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Arbel, Y., Fialkoff, C., & Kerner, A. (2025). The Impact of Financial Sources on Health and the Poverty–Obesity Paradox. Israel Affairs: 1 – 16.

Arbel, Y., Arbel Y., Kerner, E., & Kerner, M. (2025) Can the Monty Hall Paradox Explain COVID-19 Ideological Vaccine Resistance? Israel Affairs: 1 – 6.

Arbel, Y., Arbel Y., Kerner, A., & Kerner, M. (2025). Is High-Rise Development Always Beneficial to Health? Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 11: 101652, 16

Arbel, Y., Arbel Y., Kerner, A., & Kerner, M. (2025) What is the Required Minimum Number of Tall Structures Above Which the Prevalence of Melanoma Decreases? Frontiers in Built Environment, 11: 1 – 7.

Arbel, Y., Arbel Y., Kerner, A., & Kerner, M. (2025) Minorities Diminished Return and Walkability: The Impact of Race on the Prevalence of Obesity in Different Urban Environments. Cogent Social Sciences: 11:1, 2579522: 1 – 23.

Arbel, Y., Arbel Y., & Kerner, N. and Kerner M. (2025) Melanoma Prevalence: Can Medical Literacy Overcome the Rise in UV Radiation? United States as a case study. Frontiers in Public Health: 1-17.

Arbel, Y., Arbel Y., & Kerner, A. and Kerner M. (2025) Explaining the COVID 19 Mortality Growth Rate: An Empirical Analysis of Israeli Cities. Frontiers in Public Health 1 – 8.

Arbel, Y., Bar-El, R. Cesarean Sections and Family Planning Among Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews. J Relig Health 63, 2599–2632 (2024).

Arbel Y, Arbel Y, Kerner A and Kerner M (2024) Does obesity create a relative sense of excess poverty? Front. Public Health. 12:1480365

Arbel, Y., Arbel, Y., Kerner, A. and Kerner, M. (2024) “The Impact of Education (Level of Knowledge) on the Prevalence of Obesity in Different Urban Environments”, REGION. Vienna, Austria, 11(2), pp. 99–117

Arbel Y, Arbel Y, Kerner A, Kerner M (2024) Can COVID-19 herd immunity be achieved at a city level? PLoS ONE 19(5): e0299574.

Arbel, Y., Fialkoff, C., Kerner, A., & Kerner, M. (2024). Efficiency of coronavirus testing from a spatial perspective: the Israeli case. Israel Affairs, 30(6), 1208–1228.

Yuval Arbel, Yifat Arbel, Amichai Kerner & Miryam Kerner (2024) Is a municipal socio-economic ranking more influential than vaccination on daily growth in COVID-19 infection rate?, Cogent Social Sciences, 10:1

Yuval Arbel, Yifat Arbel, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner, Low vs. high income: The impact of high-rise buildings on prevalence of obesity, Cities, Volume 146, 2024, 104697

Yuval Arbel & Gil Cohen (2023) What caused what? The Israeli Shekel and cryptocurrencies, Israel Affairs

Arbel, Y.; Arbel, Y.; Kerner, A.; Kerner, M. Young vs. Old Population: Does Urban Environment of Skyscrapers Create Different Obesity Prevalence? BioMed 2023, 3, 440-459.

Arbel, Y., Arbel, Y., Kerner, A., & Kerner, M. (2023). To obey or not to obey? Can game theory explain human behavior in the context of coronavirus disease? Review of Development Economics, 1– 14.

Arbel, Y., Arbel, Y., Kerner, A. et al. What is the optimal country for minimum COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates?. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 59212–59232 (2023).

Arbel, Y., Arbel, Y., Kerner, A. et al. Is obesity a risk factor for melanoma?. BMC Cancer 23, 178 (2023).

Arbel, Y., Fialkoff, C. & Kerner, A. Do Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews Suffer more than Secular Israeli Jews from Obesity? Gender, Cohort Effect and the Yule–Simpson Paradox. J Relig Health (2022).

Yuval Arbel, Yifat Arbel, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner, To lockdown or not against COVID19: Can the power of education provide the answer?, Cities, Volume 121, 2022

Yuval Arbel, Yifat Arbel, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner, Do high-rise buildings influence melanoma? Tall buildings as positive externalities, Cities, Volume 131, 2022, 104002

Yuval Arbel, Yifat Arbel, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner, Covid 19 vaccination: Accessibility or literacy? Israel as a case study, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 71, 2022

Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner, Do COVID19 infection rates change over time and space? Population density and socio-economic measures as regressors, Cities, Volume 120, 2022

Arbel, Y.; Arbel, Y.; Kerner, A.; Kerner, M. Is COVID-19 Herd Immunity Influenced by Population Densities of Cities? Sustainability 2022, 14, 10286.

Arbel, Y., Fialkoff, C., Kerner, A. et al. Can smoking prevalence explain COVID-19 indicators (cases, mortality, and recovery)? A comparative study in OECD countries. Environ Sci Pollut Res (2022).

Arbel, Y., Arbel, Y., Kerner, A. et al. The median age of a city’s residents and population density influence COVID 19 mortality growth rates: policy implications. Isr J Health Policy Res 11, 33 (2022).

Arbel, Y., Arbel, Y., Kerner, A. et al. Can the Regime Type (Democracy versus Autocracy) Explain the COVID-19 Recovery Rates?. Chin. Polit. Sci. Rev. (2022).

Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner, Nutrition, age, medical literacy and gender: The impact of ethnic origin (Arabs vs. Jewish Israelis) on obesity, Clinical Nutrition Open Science, Volume 38, 2021, Pages 43-58,

Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner, Does COVID19 infection rates change over time and space? Population density and socio-economic measures as regressors, Cities, 2021, 103400

Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff & Amichai Kerner (2021) Assortative Marriage for Height–BMI in an Israeli Sample, Marriage & Family Review, 57:4, 294-311

Arbel, Y., Fialkoff, C., Kerner, A. et al. Do population density, socio-economic ranking and Gini Index of cities influence infection rates from coronavirus? Israel as a case study. Ann Reg Sci (2021).

Arbel, Y., Fialkoff, C. & Kerner, A. What Is the Optimal Family Size for a Minimal Likelihood of Obesity?. Cont Jewry (2021).

Arbel, Y., Fialkoff, C. & Kerner, A. Is there an endogeneity problem between health and apartment value? Gender differences and the impact of obesity on property self-evaluation. J Hous and the Built Environ (2021).

Arbel, Y., Fialkoff, C. & Kerner, A. Are Ultra-Orthodox Jews Healthier than Secular Jews? Gender Differences, Cohort Effect, Lifestyle and Obesity. Cont Jewry (2021).

Arbel, Y., Fialkoff, C. & Kerner, A. The “battle of sexes” construct among ultra-Orthodox Jews: what is the optimal number of children for a minimal BMI?. J Public Health (Berl.) (2020).

Arbel Y, Fialkoff C, Kerner A. Migration and Food Consumption: The Impact of Culture and Country of Origin on Obesity as an Indicator of Human Health. Sustainability. 2020; 12(18):7567.

Arbel, Y., Fialkoff, C. & Kerner, A. The Chicken and Egg Problem: Obesity and the Urban Monocentric Model. J Real Estate Finan Econ 61, 576–606 (2020).

Arbel, Y., Fialkoff, C., Kerner, A. et al. Can reduction in infection and mortality rates from coronavirus be explained by an obesity survival paradox? An analysis at the US statewide level. Int J Obes 44, 2339–2342 (2020).

Arbel, Y., Fialkoff, C., Kerner, A., & Kerner, M. (2020). Can Increased Recovery Rates from Coronavirus be explained by Prevalence of ADHD? An Analysis at the US Statewide Level. Journal of attention disorders, 1087054720959707. Advance online publication.

Arbel, Yuval; Fialkoff, Chaim; and Amichai Kerner (2020): “The Cause and Effect Problem:is There a mutual Obesity among Arab Israeli Couples?” PLoS-ONE 15 (10)

Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff, Amichai Kerner, Does body fat change with car ownership rates? A longitudinal survey of gender differences, Journal of Urban Management, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 19-34

Arbel, Yuval; Bar-El Ronen; Schwarz Mordechai and Yossef Tobol (2019): “Giving at the Close: Experimental Evidence on Cooperation in Contributing to a Public Good.” Journal of Public Economic Theory: 21(6): 1179-1199

el, Yuval; Azar, Ofer; Bar-El Ronen and Yossef Tobol (2019): “Gender Differences in the effect of employee-manager friendship on Salary Dynamics in CPA Firms.” Heliyon , 5(10)

Arbel, Yuval; Fialkoff, Chaim; and Amichai Kerner, (2019): “Is Low Weight Disorder (Anorexia Nervosa) Correlated with Gender, Socio-Demographic and Psychological Features?” Medical Research Archives, 7(5): 1-27.

Arbel, Yuval; Fialkoff, Chaim; and Amichai Kerner, (2019): “Does the Housing Unit's Type and Size Affect Health?” Business and Economic Research, 9(1): 45-68.

Arbel, Yuval; Fialkoff, Chaim; and Amichai Kerner, (2019): “Cohort Effect and The Impact of Environmental Characteristics of A Housing Unit on Obesity.” Business and Economic Research, 9(1): 136-147.

Arbel, Yuval; Fialkoff, Chaim; and Amichai Kerner (2019): “The Association of Pension Income with the Incidence of Type I Obesity Among Retired Israelis.” Journal of Obesity: 1- 43

Arbel, Yuval; Fialkoff, Chaim and Amichai Kerner, (2019): “Determinants of Ownership Rates Among New Immigrants to Israel: Ethnic Origin, and Tenure Mode in Host Country.” Journal of Real Estate Literature: 27(2): 189-226

Arbel, Yuval; Fialkoff, Chaim and Amichai Kerner, (2019) “Can Laffer Curve Become A Policy Tool for Reducing Tax Evasion? Stratification of Local Property Tax By Land Use” Journal of Urban Management, 8(1): 57–74

Arbel, Yuval; Bar-El Ronen; Schwarz Mordechai and Yossef Tobol (2019): “What Do People Contribute To? Ongoing Operations vs. Sustainable Supplies.” Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 80:177-183.

Arbel, Yuval; Fialkoff, Chaim and Amichai Kerner, (2017) “Removal of Renter's Illusion: Property Tax Compliance among Renters and Owner- Occupiers”, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 66: 150-174. (Ranking: Q1; JCR 2017: 1.278; SJR 2018: 1.24; H-Index: 73).

Arbel, Yuval; Fialkoff, Chaim and Amichai Kerner, (2017) “Negative Externalities And Implicit Non-Linear Prices: Capitalization of Highway Noise into Housing Values”, Journal of Real Estate Literature, 25(2): 337- 364. (Taylor & Francis; Ranking: Q2; SJR 2018: 0.44; H-Index: 17).

Arbel, Yuval; Bar-El Ronen; and Yossef Tobol, (2016) “Fundraising to A Real-Life Public Good: Evidence from the Laboratory”, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 65: 27-37. (Ranking: Q1; SJR 2018: 0.76; H-Index: 54).