Biography
Nejat Anbarci is a Professorial Research Fellow at the Department of Economics at Deakin Business School and a Professor and the Head of Department at the Department of Economics and Finance at Durham University Business School, which he joined in 2018. Nejat received his PhD from the University of Iowa in 1988. He worked at State University of New York at Buffalo and Florida International University between 1988 and 2008 as an assistant, associate and full professor before joining Deakin University in 2008.
Nejat works mainly in microeconomic theory, especially game theory. He has also worked in experimental economics and has published papers at journals such as Quarterly Journal of Economics, Management Science, Journal of Economic Theory, International Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, European Economic Review, Economic Theory, Experimental Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, among others.
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- Anbarci, N., Dutu, R. and Sun, CJ., “On the Timing of Production Decisions in Monetary Economies”, International Economic Review, 60, 447-472, 2019.
- Anbarci, N., Feltovich, N. and Gurdal, Y., “Payoff Inequity Reduces the Effectiveness of Correlated-equilibrium Recommendations", European Economic Review, 108, 172-190, 2018.
- Anbarci, N. and Feltovich, N., “Pricing in Competitive Search Markets: Experimental Evidence of the Roles of Price Information and Fairness Perceptions”, Management Science, 64, 1101-1120, 2018.
- Anbarci, N., Ghosh, S. and Roy, J., “Informational Control under Reputational Cheap Talk”, Games and Economic Behavior, 106, 153-160, 2017.
- Anbarci, N., Feltovich, N. and Dutu, R., 'Inflation Tax in the Lab: A Theoretical and Experimental Study of Competitive Search Equilibrium with Inflation', Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 61, 17-33, 2015.
- Anbarci, N., and Sun, CJ., 'Robustness of Intermediate Agreements and Bargaining Solutions', Games and Economic Behavior, 77, 367-376, 2013.
- Anbarci, N. and Feltovich, N., 'Directed Search, Coordination Failure and Seller Profits: An Experimental Comparison of Posted Pricing with Single and Multiple Prices', International Economic Review, 54, 873-884, 2013.
- Anbarci, N. and Feltovich, N., 'How Sensitive Are Bargaining Outcomes to Changes in Disagreement Payoffs?', Experimental Economics, 16, 560-596, 2013.
- Anbarci, N. and Feltovich, N., 'Simultaneous Bargaining with Random Implementation: An Experimental Study, Games and Economic Behavior, 76, 495-514, 2012.
- Anbarci, N. and J. Boyd III, J., 'Nash Demand Game and the Kalai-Smorodinsky Solution', Games and Economic Behavior, 71, 14-22, 2011.
- Anbarci, N., Escaleras, M. and Register, C.,'Earthquake Fatalities: The Interaction of Nature and Political Economy', Journal of Public Economics, 89, 1907-1933, 2005.
- Anbarci, N., Skaperdas, S. and Syropoulos, C., 'Comparing Bargaining Solutions in the Shadow of Conflict: How Norms against Threats Can Have Real Effects', Journal of Economic Theory, 106, 1-16, 2002.
- Anbarci, N., “Noncooperative Foundations of the Area Monotonic Solution”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 108, 245-258, 1993.
- Anbarci, N. and Feltovich, N., 'Posted Prices, Bargaining and Auctions: An Experimental Examination', Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant, Amount: $230,000, 2014-2016.
- Anbarci, N. 'Efficient Privatization Mechanisms', Social Science Research Council (SSRC) US Fellowship Grant, Amount: $40,000, 1995-1996.
Research interests
- Microeconomics
- Game Theory
- Bargaining Theory
- Directed Search and Price Posting
- Experimental Economics
Affiliations
- Member, Econometric Society.
