Research

a) Publications in journals

1. “Does higher income lead to more renewable energy consumption? Evidence from emerging-Asian countries”. Joint with S. Ergun. Heliyon 9 (1). 2023.

2. “Factors affecting climate change concern in Pakistan: are there rural/urban differences?”. Joint with S. Ergun and M. U. Khan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28 (26), pp. 34553–34569. 2021.

3. “Who cares about the Cyprus problem? A socio-demographic analysis for Northern Cyprus”. Journal of Cyprus Studies 21 (45), pp. 1-14. 2020. Joint with S. Ergun.

4. “Testing the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis in Uruguay using Ecological Footprint as a Measure of Environmental Degradation”. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy 10.4, pp. 473-485. 2020. Joint with S. Ergun.

5. “Satisfaction with democracy in Latin America: do the characteristics of the political system matter?”. Desarrollo y Sociedad (Development and Society) 83, pp. 353-383. 2019. Joint with S. Ergun and M. Rossi.

6. “The effect of social roles, religiosity, and values on climate change concern. An empirical analysis for Turkey”. Sustainable Development 27 (4), pp. 758-769. 2019. Joint with S. Ergun.

7. “Determinants of renewable energy consumption in Africa”. Joint with S. Ergun and P. A. Owusu. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26 (15), pp. 15390-15405. 2019.

8. “Cooperation and optimism in a social dilemma”. Bulletin of Economic Research 70 (4), pp. 335-340. 2018. Joint with M. Coulson, D. Kernohan, and O.A. Oyediran.

9. “Induced negative mood increases dictator game giving”. Frontiers in Psychology 9:1542. 2018. Joint with C. Pérez-Dueñas, O.A. Oyediran, and F. García-Torres. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01542.

10. “Response time and heart rate in a moral dilemma”. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics 10 (1), pp. 42-58. 2017. Joint with O.A. Oyediran.

11. “Trust and reciprocity in Cyprus”. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 63, pp. 36-49. 2016. Joint with T. Ekici and S. Ergun.

12. “Does managerial compensation affect workers’ effort?”. Journal of Applied Economics 18 (2), pp. 297-324. 2015. Joint with N. Hesse.

13. “An experiment on corruption and gender”.  Bulletin of Economic Research 65 (1), pp. 10-42. 2013.

14. “Gender Differences in Economic Experiments”. Revista Internacional de Sociología 70 (extra 1), pp. 99-111. 2012. Joint with S. Ergun and T. García.

15. “The benefits of voluntary leadership in experimental public goods games”. Economics Letters 112 (2), pp.176-178. 2011. Joint with M. Sutter.

16. “On punishment and well-being”. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 72(3), pp. 823-834. 2009. Joint with J. Brandts.

17. “Wage dispersion and workers’ effort”, Economics Bulletin 29 (2), pp. 796-802. 2009.

18. “Tendencias recientes de la participación femenina en el mercado de trabajo del Uruguay, 1986‐2000” (“Recent tendencies of the female participation in the Uruguayan labor market, 1986-2000”). Papeles de Población Nº 32. 2002.  Joint with X. García de Soria, M. Rossi and M. Taboada.

b) Book chapter

1. “Leadership, reward and punishment in sequential public goods experiments” in Reward and punishment in social dilemmas. Oxford University Press. Edited by P.A.M. Van Lange, B. Rockenbach, and T. Yamagishi. 2014. Joint with M. Sutter.

c) Working papers

1. “Evolución de las diferencias salariales entre el sector público y el sector privado en Uruguay, 1991-2000” (“Evolution of the wage differential between the public and the private sector in Uruguay, 1991-2000”). dECON Working Papers, Department of Economics, FCS, UdelaR, Uruguay, 2002. Document No. 02/02, 2002. Joint with M. Rossi.

2. “Oferta laboral de las mujeres” (“Female labor supply”). dECON Working Papers, Department of Economics, FCS, UdelaR, Uruguay, 2002. Document No. 18/01, 2001. Joint with X. García de Soria and M. Taboada.

3. “Discriminación salarial en Uruguay (1991-1997)” (“Wage discrimination in Uruguay (1991-1997)”). dECON Working Papers, Department of Economics, FCS, UdelaR, Uruguay, 2002. Document No. 07/00, 2000.  Joint with M. Rossi.

d) Other research work

1. “Experimentos en clase: como la teoría económica se transforma en juego. Tema: Oferta y Demanda” (“Experiments in the class: how the economic theory becomes a game. Topic: Supply and demand”), in I Jornadas de docencia en Economía (I Symposium on teaching Economics) (ISBN: 849268026-1), 2009.

2. “Punishment and happiness”, Master Thesis, supervised by J. Brandts. UAB, 2004.

e) Research in progress

1. “Climate change risk perception in Europe’. Joint with S. Ergun and Z. Karadeniz.

2. “Pro-environmental behavior of Greek Cypriots”. Joint with S. Ergun and M. Korkut.