Prof. of Public Policy, Hebrew University Head of the Federmann School of public policy 2017-2021https://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mowh2khfgk2lThe Economic Impact of Brexit www.nber.org/papers/w34459 https://www.nber.org/papers/w3445923 Jun 2026 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowh2khfgk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mnzf5qufys27Ought ≠ Is: No Evidence for an 'Honesty Premium' in Public Sector Culture https://bppblog.com/2026/04/30/honesty-public-sector-culture/11 Jun 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzf5qufys27https://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mnutfghpek25https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.250261112309 Jun 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnutfghpek25https://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mmf67phw7k2sIt was a pleasure to present my joint work with Nir Gavish at the Collaborative Research Centre "Global Dynamics of Social Policy", @unibremen.bsky.social. My thanks to @markustepe.bsky.social and to all the participants, for their helpful and interesting questions, comments and suggestions.21 May 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmf67phw7k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mldbzzosxk25It was a pleasure to present my joint work with Nir Gavish at the Public Administration, Welfare and Politics (PAWP) seminar, @sdu.dk. Thanks to Pieter Vanhuysse for organizing and chairing, and to all the participants for their helpful and interesting questions, comments and suggestions.08 May 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldbzzosxk25https://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mkpkby4b422sOught ≠ Is: No Evidence for an 'Honesty Premium' in Public Sector Culture https://bppblog.com/2026/04/30/honesty-public-sector-culture/30 Apr 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpkby4b422shttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mkp6j5inl223https://bppblog.com/2026/04/30/honesty-public-sector-culture/ @markustepe.bsky.social @saaralonbarkat.bsky.social30 Apr 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkp6j5inl223https://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mjho6t3hd22t🚨A new paper by Nimrod Tzukert and myself, introduces TOQA (Terrorist Organization Quarterly Activity) - a reproducible 1970–2020 panel dataset designed to study terrorist organizational trajectories constructed based on incidence data (GTD). TOQA's contributions include: >>14 Apr 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjho6t3hd22thttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mh6ae53sjs2d🚨New paper The ideal that honesty is a central part of public sector culture is found across cultures and throughout history. Yet does the culture of the public sector increase honesty behaviour of public employees? @bppjournal.bsky.social @saaralonbarkat.bsky.social @omeryair88.bsky.social 1/716 Mar 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6ae53sjs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mfzuvtofes2thttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-023-09454-201 Mar 2026 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzuvtofes2thttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mfor2f4kdc2qhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/opinion/trump-europe-civil-society.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20260225&instance_id=171607&nl=opinion-today&regi_id=96371958&segment_id=215786&user_id=4a806deaa60d2a8556d05edf00ee8bf025 Feb 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfor2f4kdc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mfd7vva3mc2cOur new paper is online: Priming public sector identity in five countries (DE, IL, SE, IT, UK) does not increase honest behaviour (although it does increase PSM). @bppjournal.bsky.social @markustepe.bsky.social @saaralonbarkat.bsky.social https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioural-public-policy/article/public-sector-culture-does-not-increase-honest-behavior-evidence-from-rcts-in-five-countries/DAFE2FDC1D4D962BEFA61C3B194CE91220 Feb 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfd7vva3mc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mf5q6xlazc2ohttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10967494.2025.255983318 Feb 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5q6xlazc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3mf5q4cjjcs2fA taste for government employment also rests on its political flavor https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/puar.1388918 Feb 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5q4cjjcs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3lpfbo66tjs2417 May 2025 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpfbo66tjs24https://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3lleeiuznu22bhttps://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.242693712227 Mar 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lleeiuznu22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3ljhn4mlfms2q🧵👇 1/ How do temporary laws impact human rights? This study examines how "temporary" rights restrictions—often used in emergencies—can lead to permanent limitations. The findings reveal a slippery slope effect. 📉⚖️ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioural-public-policy/article/slippery-slope-of-rightsrestricting-temporary-measures-an-experimental-analysis/9C05120AF029CCB3B7025301F3DC22CB03 Mar 2025 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljhn4mlfms2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3ljcrzp7f5c2r01 Mar 2025 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljcrzp7f5c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3liyzvvxym226A bus stop in London:25 Feb 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3liyzvvxym226https://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3liynp3ae7k2bhttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5141592 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2025 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3liynp3ae7k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3lifburie4k2vThis incompetent "reorganization" of the federal public sector poses a risk on a global scale. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifburie4k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3liedkwyppk2u#publicadministration [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2025 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3liedkwyppk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3li2glzrchc2q#Qatargate https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-84186413 Feb 2025 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3li2glzrchc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3lhz3sveqsk27🧵New paper: Does public sector culture affect the honesty of public employees? The ideal that honesty is a central part of public sector culture is found across cultures and throughout history from Confucian administrative ethics and Plato's writing. 1/7>>12 Feb 2025 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhz3sveqsk27https://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3lh4sma2f6c23כתבה מצוינת של מירב ארלוזורוב על ועדות חקירה, והצורך בהן. שמחתי לתרום לכתבה את המשפט הבא: "אני רוצה לחיות במדינה שכשקורה בה משהו רע, היא לא עושה חשבון ומבררת אותו עד תום. זה מחזק את האמון בשיטה". https://www.themarker.com/weekend/2025-01-31/ty-article-magazine/.premium/00000194-b252-dee1-a5dc-f6f26e8e0000?fbclid=IwY2xjawILGfNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdC1DgaFOPbE2xpko_hnoBvtL6aIbCYUoDEaE77H6pSYWwtmVTHV4CpnfQ_aem_SrZnAMHU8z-uqzWYDVTGSA01 Feb 2025 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4sma2f6c23https://bsky.app/profile/raanan-sk.bsky.social/post/3lgt6kcbm522rwww.zman.co.il/558195/ https://www.zman.co.il/558195/28 Jan 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:fdn4avedbrft3heroo3xmgfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgt6kcbm522r