Omer F. Baris
Position: Associate Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Economics, Georgia State University (USA)
Omer F. Baris has joined the Graduate School of Public Policy as an Assistant Professor of Economics in 2013. Omer F. Baris received his PhD in economics with a specialization in public economics from Andrew Young School of Public Policy of Georgia State University in 2012. He taught various economics and policy analysis courses at Georgia State University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, both located in Atlanta (GA, USA), and at the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy at National University of Singapore.
His fields of teaching and research include microeconomic theory, game theory and bargaining, individual and social choice, welfare analysis, behavioral economics and behavioral public policy. He has conducted several experimental and applied research grants in Singapore and Kazakhstan. Some of his works appeared in the journals of World Development, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Theory and Decision, Managerial and Decision Economics, Cornell International Law Journal, World Affairs and Economic Papers.