Teaching interests
- Microeconomics
- Game Theory
- Managerial Economics
Units taught
- MAE411 - Advanced Economic Theory
- MAE903 - Advanced Economic Theory
Knowledge areas
- Economics
Conferences
- 2015 SING11 – European Game Theory Meetings (St. Petersburg)
- 2015 Conference on Economic Design (Istanbul)
- 2014 Monash Market Design Conference (Melbourne)
- 2014 Monash Workshop on Macroeconomics, Experimental Economics, and Behaviour (Melbourne)
- The 7th Australasian Public Choice Conference (Melbourne)
- ASSET 2014 (Aix-en-Provence)
- The 32nd Australasian Economic Theory Workshop (Canberra)
- The 6th Australasian Public Choice Conference (Singapore)
- Public Economic Theory ’13 (Lisbon) o EcoMod’13 (Prague)
- The 2012 Australian Public Choice Conference (Hobart)
- The 4th World Congress of Game Theory (Istanbul)
- Econometric Society Australasian Meetings 2012 (Melbourne)
- 12th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (Brisbane)
- The 2012 World Meetings of Public Choice Societies (Miami)
- The 30th Australasian Economic Theory Workshop (Sydney)
- The 6th Australasian and New Zealand Experimental Economics Workshop (Melbourne)
- EcoMod’11 (Azores)
- The 7th Australasian Development Economics Workshop (Perth)
- The 2011 Public Choice Society Meetings of the U.S. (San Antonio)
- The 28th Australasian Economic Theory Workshop (Adelaide)
- Public Economic Theory ’10, (Istanbul)
- EcoMod’10 (Istanbul)
- The 28th Australasian Economic Theory Workshop (Melbourne)
- The 2nd Australasian Public Choice Conference (Melbourne)
- The 67th Annual National Conference of the Middle East Political Science Association (Chicago)
- The 29th Australasian Economic Theory Workshop (Auckland)
- 2nd World Conference of Spatial Econometrics (New York)
- The 37th Australian Conference for Economists - ACE08 (Gold Coast)
Professional activities
Google Scholar
Awards
- Best senior researcher award, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University, 2016.
- Best senior researcher award, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University, 2013.
Publications
Proportional resource allocation in dynamic n-player Blotto games
N Anbarci, K Cingiz, M Ismail
(2023), Vol. 125, pp. 94-100, Mathematical Social Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
N Feltovich, N Anbarcı
(2022), pp. 203-225, Bargaining: Current Research and Future Directions, Cham, Switzerland, B1-1
"Storm autocracies": Islands as natural experiments
M Rahman, N Anbarci, M Ulubaşoğlu
(2022), Vol. 159, pp. 1-18, Journal of Development Economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Designing practical and fair sequential team contests: The case of penalty shootouts
N Anbarcı, C Sun, M Unver
(2021), Vol. 130, pp. 25-43, Games and Economic Behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Evolutionary game model of group choice dilemmas on hypergraphs
A Civilini, N Anbarci, V Latora
(2021), Vol. 127, pp. 1-6, Physical Review Letters, College Park, Md., C1-1
Random-settlement arbitration and the generalized Nash solution: one-shot and infinite-horizon cases
N Anbarci, K Rong, J Roy
(2019), Vol. 68, pp. 21-52, Economic theory, Berlin , Germany, C1
On the timing of production decisions in monetary economies
N Anbarci, R Dutu, C Sun
(2019), Vol. 60, pp. 447-472, International economic review, Chichester, Eng., C1
Double auctions with no-loss constrained traders
N Anbarci, J Roy
(2018), Vol. 84, pp. 1-9, Theory and decision, New York, N.Y., C1
N Anbarci, P Gomis-Porqueras, M Pivato
(2018), Vol. 28, pp. 365-397, Journal of evolutionary economics, Berlin, Germany, C1
N Anbarci, N Feltovich
(2018), Vol. 145, pp. 320-334, Journal of economic behavior and organization, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Pricing in competitive search markets: the roles of price information and fairness perceptions
N Anbarci, N Feltovich
(2018), Vol. 64, pp. 1101-1120, Management science, Catonsville, Md., C1
Revisiting loss aversion: Evidence from professional tennis
N Anbarci, K Arin, T Kuhlenkasper, C Zenker
(2018), Vol. 153, pp. 1-18, Journal of economic behavior and organization, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Payoff inequity reduces the effectiveness of correlated-equilibrium recommendations
N Anbarcı, N Feltovich, M Gürdal
(2018), Vol. 108, pp. 172-190, European Economic Review, C1
Is Roger Federer more loss averse than Serena Williams?
