BULENT UNEL
BULENT UNEL
Professor of Economics
Ph.D. Brown University
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Contact Information
Contact Information
Louisiana State University
2329 Business Education Complex
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Email: bunel"at"lsu.edu
Tel: +1(225)578-5211
I am a professor of economics at Louisiana State University. I teach both graduate and undergraduate courses in international economics and macroeconomics.
My research interests include international trade, growth, and labor economics. In trade and growth, I develop empirical and theoretical models to study the impact of globalization on productivity, technology adoption, unemployment, etc. In labor economics, I have mainly studied enterpreneurship and its determinants.
Research Interest
Research Interest
International Trade, Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth, Labor Economics
Recent Research Highlights
Recent Research Highlights
"Optimal Income Taxes and Tariffs in a Small Economy," with E. Dinopoulos. (Paper)
"Financial Suicide: Debt and Death across US Counties during the Great Recession," with S. Abrahams. (Paper)
"Effects of Debt Exposure on Self-employment: Evidence from US Local Markets in the Great Recession." (Paper)
"Does Credit Expansion Encourage Small Businesses to Incorporate? Evidence from US Bank Deregulations," with J. Ma and A. Sarker, 2025. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 230: 106880 (Paper)
"Tariff Wars, Unemployment, and Top Incomes," with E. Dinopoulos and G. Heins, 2024. Journal of Monetary Economics, 148: 103616. (Paper and Appendix)
"Do Attitudes Toward Risk Taking Affect Entrepreneurship? Evidence from Second-generation Americans," with A. Chanda, 2021. Journal of Economic Growth, 26: 385-413. (Paper and Appendix)
"Effects of FDI on Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Right-to-Work and Non-Right-to-Work States," with O. Eren and M. Onda, 2019. Labour Economics, 58, 98-109.
"Offshoring and Unemployment in a Credit-Constrained Economy," 2018. Journal of International Economics, 111, 21-33.
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