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Oguzhan Dincer

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STV Stevenson Hall 430
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Biography

Oguzhan (Oz) Dincer is a Professor of Economics and the Director of the Institute for Corruption Studies at the Illinois State University. His research interests lie in the intersection between public economics, institutional economics and development economics with a focus on corruption. Between 2011 and 2015 he was a Non-Residential Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics where (together with Michael Johnston) he developed measures of legal and illegal corruption across U.S. states. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Oregon in 2004.

Current Courses

ECO 102.005 Principles Of Macroeconomics

ECO 250.001 Public Economics

Teaching Interests & Areas

Public Economics, Econometrics

Research Interests & Areas

Economic Growth and Development, Public Economics

Grants and Contracts

2023 Scott M. Elliott Cross-Disciplinary Pilot Grant
Oguzhan C Dincer, Yusuf Sarfati.
Department of Economics. May 16 2023

Presentations

Does Democratization help in the fight against corruption? Evidence from Turkey
Oguzhan C Dincer, Yusuf Sarfati.
Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association 2024, Chicago, IL, April 5, 2024
Yes We Can (Get Along)? Religion, Ethnicity, and Intergroup Trust in Chicago
Yusuf Sarfati, , Oguzhan C Dincer.
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 2012, Chicago, April 13, 2012