June 2009
Ali Sina Önder
Department of Economics
Uppsala Universitet
P.O. Box 513, SE-751 20
Uppsala, SWEDEN
Year of Birth: 1979
Nationality: Turkish
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Vanderbilt University (USA), 2009
Dissertation Title: "Fiscal and Monetary Competition: Their Interactions and Effects"
M.A. in Economics, Vanderbilt University (USA), 2005
B.S. in Economics, O.D.T.U. - Middle East Technical University (Turkey), 2002
(with minor in Mathematics)
Research and Teaching Fields
Primary: Public Economics
Secondary: International Economics
Employment
Researcher and Lecturer, Uppsala Universitet (Sep.2009 -...)
Visiting Faculty, Bogazici Universitesi (June - Aug.2009)
Instructor, Vanderbilt University (July 2008 - May 2009)
Publications
"Optimum Monetary Policy During Monetary Union Enlargement" in Quantitative Economic Policy,
eds. R. Neck, C. Richter, P. Mooslechner, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, pp.275-291, 2008.
"On Inflation Tax Competition" in AEF Papers and Proceedings, forthcoming.
Research Papers
"Competing for Inflation Tax Revenue"
"Old Facts, New Lessons from Tax Competition: Inflation and Openness"
"Elderly Migration and State Taxes as Amenity Compensating Differential" (with Herwig Schlunk)
Work in Progress
"What Publication Slowdown?" (with John P. Conley, Mario J. Crucini, and Robert A. Driskill)
Honors and Fellowships
Rendings Fels Award for Excellence in Teaching, Vanderbilt University, 2007
Support for Summer School on Monetary Theory and Policy, University of Bonn, 2005
Kirk Dornbush Summer Research Grant, Vanderbilt University, 2004
Vanderbilt University Graduate Fellowship, 2003 to present
Best Undergraduate Paper Award, Economics Students Conference, 2002
Teaching Experience
Instructor
Uppsala Universitet
Topics in Microeconomics (Graduate) (Fall 2009)
Bogazici Universitesi
Microeconomics-I (Summer 2009)
Vanderbilt University
Economic Statistics (Summer 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009)
Teaching Assistant
Vanderbilt University
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (2004 - 2008), Microeconomics 3 (Graduate) (2006)
European Economic Integration (2004), Money and Banking (2007), Labor Economics (2007)
Open Economy Macroeconomics (2005), Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (2005 - 2006)
O.D.T.U. - Middle East Technical University
Introductory Macroeconomics (2003), Introductory Microeconomics (2002)
Econometrics-II (2002), Econometrics-I (2001)
Other Research Experience and Employment
Research assistant for Professors John Conley, Mario Crucini, Robert Driskill, Summer 2007
Tutor for the Athletics Department, Vanderbilt University, Summer 2006
Visiting Researcher in ZEI, University of Bonn, Summer 2005
Professional Activities
Referee
Journal of Public Economic Theory
Presentations of Research
"Monetary Union and Inflation Tax Competition"
Southern Economic Association Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2008 (scheduled)
Conference of the International Trade & Finance Association, Lisbon, May 2008
Southern Regional Science Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, March 2008
Conference of the Academy of Economics & Finance, Nashville, February 2008
"Economic and Monetary Union Enlargement"
ZEI- Center for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn,
Summer School on Monetary Theory and Policy, July 2005
ZEI, University of Bonn, department seminar, July 2005
Computer Skills
Stata, Matlab
Language
English (fluent), German (fluent), Turkish (native)
