Stanford Graduate School of Business
Assistant Professor | Stanford Graduate School of Business
I am an Assistant Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology at Stanford GSB.
My research focuses on the energy transition, studying how markets, technologies, and policy interact in shaping the shift toward a sustainable and decarbonized economy.
I earned my PhD and BS in Economics from MIT and Bilkent, respectively.
Contact information
omerkara@stanford.edu
Graduate School of Business
655 Knight Way, E361 
Stanford, CA 94305
Optimal Mechanisms for Demand Response: An Indifference Set Approach
(with Mohammad Mehbabi, Stefan Wager)Do Mergers and Acquisitions Improve Efficiency: Evidence from Power Plants
(Journal of Political Economy, Accepted) (with Mert Demirer)Market Failure in Kidney Exchange | Appendix
American Economic Review, November 2019, (with Nikhil Agarwal, Itai Ashlagi, Eduardo Azevedo, and Clayton Featherstone)What Matters for the Productivity of Kidney Exchange?
American Economic Association, P&P, May 2018, (with Nikhil Agarwal, Itai Ashlagi, Eduardo Azevedo, and Clayton Featherstone).Efficiency Degradation and Optimal Maintenance: Evidence from Coal-fired Power Plants
(with Abdullah Coskun)