Haldun Evrenk, Assistant Professor

Haldun Evrenk

Assistant Professor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mailing Address

Department of Economics
8 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617)573 8495
Email: hevrenk@suffolk.edu

 

Office Location

One Bowdoin Square, 6th Floor

Research Interests

  • Political Economy
  • Development Economics
  • Public Finance
  • Industrial Organization

Education

Boston University

Ph.D., Economics,  May 2004
Dissertation: “Political Economy of Anti-Corruption Reforms.”
Committee Chair:  Dilip Mookherjee

Bogazici University

M.A. in Economics, , Turkey, 1999.
Thesis Title: “Regulating a Duopoly Using Revenue Contests.”
Thesis Advisor: E. Unal Zenginobuz

Technical University of Istanbul

B.S. in Management Engineering, 1995.

 

Employment

Suffolk University, Assistant Professor (2004-Present)
 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Director of Graduate Studies Award, May 2004.
  • Rosenstein-Rodan Prize (Best paper in Economic Development), Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, May 2002.
  • Boston University Teaching Fellowship 1998-2004.


Working Papers

“Mackerels in the Moonlight: A Model of Corrupt Politicians and Anti-Corruption Reform in Two Candidate Elections. ”


“Are Honest Citizens to Blame for Corruption? An Exercise in Political Economy of Tax Evasion.”


“When (and Why) an Honest Politician does not Support Anti-Corruption Reforms? A Multi-Candidate Analysis.”
“Regulation Through a Revenue Contest” (with E. Unal Zenginobuz.)

 

Presentations

Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 2006


Economics Seminar, University of Connecticut, October 2004.


Econometric Society North American Summer Meeting, Brown University, June 2004.


Public Choice Society Meeting, Baltimore, March 2004.


Economics Seminar, Suffolk University, February 2004.


European Economic Association, Stockholm University, August 2003.


Conference on Economic Design, New York University, July 2002.             


Institute for Economic Development/ International Economics Seminars, Boston University, November 2001.


The North-East Universities’ Development Consortium (NEUDC), Boston University, September 2001.

 

Courses Taught

EC 720 Applied Microeconomics
EC 785 Cost-Benefit Analysis


Professor Evrenk’s webpage