N Anbarci, K Arin, C Okten, C Zenker
(2017), Vol. 49, pp. 3546-3559, Applied Economics, London, Eng., C1
The Shocking Origins of Political Transitions: Evidence from Earthquakes
M Habibur Rahman, N Anbarci, P Bhattacharya, M Ulubaşoğlu
(2017), Vol. 83, pp. 796-823, Southern Economic Journal, C1
Can extreme rainfall trigger democratic change? The role of flood-induced corruption
M Rahman, N Anbarci, P Bhattacharya, M Ulubasoglu
(2017), Vol. 171, pp. 331-358, Public choice, New York, N.Y., C1
Information control in reputational cheap talk
N Anbarci, S Ghosh, J Roy
(2017), Vol. 106, pp. 153-160, Games and Economic Behavior, C1
N Anbarci, J Lee, A Ulker
(2016), Vol. 17, pp. 323-353, Journal of sports economics, London, Eng., C1
Lying about the price? Ultimatum bargaining with messages and imperfectly observed offers
N Anbarci, N Feltovich, M Gürdal
(2015), Vol. 116, pp. 346-360, Journal of economic behavior and organization, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
N Anbarci, R Dutu, N Feltovich
(2015), Vol. 61, pp. 17-33, Journal of economic dynamics & control, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
A new industry concentration index
N Anbarci, B Katzman
(2015), Vol. 34, pp. 222-228, Economic papers: a journal of applied economics and policy, London, Eng., C1
Detecting racial bias in speed discounting : evidence from speeding tickets in Boston
N Anbarci, J Lee
(2014), Vol. 38, pp. 11-24, International review of law and economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
N Anbarci, K Arin, J Lee
(2014), Vol. 53, pp. 131-137, Journal of behavioral and experimental economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Robustness of intermediate agreements and bargaining solutions
N Anbarci, C Sun
(2013), Vol. 77, pp. 367-376, Games and economic behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
N Anbarci, N Feltovich
(2013), Vol. 54, pp. 873-884, International economic review, Hoboken, New Jersey, C1
Asymmetric Nash bargaining solutions: a simple Nash program
N Anbarci, C Sun
(2013), Vol. 120, pp. 211-214, Economics letters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
How sensitive are bargaining outcomes to changes in disagreement payoffs?
N Anbarci, N Feltovich
(2013), Vol. 16, pp. 560-596, Experimental economics, New York, NY, C1
From cholera outbreaks to pandemics : the role of poverty and inequality
N Anbarci, M Escaleras, C Register
(2012), Vol. 57, pp. 21-31, American economist, Hattiesburg, Miss., C1
Bargaining with random implementation : an experimental study
N Anbarci, N Feltovich
(2012), Vol. 76, pp. 495-514, Games and economic behavior, Maryland Heights, Mo., C1
An exploration in school formation : income vs. ability
A Alkan, N Anbarci, S Sarpca
(2012), Vol. 117, pp. 500-504, Economics letters, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1
Intersectoral size differences and migration : Kuznets revisited
N Anbarci, M Ulubasoglu
(2011), Vol. 20, pp. 251-292, Journal of international trade and economic development, Abingdon, England, C1
Nash demand game and the Kalai-Smorodinsky solution
N Anbarci, J Boyd
(2011), Vol. 71, pp. 14-22, Games and economic behavior, Maryland Heights, Mo., C1
Population and income sensitivity of private and public weather forecasting
N Anbarci, J Boyd III, E Floehr, J Lee, J Song
(2011), Vol. 41, pp. 124-133, Regional science and urban economics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1
Weakest collective rationality and the Nash bargaining solution
N Anbarci, C Sun
(2011), Vol. 37, pp. 425-429, Social choice and welfare, Dordrecht , The Netherlands, C1
Distributive justice and the Nash bargaining solution
N Anbarci, C Sun
(2011), Vol. 37, pp. 453-470, Social choice and welfare, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1
Institutions and growth volatility
N Anbarci, J Hill, H Kirmanoglu
(2011), Vol. 30, pp. 233-252, Economic papers, Richmond, Vic., C1
Do institutions, inequality and cultural differences affect cadaveric versus live-kidney harvesting
M Caglayan, M Caglayan, N Anbarci, N Anbarci
(2010), Vol. 30, pp. 1-9, Economics bulletin, Nashville, Tenn., C1
Traffic fatalities: does income inequity create an externality?
