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S. Nuray Akin

S. Nuray Akin

Assistant Professor, Economics

(305) 284-1627
Jenkins 517K
nakin@miami.edu


Research Interests

  • Immigration and Labor Markets
  • Price and Wage Formation in Dynamic General Equilibrium Models
  • Social Insurance
  • Search Theory

Selected Publications

“The n-Person Kalai-Smorodinsky Bargaining Solution under Pre-donations,” (with M. R. Sertel and B. C. Platt), The Review of Economic Design, Vol. 15, No. 2, p. 147-162, June 2011.

“Running Out-of-Time: Limited Unemployment Benefits and Reservation Wages,” with B. C. Platt, Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 15, p. 149-170, April 2012.

“Rushing to Overpay: Modeling and Measuring the REIT premium,” with V. Lambson, G. McQueen, B. Platt, B. Slade, and J. Wood, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Forthcoming.

“Immigration, Fiscal Policy, and Welfare in an Aging Population,” The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Advances), Vol. 12,  Article 23, July 2012.

“A Theory of Search with Deadlines and Uncertain Recall,” (with B. C. Platt), Economic Theory, Forthcoming.

“Insurance, Consumer Search, and Equilibrium Price Distributions,” (with B. C. Platt), The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Forthcoming.

“Searching on a Deadline,” (with B. C. Platt), Working Paper, 2011.

“Accounting for Age in Marital Search Decisions: Measurement with Theory,” (with M. Butler and B. C. Platt), Working Paper, 2012.

"An In-Depth Look at Intergenerational Transfers," (with O. Leukhina), Working Paper, 2013.

"Unemployment Insurance, Human Capital Accumulation, and Equilibrium Wages," (with T. Buyukbasaran), Work in Progress.


Honors and Awards

  • “Costly Consumer Search and Incentives under Insurance.” MacLamore Summer Research Grant, University of Miami, 2008
  • “Immigration Policies and the Social Security System in Germany,” MacLamore Summer Research Grant, University of Miami, 2007
  • “Population Aging, Public Expenditures, and Immigration Policy in Germany: A General Equilibrium Approach with Endogenous Transfers,” Center for German and European Studies, University of Minnesota; IZA (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit), 2006
  • Graduate School Block Grant, University of Minnesota, 2005
  • Distinguished Instructor Award, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota (4 times), 2003-2005
  • Graduate School Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2001-2002
  • Scholarship of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, 1994-1998

Teaching and Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, School of Business, University of Miami, 2006-present
  • Visiting Scholar, Research Department, The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Fall 2011
  • Visiting Researcher, IZA (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit), Bonn, Germany, Spring 2006
  • Research assistant for the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series - International Project (IPUMS-I). Worked with large U.S. and international census data sets on the harmonization of micro data on persons and households. Programmed with STATA, SPSS., The Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, 2005-2006
  • Instructor for Macroeconomic Theory and Large Lecture Principles of Macroeconomics (250 students), Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, 2003-2005

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Minnesota, 2006
  • M.A., Economics, University of Minnesota, 2005
  • M.A., Economics, Bogazici University, 2001
  • B.A., Economics, Bogazici University, 1998

Specialties

  • Macroeconomics
  • Economic Theory
  • General Equilibrium and Search Theory
  • Theory of Interational Trade and Finance
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