Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity at Baruch:  The Case of Israel’s Natural Gas Deposits with Speaker Eytan Sheshinski

Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1pm

FREE ADMISSION

About the Program

The recent discovery of vast natural gas deposits off of Israel’s Mediterranean coast presented a rare opportunity for Israeli leaders to establish such a policy. In a nation with both a strong socialist tradition and a dynamic market-driven economy, the Prime Minister established a committee headed by economics professor Eytan Sheshinski with the task of recommending a regime that would best allow for the development of the resources by private industry in a way that would benefit the entire country.

In 2011, the Israeli parliament adopted the Sheshinski Committee’s recommendations.  Professor Sheshinski will talk about how he overcame the many seemingly irreconcilable interests his committee had to take into account in reaching its conclusions and will speak more generally about the interplay between the government, the people and the private sector in allocating the benefits from a nation’s natural wealth.

About the Speaker

Eytan Sheshinski serves as Professor of Public Finance at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is currently a Director of Psagot Mutual Funds Ltd and of Israel Discount Bank Ltd. He has also served as Director and Chairman of the Investments Committee of Atudot Pension Fund Ltd. Prof. Sheshinski earned a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA and – and BA and MA Degrees in Economics from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Registration

Complimentary pre-registration is required to attend this program. Register online, by phone or e-mail at http://ow.ly/fOX20