 Department of Economics professor at the University of Minnesota (2001-2006).He has won 7 research grants from the National Science Foundation (USA), 3 research grants from the Israel Science Foundation (ISF), a research grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, a research grant from the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research & Development and a research grant from the United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation.On June 19, 2008 Zvi Eckstein gave the Walras-Bowley lecture at The Econometric Society North America Summer Meetings.