Shani Cohen

Welcome! I am an economics Ph.D. candidate at Harvard, interested in economic theory and macroeconomics.

I hold two master's degrees in mathematics, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MSc) and from the University of Cambridge (MASt). I am also a fellow of Molad, the center for the renewal of Israeli democracy.

My email address is shani_cohen@g.harvard.edu and my twitter handle @shani_cn.

Research

Working papers

Sequential Cursed Equilibrium, R&R at the American Economic Review (with Shengwu Li)

Published

Cohen, S., & Shelah, S. (2019), Generalizing random real forcing for inaccessible cardinals. Israel Journal of Mathematics, 234(2), 547-580.

Non-academic

Public writing

Dangerous Delusions: The Misconceptions that Led to the Catastrophe of October 7 [English] [Hebrew] {Contributing writer} (October 2023)

Why Israeli Liberals Must Not Despair Over Demographic Projections [English] [Hebrew] (September 2023, Haaretz)

Netanyahu repeats the mantras of “strong economy” and “responsible leadership”. He know that this is a lie [Hebrew] (August 2023, TheMarker)

A case for working less [Hebrew] (November 2020, TheMarker)

Not everybody can win [Hebrew] (July 2020, Pigumim)

This is how the dream of becoming a mathematician turned me into a feminist [Hebrew] (December 2016, Sicha Mekomit)

Podcast episodes

Interview: ‘The day after the protest’ podcast [Hebrew] (September 2023)

The economic impact of the judicial overhaul [Hebrew] (May 2023)