People
Professor Levent Celik
Professor of Economics
School/Department: Business, School of; Economics, Finance and Accounting, Department of
Email: lc522@leicester.ac.uk
Profile
I am a Professor in the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at the University of Leicester School of Business. Previously, I worked at City, University of London, HSE University in Moscow, and CERGE-EI in Prague. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
Research
I am a micro-economist with main research interests in industrial organisation, information economics, international trade and political economy.
Publications:
- Manipulation through Biased Product Reviews (joint with Kemal Kıvanç Aköz and Cemal Eren Arbatlı), Journal of Industrial Economics, Dec. 2020
- Fast-Track Authority: A Hold-up Interpretation (joint with Bilgehan Karabay and John McLaren), Journal of International Economics, Nov. 2020
- Opaque Selling (joint with Simon Anderson), Information Economics and Policy, Sep. 2020
- Veto Players and Equilibrium Uniqueness in the Baron-Ferejohn Model (joint with Bilgehan Karabay), Theory and Decision, Jun. 2016
- Competitive Provision of Tune-ins under Common Private Information, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Jan. 2016
- When is it Optimal to Delegate: The Theory of Fast-track Authority (joint with Bilgehan Karabay and John McLaren), American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Aug. 2015
- Product Line Design (joint with Simon Anderson), Journal of Economic Theory, May 2015
- Determination of Odds in Prediction Markets: Coexistence of Posted-offer and Double-auction Designs (joint with Esen Onur), Journal of Prediction Markets, Jul. 2015
- Information Unraveling Revisited: Disclosure of Horizontal Attributes, Journal of Industrial Economics, Mar. 2014
- A More General Framework to Analyze Whether Voluntary Disclosure is Insufficient or Excessive, Review of Industrial Organization, Mar. 2014
- Trade Policy-making in a Model of Legislative Bargaining (joint with Bilgehan Karabay and John McLaren), Journal of International Economics, Nov. 2013
See https://sites.google.com/site/celiklev for further details and ongoing research.
Supervision
I am happy to supervise students interested in industrial organisation, game theory, international trade and political economy.
Teaching
EC3066 International Trade
Interests
- Industrial organisation (advertising, information disclosure, product differentiation, product design)
- Digital markets (privacy, product personalisation, search auctions)
- International trade (political determinants of trade policy)
- Political economy (electoral models)
Qualifications
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Virginia (Aug 2006; officially conferred on Jan 4, 2007)
M.A. in Economics, University of Virginia (2002)
B.A. in Economics, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (2000)
M.A. in Economics, University of Virginia (2002)
B.A. in Economics, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (2000)