N Anbarci, M Escaleras, C Register
(2009), Vol. 42, pp. 244-266, Canadian journal of economics, Hoboken, NJ, C1
The ill effects of public sector corruption in the water and sanitation sector
N Anbarci, M Escaleras, C Register
(2009), Vol. 85, pp. 363-377, Land economics, Madison, Wis., C1
Relative responsiveness of bargaining solutions to changes in status-quo payoffs
N Anbarci
(2008), Vol. 36, pp. 293-299, Atlantic Economic Journal, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1-1
N Anbarci, M Caglayan
(2007), Vol. 12, pp. 47-77, Public administration and management, Elizabethtown, Pa., C1-1
Public sector corruption and major earthquakes : a potentially deadly interaction
N Anbarci, M Escaleras, C Register
(2007), Vol. 132, pp. 209-230, Public choice, New York, N.Y., C1-1
Finite alternating-move : arbitration schemes and the equal area solution
N Anbarci
(2006), Vol. 61, pp. 21-50, Theory and decision, New York, NY, C1-1
Traffic fatalities and public sector corruption
N Anbarci, M Escaleras, C Register
(2006), Vol. 59, pp. 327-344, Kyklos, Oxford, England, C1-1
Earthquake fatalities : the interaction of nature and political economy
N Anbarci, M Escaleras, C Register
(2005), Vol. 89, pp. 1907-1933, Journal of public economics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1-1
Intersectoral size differences and migration: Kuznets revisited
N Anbarci, M Ulubasoglu
(2005), pp. 1-40, Proceedings of the Australian Conference of Economists, Melbourne, Vic., E1
Endogenous liberalization and within-country inequality
N Anbarci, M Ulubasoglu
(2004), pp. 1-45, Selected papers from the 33rd Australian Conference of Economists, Sydney Sept. 27-30, 2004, Sydney, N.S.W., E1
A simple two-axiom characterization of the Nash solution
N Anbarci
(2002), Vol. 24, pp. 215-218, O R Spectrum : quantitative approaches in management, Heidelberg, Germany, C1-1
Inter-firm complementarities in R&D : a re-examination of the relative performance of joint ventures
N Anbarci, R Lemke, S Roy
(2002), Vol. 20, pp. 191-213, International journal of industrial organization, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1-1
N Anbarci, S Skaperdas, C Syropoulos
(2002), Vol. 106, pp. 1-16, Journal of economic theory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Divide-the-Dollar game revisited
N Anbarci
(2001), Vol. 50, pp. 295-304, Theory and decision, New York, N.Y., C1-1
Intra-marital sharing rules with evidence from Turkey
N Anbarci, E Cinar
(1999), pp. 1-7, Topics in Middle East and North African Economies : Proceedings of the 19th Middle East Economic Association Meeting, New York, New York, E1-1
Simple characterizations of the Nash and Kalai/Smorodinsky solutions
N Anbarci
(1998), Vol. 45, pp. 255-261, Theory and decision, New York, N.Y., C1-1
An efficient privatization mechanism
N Anbarci, M Karaaslan
(1998), Vol. 2, pp. 73-87, Journal of economic policy reform, Abingdon, England, C1-1
An iterative allocation mechanism in the edgeworth box
N Anbarci, G Yi
(1998), Vol. 4, pp. 253-258, International advances in economic research, New York, N.Y., C1-1
N Anbarci
(1997), Vol. 25, pp. 403-411, Atlantic economic journal, New York, N.Y., C1-1
Reference functions and balanced concessions in bargaining
N Anbarci
(1995), Vol. 28, pp. 675-682, Canadian journal of economics, Malden, Ma., C1-1
The area monotonic solution to the cooperative bargaining problem
N Anbarci, J Bigelow
(1994), Vol. 28, pp. 133-142, Mathematical social sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Noncooperative foundations of the area monotonic solution
N Anbarci
(1993), Vol. 108, pp. 245-258, Quarterly journal of economics, Cambridge, Ma., C1-1
Strategic vote manipulation in a simple democracy
N Anbarci
(1993), Vol. 20, pp. 319-330, Journal of economic behavior & organization, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Non-dictatorial, pareto - monotonic, cooperative bargaining : an impossibility theorem
J Bigelow, N Anbarci
(1993), Vol. 9, pp. 551-558, European journal of political economy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
A meta-allocation mechanism in cooperative bargaining
N Anbarci
(1992), Vol. 38, pp. 175-179, Economics Letters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
The nash solution and relevant expansions
N Anbarci
(1991), Vol. 36, pp. 137-140, Economics letters, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1-1
The kalai/smorodinsky solution with time preferences
N Anbarci
(1989), Vol. 31, pp. 5-7, Economics letters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Posted Prices, Bargaining and Auctions: An Experimental Examination - Monash University
Prof Nick Feltovich, Prof Nejat Anbarci
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2016: $15,000
- 2015: $4,000
Supervisions
Zhansulu Baikenova
Thesis entitled: Effort Choice with Intertemporal Linkages
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Economics
Athula Senaratne
Thesis entitled: Shared beliefs, expectations and surprises: Adaptation decisions of village tank farmers in Sri Lanka
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Accounting, Economics & Finance
Rajesh Rai
Thesis entitled: Estimating the Benefits of Managing Invasive Plants in Subsistence Communities
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Accounting, Economics & Finance
Sreeparna Saha
Thesis entitled: Imperfect Democracy and the Political Economy of Land Acquisition
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Economics
MD Habibur Rahman
Thesis entitled: Essays on the Economics of Natural Disasters and Political Institutions
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Accounting, Economics & Finance