Oben K. Bayrak

RESEARCH

I use theoretical and empirical methods in particular economic experiments to understand how people make decisions such as decisions under uncertainty. Main areas of my research includes decision theory, behavioural and experimental economics. Secondary fields regarding implications of those include business administration, finance, management and environmental economics. READ MORE

TEACHING

I design and organize a course+workshop on Behavioural Environmental Economics (BEE). The course received the best PhD course prize in 2018. It was offered first in 2018 (Umeå) and then in 2019 (Uppsala). In 2021, the course offered online and, BEE2022 will be held online between 28 Nov-7 Dec. READ MORE

SUPERVISION

In this section I would like to share the thesis written by my previous master and bachelor students on various exciting topics such as

Artifical intelligence,
Artificial neural networks, cryptocurrencies,
Stock, portfolio and index performance analysis, comparison of investment strategies,
Contingent valuation and environmental valuation,
Behavioural economics, economic preferences and pandemic/Covid19 related behaviour, attitudes towards vaccination, changes in consumption habits due to the pandemic.
New ways of financing public transport and attitudes towards them.

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network:BEEN

Behavioural Environmental Economics Network (BEEn) was created in 2018, a platform for researchers working on environmental and resource economics related topics from a behavioural perspective. The group can be used to facilitate the communication within the communication regarding recent research, announcements, exchange of ideas, discussion about the literature, even ask for help, please donot hesitate, it is for all of us :) READ MORE

NEW Decision theory

Paper with John Hey introducing a new decision model for decisions under risk published in the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty: Dispersion-Skewness Theory. READ MORE