Evidence from a New FHA Sample’. The runner up prize was presented to Anat Tchetchik for her work on ‘Optimal Sizing for Rural Tourism Villages- Agglomeration and Club Good Effects’.
Dan Czamanski presents the prize to first place winner Yuval Arbel
Dan Czamanski present the prize to runner up Anat Tchetchik
