
Overview
Background
Dr. Kenan Kalaycı is an experimental economist whose research focus is on behavioural economics and industrial organization. Kenan received his PhD in Economics from Tilburg University and is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Queensland. Kenan has been an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Fellow between 2016-208 and a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford in 2017-2018. Kenan's main research has been in the growing field of behavioural industrial organization, which is the study of markets incorporating insights from psychology and other related disciplines. Kenan has been one of the pioneers in the empirical study of this field, developing experimental methodology to study issues of spurious product differentiation and price discrimination in markets. His research has been published in the International Journal of Industrial Organisation, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, and Experimental Economics.
Availability
- Dr Kenan Kalayci is:
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, Sabanci University
- Masters (Coursework) of Science, Tilburg University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Tilburg University
Research interests
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Behavioral Economics
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Experimental Economics
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Industrial Organization
Research impacts
Kenan has been recognised by the industry as an expert in experimental economics and industrial economics. He collaborated with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) on a project that developed and experimentally tested policies that led to significant savings for the ATO and provided valuable insights for public service. In 2015, Kenan was invited by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to present at the National Consumer Congress as an expert panellist in recognition of his expertise in consumer policy. In 2018, Kenan has been an invited participant at the Roundtable on Resolving Conflicts of Interest in the Banking, Superannuation, and Financial Services Industry organised by UNSW in response to the interim report of the Banking Royal Commission. Kenan is also actively involved in the start-up community in Brisbane as an advisor to dfinanz (a market exchange platform for consumer loans), Volunteeria (a social enterprise website) and participated in HealthHack 2016 at River City Labs. Kenan's current and former students have started companies such as Altina drinks and ModelEcon teaching platform.
Works
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2011
Journal Article
Buyer confusion and market prices
Kalayci, Kenan and Potters, Jan (2011). Buyer confusion and market prices. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 29 (1), 14-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2010.06.004
2020
Journal Article
Do regulations work? A comprehensive analysis of price limits and trading restrictions in experimental asset markets with deterministic and stochastic fundamental values
Bao, Zhengyang, Kalaycı, Kenan, Leibbrandt, Andreas and Oyarzun, Carlos (2020). Do regulations work? A comprehensive analysis of price limits and trading restrictions in experimental asset markets with deterministic and stochastic fundamental values. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 178, 59-84. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2020.07.012
2020
Journal Article
Costly voting: a large-scale real effort experiment
Faravelli, Marco, Kalayci, Kenan and Pimienta, Carlos (2020). Costly voting: a large-scale real effort experiment. Experimental Economics, 23 (2), 468-492. doi: 10.1007/s10683-019-09620-3
2018
Journal Article
A minimum effort coordination game experiment in continuous time
Leng, Ailin, Friesen, Lana, Kalayci, Kenan and Man, Priscilla (2018). A minimum effort coordination game experiment in continuous time. Experimental Economics, 21 (3), 1-24. doi: 10.1007/s10683-017-9550-3
2016
Journal Article
Complexity and asset legitimacy in retirement investment
Tse, Alan, Friesen, Lana and Kalayci, Kenan (2016). Complexity and asset legitimacy in retirement investment. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 60, 35-48. doi: 10.1016/j.socec.2015.12.001
2015
Journal Article
Complexity and biases
Kalayci, Kenan and Serra-Garcia, Marta (2015). Complexity and biases. Experimental Economics, 19 (1), 31-50. doi: 10.1007/s10683-015-9434-3
2015
Journal Article
Price complexity and buyer confusion in markets
Kalayci, Kenan (2015). Price complexity and buyer confusion in markets. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 111, 154-168. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.01.001
2015
Journal Article
Confusopoly: competition and obfuscation in markets
Kalayci, Kenan (2015). Confusopoly: competition and obfuscation in markets. Experimental Economics, 19 (2), 299-316. doi: 10.1007/s10683-015-9438-z
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Available projects
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Information Provision and Decision Making in Financial Markets
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lionel Page
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Peer Effects in Education: The Role of Ability, Incentives, Information, and Gender
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rigissa Megalokonomou, Associate Professor Lana Friesen
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Economic Experiments in Continuous Time
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Priscilla Man, Associate Professor Lana Friesen
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Enquiries
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- Behavioural Economics
- Consumer Finance
- Experimental Economics
- Industrial Organisation
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