Assistant Professor of Economics

Year Joined RCNJ: 2019

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-7874
• Email: tekici@ramapo.edu
• Office: ASB 509
• Office Hours: Tuesday 2-3pm & Thursday 1-3PM

Education:

• Ph.D. Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• M.A. Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• B.A. Economics/Mathematics, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH

Courses Offered:

• Microeconomics
• Introduction to Macroeconomics
• Intermediate Macroeconomics
• Industrial Organization
• International Economics
• Econometrics

Teaching Interest:

• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics
• Econometrics

Research Interest:

• Applied Econometrics
• Labor Economics
• Political Economy

Recent Publications:

Ekici, Tufan (2019). “The Political and Economic History of North Cyprus: A

Discordant Polity”, Palgrave Studies in Economic History, Palgrave Macmillan, Spring 2019: ISBN: 978-3030134785

Ekici, T. & Besim, M. (2018) “Shadow price of working in the shadows: services

industry evidence”, The Services Industries Journal, 38 (11-12), pp. 708-722.

Ekici, T. (2016) “Subjective Financial Distress in the Formation of Consumer

Confidence: Evidence from Novel Household Data” Boğaziçi Journal Review of Social,

Economic and Administrative Studies, Vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 10-37.

Ekici, T., Ergun, S. J. and Rivas, F. M. (2016) “Trust and Reciprocity in Cyprus”

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 63: 36-49.

Ekici, T. and Besim, M. (2016) “A Measure of the Shadow Economy in a Small

Economy: Evidence from Household-Level Expenditure Patterns,” Review of Income and Wealth, 62(1), 145-160.

Ekici, T. and Koydemir, S. (2016) “Income Expectations and Happiness: Evidence from

British Panel Data,” Applied Research in Quality of Life, 11: 539-552.