July 2008
ALI SINA ÖNDER
Department of Economics
Vanderbilt University
VU Station B #351819
2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, TN 37235-1819
Office: Calhoun Hall 413C
Year of Birth: 1979
Nationality: Turkish
Visa status in the US: F1
Education:
PhD Economics (candidate)- Dept. of Economics, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN, USA)
2005…MA Economics - Dept. of Economics, Vanderbilt University
2002…BS Economics - Dept. of Economics, METU (Middle East Technical University)-Ankara,Turkey
2002…Mathematics (Minor) - Dept. of Mathematics, METU.
1998….Abitur - German Gymnasium (Istanbul, Turkey)
Research and Teaching Interests:
Public Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Tax Competition, Fiscal Federalism, Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Monetary Unions, International Economics.
Publications:
"On Inflation Tax Competition" forthcoming in AEF Papers and Proceedings.
"Optimal Monetary Policy during Monetary Union Enlargement" in Quantitative Economic Policy, eds. R. Neck, C. Richter, P. Mooslechner, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, pp.275-291, 2008.
Research in Progress:
"Tax Competition in Form of Currency Competition: Case of a Monetary Union"
"Coalition Formation in Establishing a Monetary Union with Fiscal Federalism"
"Old Facts, New Lessons from Tax Competition: Inflation and Openness"
"Elderly Migration and State Taxes as Amenity Compensating Differential" (with Herwig Schlunk)
"Publish or Perish" (with John P. Conley, Mario J. Crucini and Bob Driskill)
Referee:
Journal of Public Economic Theory
Teaching Experience:
Instructor: (Vanderbilt University)
2009 Spring..... "Economic Statistics" (2 sections)
2008 Fall.........."Economic Statistics" (2 sections)
2008 Summer...."Economic Statistics"
Teaching Assistant: (Vanderbilt University)
2008 Spring...."Intermediate Microeconomic Theory" (by Prof. John Conley)
2007 Fall........."Money and Banking" (by Prof. Neil Canaday)
2007 Fall........."Labor Economics" (by Prof. Neil Canaday)
2007 Spring……"Intermediate Microeconomic Theory" (by Prof. John Conley)
2006 Fall……...."Microeconomics 3" (graduate) (by Prof. John Conley)
2006 Fall……...."Intermediate Microeconomic Theory" (by Prof. John Conley)
2006 Spring….."Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory" (by Prof. Christian Ahlin)
2006 Spring……"Intermediate Microeconomic Theory" (by Prof. John Conley)
2005 Fall……….."Intermediate Microeconomic Theory" (by Prof. John Conley)
2005 Spring….."Open Economy Macroeconomics" (by Prof. Diana Weymark)
2005 Spring……"Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory" (by Prof. Andrew Hughes Hallett)
2004 Fall……….."Intermediate Microeconomic Theory" (by Prof. John Weymark)
2004 Fall……….."European Economic Integration" (by Prof. Andrew Hughes Hallett)
Teaching Assistant: (METU)
2003 Spring…..."Intro. Macroeconomics"
2002 Fall……… .."Intro. Microeconomics"
2002 Spring…..."Econometrics-II"
2001 Fall………..."Econometrics-I"
Awards & Grants Received:
2007- Rendings Fels Award for Excellence in Teaching, Vanderbilt University.
2005- Financial support from the ZEI, University of Bonn to participate in the Summer
School on Monetary Theory and Policy in Bad-Honnef, Germany.
2004- Kirk Dornbusch Summer Research Grant
(Vanderbilt University Dept. of Economics)
2003 until present… Vanderbilt University Graduate Fellowship
2002- Best Undergraduate Paper Award
Economics Students Conference, Izmir, Turkey (May 2002).
Conference / Workshop Participations & Presentations:
2008, May …Conference of the International Trade and Finance Association, Lisbon, Portugal
presented: "Monetary Union and Inflation Tax Competition"
2008, March…Southern Regional Science Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
presented: "Monetary Union and Inflation Tax Competition"
2008, February…Annual Meeting of the Academy of Economics and Finance, Nashville, TN
presented: "Monetary Union and Inflation Tax Competition"
2006, April…Graduate Student Research Day, Vanderbilt University
presented: "Fiscal Convergence under Debt Financed Unemployment Insurance"
2005, July… ZEI- Center for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn, Germany
Summer School on Monetary Theory and Policy
presented: "Economic and Monetary Union Enlargement"
2005, July… ZEI, University of Bonn, department seminar
presented: "Economic and Monetary Union Enlargement"
2005, June... Bundesbank 1st Workshop in Potsdam, Germany
2005, April...Graduate Student Research Day, Vanderbilt University.
presented: "Price Expectations and Inertia: Any Lessons for the ECB?"
2004, October… Missouri Valley Economics Association Meeting, Nashville TN
presented: "Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Domestic Prices"
also served as discussant
2004, October... Vanderbilt University (economics department seminar)
presented: "Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Domestic Prices"
Research Related Visits:
2005 (June-August)… Visiting Researcher in the Center for European Integration Studies
(ZEI), University of Bonn, Germany
Membership:
American Economic Association, European Economic Association
Computer:
Stata, Matlab, E-Views, MS- Office applications
Languages:
Turkish (native), German (fluent), English (fluent)
References:
John P Conley
Department of Economics
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
415 Calhoun Hall
e-mail: j.p.conley [at] vanderbilt.edu
phone: (615) 322 2920
Andrew Hughes Hallett
School of Public Policy
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
e-mail: ahughesh [at] gmu.edu
phone: (703) 993 9123
Gregory W Huffman
Department of Economics
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
415 Calhoun Hall
e-mail: gregory.w.huffman [at] vanderbilt.edu
phone: (615) 343 2468
Quan Wen
Department of Economics
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
415 Calhoun Hall
e-mail: quan.wen [at] vanderbilt.edu
phone: (615) 322 0174
Herwig Schlunk
Law School
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Room 281
e-mail: herwig.schlunk [at] vanderbilt.edu
phone: (615) 322 1527
John A Weymark (teaching reference only)
Department of Economics
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
415 Calhoun Hall
e-mail: john.weymark [at] vanderbilt.edu
phone: (615) 322 1437
