Jonas Prager



Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D. 1964 (economics), Columbia; B.A. 1959 (economics), Yeshiva.


Department of Economics
New York University
19 W. 4th Street, 6FL
New York, NY 10012

Phone: 212.998.8911
Fax: 212.995.4186


Personal Homepage: http://www.econ.nyu.edu/user/pragerj/

External Affiliations: C. V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University; Center for the Study of Central Banks, New York University.

Fellowships/Honors: NYU Research Challenge Fund, 1994-1995; Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Fellowship, 1971 and 1982-1983; Interregional Network on Privatization, United Nations Development Programme

Areas of Research/Interest: Privatization, banking regulation.


Selected Publications:

Banking Privatization: How Compelling is the Case?, Anthony Bennett, ed. In How Does Privatization Work? Essays in Honor of V. V. Ramanadham, 1997. 33-50.
Contracting Out Government Services, Public Administration Review, 54, no. 2. March/April 1994. 176-84.
Applied Microeconomics: An Intermediate Text. Irwin. 1993.
Is Privatization a Panacea for the LDCs? Market Failure Versus Public Sector Failure. Journal of Developing Areas, 26. April 1992. 301-22.