Curriculum Vitae

 

[CV in pdf]

CURRENT POSITION

2009– Present

Post-Doc

Department of Economics, Universidad de Granada, Spain

PAST POSITION

2008– 2009

Lecturer

Department of Economics, Universidad de Granada, Spain

EDUCATION

2008 Ph.D. in Economics
IDEA, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Dissertation Advisor: Enriqueta Aragonès

2005

M.Phil in Economics, IDEA, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Dissertation Advisor: Enriqueta Aragonès

2003

Sabanci University, Turkey
M.A. in Economics

2001

Bilkent University, Turkey
B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Political Economics, Public Economics, Electoral Studies, Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory

PUBLICATIONS

“Income Redistribution and Public Good Provision in a Diverse Society” forthcoming in Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics
• "From Plurality Rule to Proportional Representation" forthcoming in Economics of Governance

RESEARCH PAPERS

"Centrist’s Curse? An Electoral Competition Model with Credibility Constraints", 08/06, ThE Papers from Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada
• "The Foreign Trade Pattern and Foreign Trade Specialization of Candidates of the European Union" joint with Bahri Yilmaz. Ezoneplus Working Paper No. 19, September 2003

WORK IN PROGRESS

• "Electoral Rules and Voter Turnout: An Experimental Analysis" (joint with Fernanda Rivas)
• "Local Public Good Provision in a Segregated Society" (joint with Tahir Öztürk)
• "Gender Differences in Economic Experiments” (joint with Teresa Garcia and F. Rivas)

ACADEMIC STAYS

25/March - 7/April 2010 • Department of Economics, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

LECTURESHIP

2008-2009

Industrial Economics, Universidad de Granada (2 groups) (Spring term)

International Economics, Universidad de Granada (1 group) (Spring term)

Introduction to Economics, Universidad de Granada (3 groups) (Fall term)

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP

2009– 2010

Microeconomics III, at Universidad de Granada (UAB) (4 groups) (Fall term)

2007– 2008

Statistics I, at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) (4 groups) (Fall term)

2006– 2007
Advanced Macroeconomics II, at UAB (3 groups) (Spring term)
Advanced Microeconomics I, at UAB (1 group) (Fall term)
2005 – 2006 Econometrics II, at UAB (2 groups) (Spring term)
Microeconomics I, at UAB (1 group) (Fall term)
2004 – 2005 Econometrics (Graduate level), at UAB (Spring term)
2002 – 2003 Macroeconomics, at Sabanci University (Fall and Spring term)
Microeconomics (Graduate), at Sabanci University (Fall term)
2001– 2002 Macroeconomics, at Sabanci University (Fall, Spring, and Summer term)

FELLOWSHIPS

2004 – 2008
Predoctoral fellowship ADQUA, awarded by AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalonian Government), Spain
2003 – 2004
Predoctoral fellowship (beca propia), awarded by the UAB, Spain
2001 – 2003
Full scholarship, awarded by Sabanci University, Turkey
1996 – 2001
Full scholarship, awarded by Bilkent University, Turkey

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2009

• ASSET Annual Meeting 2009, Istanbul, Turkey

10th Annual Meeting of the Association for Public Economic Theory, Galway, Ireland

• Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association, Linz, Austria

2008

• XXXIII Simposio de Análisis Económico (Symposium of Economic Analysis), Zaragoza, Spain

• Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association, Vienna, Austria

Royal Economic Society Third PhD Presentation Meeting, London, United Kingdom

2007

• XXXII Simposio de Análisis Económico (Symposium of Economic Analysis), Granada, Spain

• Labsi International Conference, Siena, Italy

• Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association, Klagenfurt, Austria

2006
• XXXI Simposio de Análisis Económico (Symposium of Economic Analysis), Oviedo, Spain

• ASSET Annual Meeting 2006, Lisbon, Portugal

SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

2010

• Universidad de la República, Uruguay

•Universidad de Granada, Spain

2008

• Universidad de Granada, Spain

• Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

• IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy

2007

• Microeconomics Workshop at UAB (Barcelona), Spain

2006 • Microeconomics Workshop at UAB (Barcelona), Spain

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

2010

• I Encuentro de Especialización para la Investigación en Economía y Empresa (1st Meeting of Specialization in Research in Economics and Business, Granada, Spain (Local Committee)

2004

• XXVII ASSET Meeting, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain (Local Committee)

SUMMER SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS

2007
Summer School on “Economic Analysis of Heterogeneity in Social Organizations” at CORE, Belgium
2006 Spring School in International Economics and Industrial Organization, Aix en Provence, France

OTHER CONFERENCES

2009

• I Jornadas de Docencia (1st Meeting of Teaching Economics), Granada, Spain (Participant)

2007

• ENTER Jamboree, University of Mannheim, Germany (discussant)

RESEARCH GRANTS

“GLOBE: Granada Lab of Experimental and Behavioral Economics”, Grupos de Investigación de la Junta de Andalucía 2008-2010 (SEJ492). Director: Pablo Brañas Garza
"Preferencias Sociales: Altruismo, Bienes Comunes, Aversión Étnica y Redes Sociales". CICYT, 2008- 2010 (SEJ 2007-62081/ECON) Director: Pablo Brañas Garza
“Discriminación de género, raza y aspectos físicos”, Excelencia Junta Andalucía 2007-2011 (P07.SEJ.02547). Director: Pablo Brañas Garza

REFEREED FOR

"Economics Bulletin"

LANGUAGES

German and Turkish (native), English and Spanish (fluent)