Contact Information:

Department of Economics                                      E-mail: k.ozbek[at]soton.ac.uk

University of Southampton                                   Phone: +44 (0) 23 8059 6226

University Road, Southampton                           Web: University homepage 

SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

Current Position:

University of Southampton, Department of Economics, Assoc. Prof., 2019-present.

Professional Experience:

University of St Andrews, School of Economics & Finance, Lecturer (Asst.Prof.), 2013-2019.

New York University, Department of Economics, Visiting Scholar, February 2018-June2018. 

Cornell University, Department of Economics, Teaching Assistant, 2008-2013.

Sabanci University, Department of Economics, Teaching Assistant, 2005-2007.

Fields of Interest:

Decision Theory, Information Economics, Mechanism Design, Welfare Economics, Behavioral Economics, Bounded Rationality.

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, Cornell University, 2013.

M.A. in Economics, Sabanci University, 2007.

B.Sc. in Mathematics, Bilkent University, 2005.

Publications:

Expected Utility, Independence, and Continuity, Theory and Decision, 2023.

Adaptive Risk Assessments, Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2023. 

Ranking by Weighted Sum (with T. Mitra), Economic Theory, 2021.

On the Identification of Changing Tastes (with M. Mihm), Games and Economic Behavior, 2019.

Mood-driven Choices and Self-regulation (with M. Mihm), Journal of Economic Theory, 2018.

Rationally Inattentive Preferences and Hidden Information Costs (with H. de Oliveira, T. Denti, and M. Mihm), Theoretical Economics, 2017.

On Representation of Monotone Preference Orders in a Sequence Space (with T. Mitra), Social Choice and Welfare, 2013.

Working Papers:

Costly Information Acquisition and Optimal Information Choice, 2018.

Preferences with Costly Bayesian Learning, 2021.

On the Implications of Time Invariance, 2022.

Eventual Impatience Sustained Patience, 2023.

Refereed For:

Econometrica, European Economic Review, International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Mathematical Social Sciences, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Social Choice and Welfare.

Organised Events:

Microeconomics Seminars, Department of Economics, University of Southampton, 2020-21 (interrupted due to covid-19 pandemic).

Brown Bag Seminar Series, University of St Andrews, 2015-2018.

Behaviour, Incentives and Contracts (BIC) Microeconomic Theory Workshop, University of St Andrews, 2014.

Fellowships, Awards, and Grants:

Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) Grant, 2014.

Fellowship, Department of Economics, Cornell University, 2007-2008 and 2010-2011.

Teaching Award, Department of Economics, Cornell University, 2009.

Scholarship, Department of Economics, Sabanci University, 2005-2007.