MERT GÜMREN

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Economics, Koc University, Istanbul.
My research interests are experimental and behavioral economics, and economics of education.

I will join the University of Leicester School of Business as a lecturer starting in September 2023.

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Department of Economics
Koc University

Rumeli Feneri Yolu 34450 Sariyer, Istanbul
mgumren@ku.edu.tr

PUBLICATIONS

Building Social Cohesion in Ethnically Mixed Schools: An Intervention on Perspective Taking
(with Sule Alan, Ceren Baysan and Elif Kubilay)
Quarterly Journal of Economics (2021). PRE-PRINT PUBLICATION
Demand for Decision Autonomy and the Desire to Avoid Responsibility in Risky Environments: Experimental Evidence
(with Seda Ertaç and Mehmet Yigit Gurdal)
Journal of Economic Psychology (2020) PRE-PRINT PUBLICATION
Cheating and Incentives in a Performance Context: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Children
(with Seda Ertaç and Sule Alan)
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2020) PRE-PRINT PUBLICATION
Strategic Feedback in Teams: Theory and Experimental Evidence
(with Seda Ertaç and Levent Kockesen)
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2019) PRE-PRINT PUBLICATION

OTHER WORK

"National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic." (Jay J. Van Bavel, et al.)
Nature communications (2022)
"Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning." (Tomislav Pavlović et al.) PNAS nexus (2022)

WORKING PAPERS

Impact of Advice on Behavior Change: Experimental Evidence from Children (Job Market Paper) PAPER
Gender Difference in Allocation of Cognitive Tasks
The Impact of Covid-19 on the Willingness to Work in Teams (with Sunduz Divle and Seda Ertac) PAPER
Son Preference and the Value of Daughters: A Social Norms Intervention in Georgia (with Ana Maria Munoz Boudet and Lourdes Rodriguez Chamussy) (2019) PAPER

WORK IN PROGRESS

Randomized Educational Interventions on Social Interactions and Incentives in the Classroom Environment (ERC project with Seda Ertac)