CV
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Università Cattolica del Sacro Phone: +39 (02) 7234 3056
Via Necchi, 5 Fax:
Milan/Italy Email: eraycumbul01@gmail.com
20123 Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/cumbuleray1/home
PERSONAL
Turkish Citizen
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro, Milan, 2023-now
Assistant Professor of Economics, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, 2015-2023
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, IESE Business School, the Public-Private Sector Research Center, Barcelona, 2014-2015
Advisor: Professor Xavier Vives
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics , University of Rochester, NY, USA, 2013
Thesis Advisor: Professor Gabor Virag
Visiting Ph.D. Student , University of Toronto, Canada, Fall 2011, Spring-Summer-Fall 2012
M.A. in Economics, University of Rochester, NY, USA, 2009
MSc. in Economics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 2006, cum laude (best %5)
Thesis Advisor: Professor Eric Van Damme
B.A. in Economics, Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey, 2005
GPA 3.87/4.00, Economics Department Rank: 1
B.A. in Business Administration, Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey, 2005
GPA 3.87/4.00, Business Administration Department Rank: 2
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Industrial Organization, Public Economics, Environmental Economics, Competition Policy, Oligopoly Theory, Matching Theory, and Information Economics
PUBLICATIONS
1) "Acquisition, Aggregation, and Sharing of Information in Sequential-move Aggregative Games," Aug. 2022, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 441-79, pdf , the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.
Supplemantary Material: Online Appendix A: pdf, Online Appendix B (Mathematica File): Computations.nb [SSRN]
2) ''Stackelberg versus Cournot Oligopoly with Private Information,'' International Journal of Industrial Organization, Jan. 2021, Vol. 74, 102674, pdf,
Supplemantary Material: Online Appendix B: pdf, Online Appendix C (Mathematica file): Computations.nb [SSRN]
3) ''Multilateral Limit Pricing in Price-Setting Games,'' (with Gabor Virag), Games and Economic Behavior, Sept. 2018, Vol. 111, Pages 250-273. pdf, [SSRN]
WORKING BOOKS
1) "Microeconomics and Its Applications," Feb. 2021, Turkish version: pdf, English version (work in progress)
WORKING PAPERS
1*) ''Group Formation, Mergers, and Overlapping Ownership in Aggregative Games with Information Sharing,'' October 2021, pdf , SSRN Working Paper
2*) "Waitlist Engineering in Discrete Object Allocations," July 2022 (with Mustafa Oğuz Afacan)
3*) "Information Acquisition and Sharing with Asymmetric Supply/Demand Functions," 2017 (with Carolina Manzano)
4*) "Supply/Demand Function Competition with Heterogeneously Correlated Errors and Signals," 2018 (with Carolina Manzano)
5*) "Multi-Product Assortment and Competition: Comment," 2018 (with Gabor Virag)
6*) ''Third Degree Information-based Price/Tax Discrimination in Quasi-aggregative Games," 2020
7*) ''Simultaneous versus Sequential-move Games and Mover Advantages,'' 2021
8*) "Ad-valorem versus Specific Taxation/Subsidy in Aggregative Games,'' 2021 (with İsmail Sağlam)
9*) "Value of Information in Simultanous-move Games with Heterogeneously Correlated Values," 2021
10*) "Merger Paradox with Non-linear Demand Functions," 2021 (with Tarık Aydoğdu)
WORK IN PROGRESS
"Multiproduct Bertrand Competition," 2018, (with Gabor Virag)
TEACHING
ECO 105-Introduction to Economics (5 times-In Turkish); ECO 213 Microeconomics I (2 times-In English); ECO 214-Game Theory (1 time-In English); ECO 313-Public Economics (3 times-In English); ECO 395-Industrial Organization (3 times-In English); ECO 561 Mathematics for Economists (Real Analysis-In English)-Master Course (1 time-In English); ECO 512-Microeconomics II-Master Course (2 times-In English); ECO 601-Microeconomics I (Information Economics)-PhD Course (2 times-In English)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The Econometric Society, Game Theory Society, American Economic Association
CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP, and SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
University of Rome Tor Vergata, University of Mannheim, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2022 (Paper #1*)
The European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Conference (EARIE 2021), Bergen-Norway, (Paper #1)
The Sixth World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Budapest-Hungary, 2021 (Paper #1)
The 19th Annual SAET Conference, Ischia, Italy, 2019
The 11th Winter Workshop at Koç University, 2017 (Paper #3)
The 10th Winter Workshop at Koç University, Sabancı University, 29 Mayıs University, TOBB University, 2016 (Paper #4)
The European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Conference , University of Bocconi, August 2014, (Paper #2)
The Stony Brook Game Theory Festival of the Game Theory Society, NY, July 2014 (Papers #2,3)
Bilkent University, Ankara, September 2013 (Paper #2)
IESE Business School, Barcelona, June 2013; May 2014 (Papers #2,3)
Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Baku, March 2013 (Paper #2)
TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, March 2013 (Paper #2)
Antalya International University, Antalya, February 2013 (Paper #2)
University of Rochester, Economics Department, NY, October 2010; November 2010; 2012; 2013 (Papers #2,3,7)
University of Toronto, Economics Department, Toronto, 2012; 2013 (Papers #1,2)
University of Toronto Mississauga, Department of Management, Mississauga, October 2012 (Paper #2)
The 4th World Congress of Game Theory, Bilgi University, Istanbul, July 2012, Speaker & Session Chair (Papers #2,3)
The 22nd Stony Brook Game Theory Festival of the Game Theory Society, NY, July 2011 (Paper #2)
The 7th Society for Economics Design (SED) Conference, Montreal, June 2011 (Paper #2)
The 21th American Law and Economics Association Conference (ALEA), Columbia Law School, NY, May 2011 (Paper #7)
Midwest Economic Theory Conference, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, April 2011 (Paper #2)
The 9th International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC), Boston Park Plaza Hotel, MA, April 2011, Speaker & Discussant (Paper #7)
The 4th Winter Workshop at Koç University, Istanbul, December 2010 (Paper #7)
The 2nd Brazilian World Game Theory Conference, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, August 2010, Speaker & Session Chair (Paper #3)
Sabancı University, Istanbul, October 2006 (Paper #7-Early version)
REFEREEING ACTIVITY
Journal of Economic Theory, Management Science, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Economic Inquiry, The Manchester School Journal, Mathematical Social Sciences, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics
FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, and AWARDS
TUBITAK (Turkey Scientific and Technological Research Institution) Post-Doctoral Scholarship, 2014-2015
FAPESP Student for Second Brazilian Workshop of the Game Theory Society, The State of Sao Paulo Research Foundation, July 2010
TUBITAK (Turkey Scientific and Technological Research Institution) Ph.D. Scholarship, 2007-2009
Tuition Scholarship, Tilburg University, 2006
Best Ranking Student Award in Economics Department, Koç University, 2005
Vehbi Koç Scholar, 8 times (awarded for GPA of 3.5 and above), 2001-2005
Merit Scholarship Recipient, Koç University, 2000-2005
Team Success Award for being 4th in Istanbul Universities Handball Competition, 2001
Team Honor Award for being 1st in Konya High Schools Chess Tournament, 1999
COMPUTER SKILLS/LANGUAGES
Computer Skills: Mathematica, Latex, Mathlab, Stata, Minitab, SPSS, MS Office
Languages: Turkish (Native), English (Fluent), German (Beginner)