Kevin Hasker

Email: hasker@bilkent.edu.tr
Contact Number: +90 312 290 1875
Office: AZ25A
Personal Homepage: http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~hasker

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, Northwestern University, 1998
M.A., Economics, Northwestern University, 1994
B.A., Economics, University of Wisconsin, 1992

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Microeconomics, Game Theory, Evolution , and Auctions

PUBLICATIONS
“eBay in the Economic Literature: Analysis of an Auction Marketplace”, with R. Sickles, Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 37, No. 1, 3-42 (2010)
"An Analysis of Strategic Behavior in eBay Auctions." with R. Gonzales and R. Sickles, The Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 54, No. 2:1–32 (2009)
"Social Norms and Choice: A General Folk Theorem for Repeated Matching Games with Endogenous Matching Rules." International Journal of Game Theory. vol. 36, pp. 137-146, (2007)
Ç. Ökten and K. Hasker,Intermediaries and Corruption”, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol.67, no.1, 103-115, (2008)

WORKING PAPERS
• “Note: Using the Emergent Seed to Completely Characterize `Evolution and Information in a Gift Giving Game.’” Under revision August 2004.
• “The Rise of Money: An Evolutionary Analysis of the Origins of Money.” with Erdam Basci and Ahmet Tahmilci. Under revision August 2004.
• “The Emergent Seed: Simplifying the Analysis of Dynamic Evolution.” Bilkent University Discussion Paper Series. Last revision August 2004.
• "Should equilibria require that players are uninformed? Arguing against the Trigger Strategy and Simple Optimal Penal Code in Repeated Matching Games." Last revision December 2001.
• "Cooperation via Communication: Social Norms supported by References." Last revision December 2001.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor of Economics, Rice University, July 1998-July 2002
Assistant Professor of Economics, Bilkent University, September 2002 – Present.