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Education

Ph.D. in Economics, New York University, 2007.
M.A. in Economics, New York University, 2003.
B.S. in Mathematics, Middle East Technical University, Summa Cum Laude, 2001.

Fields of Interest

Experimental Economics, Development Economics, Public Economics

Papers

''Public Goods Provision and Redistributive Taxation'', forthcoming, Journal of Public Economics

''Charitable Giving, Inequality and Taxes''

''Behavioral Differences between Direct and Indirect Mechanisms: Evidence from First Price Auctions'' (with Y. Masatlioglu)

''Charitable Giving under Inequality Aversion'' (with P. Derin)

''Contrasting Reference-Dependent Choice Models'' (with Y. Masatlioglu)


Work in Progress

''Status Quo or Decoy; An Experiment'' (with Y. Masatlioglu)

''Free Riding and Ethnic Heterogeneity''

''Overcoming the Tragedy of the Commons'' (with J. Cherry and S. Salant)

Experience

Research Investigator, Research Center for Group Dynamics, ISR, University of Michigan , 2009--

Research Fellow, Research Center for Group Dynamics, ISR, University of Michigan , 2007-2009  

Instructor, University of Michigan, Department of Economics

  • Development Economics, Fall 2007-2008

  • Experimental Economics, Fall 2007-2008

Instructor, New York University, Department of Economics

  • Experimental Economics, Spring 2004-2006

  • Introduction to Economic Analysis, Summer 2004-2005

Teaching Assistant, New York University, Department of Economics, New York

  • Introduction to Economic Analysis, 2005

  • Introduction to Econometrics, 2006

  • Statistics, 2003-2004

Research Assistant, Andrew Schotter and Yaw Nyarko, 2002-2003

Referee Service, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Public Economics, Experimental Economics, Land Economics

Awards

MacCracken Fellowship from New York University, 2001-2005
GSAS Travel Grant, for IHS Social Change Workshop in Standford University, 2006
C.V. Starr Travel Grant, for ESA Meeting, 2004; Zeuthen Conference, 2004; 17th International Conference on Game Theory, 2006
Russell Sage Foundation's Small Grant on Behavioral Economics, 2009

Paper Presentations

  • Seminar Presentation, Erb Colloquium, University of Michigan, 2009

  • XII Urrutia Elejalde Summer School, San Sebastian, Spain, 2009

  • Seminar Presentation, University of Autonoma, 2009

  • The 8th Journees LAGV, Conference in Public Economics, Marseille, 2009

  • STIET Research Seminar Series, University of Michigan, 2008

  • Economics Science Association (ESA) Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, 2007

  • Economics Science Association (ESA) Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, 2006

  • 17th International Conference on Game Theory, SUNY, 2006

  • Social Change Workshop for Graduate Students, Stanford University, 2006

  • CESS-CREED Graduate Student Workshop, University of Amsterdam, 2005

  • Economics Science Association (ESA) Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, 2004

  • Zeuthen Conference, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2004

Workshops

  • The International Workshop in Experimental Economics for Young Researchers, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2004

  • Zeuthen Lectures, University of Copenhagen, 2004