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Dr Sezer Yasar
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Sezer Yasar
Lecturer
Overview
Dr. Sezer Yasar is a Lecturer in Economics at Cardiff Business School. His academic interests lie in political economy and public economics, with a focus on how institutions, government behaviour, and policy interact to shape economic and political outcomes.
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. , 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.
- 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)
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
- 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. , 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)
- Yasar, S. 2018. Budget flexibility, government spending, and welfare. Journal of Public Economic Theory 20 (6), pp.874-895. (10.1111/jpet.12309)
- 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)
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 the areas of political economy and public economics.
Contact Details
+44 29208 74589
Aberconway Building, Floor 5, Room F07, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU