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S. Nuray Akin

S. Nuray Akin

Assistant Professor, Economics

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nakin@miami.edu


Research Interests

  • Immigration
  • Wage and price formation in General Equilibrium Models
  • Insurance markets
  • Search and bargaining

Selected Publications

“The N-Person Kalai-Smorodinsky Bargaining Solution under Pre-donations,” with Murat R. Sertel and Brennan C. Platt, forthcoming, The Review of Economic Design.

“Running Out-of-Time: Limited Unemployment Benefits and Reservation Wages,” with Brennan C. Platt, Revise and resubmit, The Review of Economic Dynamics, 2010.

“Rushing to Overpay: The REIT Premium Revisited,” with V. Lambson, G. McQueen, B. Platt, and B. Slade, Working Paper, 2011. (Under review)

“Search, Moral Hazard, and Price Dispersion,” with Brennan C. Platt, Working Paper, 2010. (Under review)

“Immigration Policies and the Social Security System in Germany,” Working Paper, 2008. (Under review)

“Double Sided Heterogeneity and Price Formation in the Market for Housing,” with Brennan C. Platt, 2011. (Work-in-Progress)

“Efficiency in the Labor and Housing Markets,” with Hulya Eraslan and Brennan C. Platt, 2011. (Work-in-Progress)

“Endogenous Asset Choice and Wage Formation in General Equilibrium,” with Brennan C. Platt, 2010. (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 Researcher, IZA (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit), Bonn, Germany, April 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, 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
  • International Economics
  • Industrial Organization
  • Bargaining Theory
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