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Overview
Dr. Sezer Yasar is a Lecturer in Economics at Cardiff Business School. His academic interests lie in political economy, public economics, and development economics. He investigates how institutions, government behaviour, and public policy affect economic and political outcomes using causal inference and microeconomic methods.
Publication
2025
- Yasar, S. 2025. International commodity-tax competition and asymmetric producer prices. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 25 (1), pp.59-98. (10.1515/bejeap-2022-0332)
2024
- Yasar, S. and Elgin, C. 2024. Democracy and fiscal-policy response to COVID-19. Public Choice 198 (1-2), pp.25-45. (10.1007/s11127-023-01107-3)
2023
- Elgin, C. , Yalaman, A. and Yasar, S. 2023. Economic stimulus measures in the pandemic: the role of fiscal decentralisation. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 16 (1), pp.167-184. (10.1093/cjres/rsac047)
2021
- Elgin, C. et al., 2021. Economic policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of central bank independence. Economics Letters 204 109874. (10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109874)
- Elgin, C. , Abdullah, Y. and Yasar, S. 2021. Democracy and fiscal-policy responses to COVID-19. Working paper. SSRN. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3883053.
2018
- Yasar, S. 2018. Budget flexibility, government spending, and welfare. Journal of Public Economic Theory 20 (6), pp.874-895. (10.1111/jpet.12309)
Articles
- Yasar, S. 2025. International commodity-tax competition and asymmetric producer prices. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 25 (1), pp.59-98. (10.1515/bejeap-2022-0332)
- Yasar, S. and Elgin, C. 2024. Democracy and fiscal-policy response to COVID-19. Public Choice 198 (1-2), pp.25-45. (10.1007/s11127-023-01107-3)
- Elgin, C. , Yalaman, A. and Yasar, S. 2023. Economic stimulus measures in the pandemic: the role of fiscal decentralisation. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 16 (1), pp.167-184. (10.1093/cjres/rsac047)
- Elgin, C. et al., 2021. Economic policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of central bank independence. Economics Letters 204 109874. (10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109874)
- Yasar, S. 2018. Budget flexibility, government spending, and welfare. Journal of Public Economic Theory 20 (6), pp.874-895. (10.1111/jpet.12309)
Monographs
- Elgin, C. , Abdullah, Y. and Yasar, S. 2021. Democracy and fiscal-policy responses to COVID-19. Working paper. SSRN. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3883053.
Biography
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2011-2017.
M.Sc. in Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkiye, 2007-2010.
B.Sc. in Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkiye, 2002-2007.
Academic positions
Lecturer in Economics, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK, 2023-present.
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, TED University, Turkiye, 2017-2023.
Supervisions
I am interested in supervising PhD students in applied microeconomics, specifically in the areas of political economy, public economics, and development economics.
Contact Details
+44 29208 74589
Aberconway Building, Floor 5, Room F07, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU