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

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.