Arhan S. Ertan

Research

Dissertation:

'Determinants and Economic Consequences of Institutions: Analyses of Colonization, Trade Policy and a Public Good Experiment'

Abstracts of the Chapters of Dissertation

Committee & References:

Interested Fields

• Primary: Economic Development and Growth, International Trade, Macroeconomics
• Secondary: Experimental Economics, Labor Economics, Political Economy

Ongoing research on:

• Determinants and Economic Consequences of Colonization
• Differential Effects of Trade Liberalization on Economic Growth and Unemployment

Papers

• Determinants and Economic Consequences of Colonization: A Global Analysis (in progress - Abstract, Paper)
• Differential Effects of Trade Liberalization on Economic Growth: Role of Human Capital Accumulation (in progress - Abstract, Paper)
• Role of Endogenously Chosen Institutions on Mitigating the Free-Rider Problem and Reducing Perverse Punishment - with Talbot Page and Louis Putterman
  (under review) (Brown University, Department of Economics, Working Paper 2005-13 - Abstract, Paper)
• Effects of Uncertainty Associated with Trade Liberalization on Unemployment: Role of Labor Market Distortions (in progress)
• International Technology Spillovers and Economic Growth (2003)
• Regulation of a Monopoly under International Competition: A Welfare Analysis (1999)
• Analysis of the 'Day-of-the-Week-Effect' in Istanbul Stock Exchange (1998)

Refereeing Activity

• Southern Economic Journal (2007)
• Essays on Economic Policy (ESPE) (2006)

Conference & Workshop Presentations

• Econometric Society Latin American Meetings (2007)
• Brown University Macro Workshop (2006)

Research Assistantships

• Summer 2004 - RA for Pravin Krishna
• Summer 2003 - RA for Peter Howitt
• Summer 2002 - RA for Louis Putterman

Teaching

Interested Fields

• Primary: International Trade, Economic Development and Growth, Macroeconomics, Monetary and Fiscal Policy
• Secondary: Financial Markets and Institutions, Experimental Economics, Microeconomics and Game Theory

Teaching Experience

Visiting Assistant Professor - Babson College:

• Fall 2007, Spring 2008 - Contemporary Economic Systems, Principles of Macroeconomics

Visiting Assistant Professor - Sabanci University, Istanbul:

• Summer 2007 - Intermediate Macroeconomics

Adjunct Faculty - University of Rhode Island:

• Fall 2006 - Introduction to Macroeconomics

Instructor - Brown University:

• Spring 2007 - Economic Development and the International Economy (Teaching Evaluation)
• Summer 2006 and Summer 2007 - Introduction to Financial Markets
• Spring 2005 - International Trade (Teaching Evaluation)
• Fall 2004 - Monetary and Fiscal Policy (Teaching Evaluation)

Teaching Assistant - Brown University:

• Spring 2006 - Financial Institutions
• Spring 2004, Fall 2005, - Intermediate Macroeconomics
• Fall 2003 - Monetary and Fiscal Policy
• Spring 2003 - Graduate Macroeconomics II
• Fall 2002 - Industrial Organization

Teaching Assistant - Bilgi University, Istanbul:

• Fall 2000 - Managerial Economics
• Spring 1999 to Spring 2001 - Intermediate Macroeconomics

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Last Updated: November, 2007