Erkut Y. Ozbay

Department of Economics
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

Graduate Program:
301-405-3544

Undergraduate Program:
301-405-3266

Publications

The Thrill of Gradual Learning (with Faruk Gul, Paulo Natenzon, and Wolfgang Pesendorfer) [Forthcoming: Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics]

Effects of the Menu of Loan Contracts on Borrower Behavior (with Katharine G. Abraham, Emel Filiz-Ozbay, and Lesley J. Turner) [Management Science, 2022, 68(1), pp.509-528]

Comparing Ambiguous Urns with Different Sizes (with Emel Filiz-Ozbay, Huseyin Gulen, and Yusufcan Masatlioglu) [Journal of Economic Theory, 2022, 105224]

A Journal-Based Replication of "Being Chosen to Lead" (with Allan Drazen, Anna Dreber, and Erik Snowberg) [Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 104482]

The Relevancy of Irrelevant Information (with Ian Chadd and Emel Filiz-Ozbay) [Experimental Economics, 2021, 24, pp. 985-1018]

Path-Independent Consideration (with Juan S. Lleras, Yusufcan Masatlioglu, and Daisuke Nakajima) [Games, 2021, 12(1):21]

Shortlisting with a Limited Capacity (with Sen Geng) [Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2021, 102447]

Framing Effects, Earnings Expectations, and the Design of Student Loan Repayment Schemes (with Katharine G. Abraham, Emel Filiz-Ozbay, and Lesley J. Turner) Online Appendix [Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 183]

Does "Being Chosen to Lead" Induce Non-Selfish Behavior? Experimental Evidence on Reciprocity (with Allan Drazen) [Journal of Public Economics, 2019, 174, pp. 13-21]

The Role of Cognitive Ability, Personality Traits and Gender in Gift Exchange Outcomes (with Emel Filiz-Ozbay, John C. Ham, John H. Kagel) [Experimental Economics, 2018, 21, pp. 650-672]

When More is Less: Choice by Limited Consideration (with Juan S. Lleras, Yusufcan Masatlioglu, and Daisuke Nakajima) [Journal of Economic Theory, 2017, 170, pp. 70-85]

Dictating Risk - Experimental Evidence on Giving in Risky Environments: Reply (with J. Michelle Brock and Andreas Lange) [American Economic Review, 2016, 106, pp. 840-842]

Do Lottery Payments Induce Savings Behavior? Evidence from the Lab (with Emel Filiz-Ozbay, Jonathan Guryan, Kyle Hyndman, Melissa Kearney) [Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 126, pp. 1-24]

Multi-Object Auctions with Resale: Theory and Experiment (with Emel Filiz Ozbay and Kristian Lopez-Vargas) [Instructions] [Appendix B] [Games and Economic Behavior, 2015, 89, pp. 1-26]

Intrinsic and Instrumental Reciprocity: An Experimental Study (with Luis M. B. Cabral and Andrew Schotter) [Games and Economic Behavior, 2014, 87, pp. 100-121]

Effect of an Audience in Public Goods Provision (with Emel Filiz Ozbay) [Experimental Economics, 2014, 17 (2), pp. 200-214]

Common-Value Auctions with Liquidity Needs: An Experimental Test of a Troubled Assets Reverse Auctions (with Lawrence M. Ausubel, Peter Cramton, Emel Filiz Ozbay, Nathaniel Higgins and Andrew Stocking) [The Handbook of Market Design Edited by Nir Vulkan, Alvin E. Roth, and Zvika Neeman, Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 489-554]

Dictating Risk - Experimental Evidence on Giving in Risky Environments (with J. Michelle Brock and Andreas Lange) [American Economic Review, 2013, 103(1), pp. 415-437]

Revealed Attention (with Yusufcan Masatlioglu and Daisuke Nakajima) [American Economic Review, 2012, 102(5), pp. 2183-2205]

Convergence: An Experimental Study of Teaching and Learning in Repeated Games (with Kyle Hyndman, Andrew Schotter, and Wolf Z. Ehrblatt) [Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10(3), pp. 573-604]

Rent Seeking with Regretful Agents: Theory and Experiment (with Kyle Hyndman and Pacharasut Sujarittanonta) [Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 84, pp. 866-878]

Fear of Losing in a Clock Auction (with Peter Cramton, Emel Filiz Ozbay, and Pacharasut Sujarittanonta) [Review of Economic Design, 2012, 16(2), pp. 119-134]

Discrete Clock Auctions: An Experimental Study (with Peter Cramton, Emel Filiz Ozbay, and Pacharasut Sujarittanonta) [Experimental Economics, 2012, 15(2), pp. 309-322]

Belief Formation: An Experiment with Outside Observers (with Kyle Hyndman, Andrew Schotter, and Wolf Z. Ehrblatt) [Experimental Economics, 2012, 15(1), pp. 176-203]

Anticipated Loser Regret in Third Price Auctions (with Emel Filiz Ozbay) [Economics Letters, 2010, 107(2), pp. 217-219]

Understanding Overbidding: Using the Neural Circuitry of Reward to Design Economic Auctions (with Mauricio R. Delgado, Andrew Schotter, and Elizabeth A. Phelps) [Science, 2008, 321, pp. 1849-1852]

Unawareness and Strategic Announcements in Games with Uncertainty [Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge, Edited by Dov Samet, Presses Universitaires De Louvain, 2007, pp. 231-238]

Auctions with Anticipated Regret: Theory and Experiment (with Emel Filiz Ozbay) [American Economic Review, 2007, 97(4), pp. 1407-1418]

A Representation for Intransitive Indifference Relations (with Emel Filiz) [Mathematical Social Sciences, 2005, 50(2), pp. 202-214]

 

Completed Papers

Consistency and Heterogeneity in Consideration and Choice (with Keaton Ellis and Emel Filiz-Ozbay)

Predicting and Understanding Individual-Level Choice under Uncertainty (with Keaton Ellis and Shachar Kariv)

Predicting and Understanding Individual-Level Choice under Risk (with Keaton Ellis and Shachar Kariv)

Choosing to Search: Choice with a Default Option (with Ian Chadd and Emel Filiz-Ozbay)

Revisiting Gender Differences in Economic Behavior Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic (with Billur Aksoy, Ian Chadd and Elif B. Osun)

Reciprocity under Risk (with Ian Chadd)

Buying an Influencer for an Election (with Ozlem Tonguc)

Evidence Games: Lying Aversion and Commitment (with Elif B. Osun)

Effect of Feedback on Beliefs About Self-Ability (with Ian Chadd and Elif B. Osun)

Local Variation in Onsite Work during the Pandemic and its Aftermath (with Katharine G. Abraham, Mohammad Ashoori, Aref Darzi, Nathalie Gonzalez-Prieto, John C. Haltiwanger and Aliakbar Kabiri)