Browsing Economics by OzU Authors "Ekici, Özgün"

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An equilibrium analysis of the probabilistic serial mechanism

Ekici, Özgün; Kesten, O. (Springer Science+Business Media, 2016-08)

The prominent mechanism of the recent literature in the assignment problem is the probabilistic serial (PS). Under PS, the truthful (preference) proÖle always constitutes an ordinal Nash Equilibrium, inducing a random ...
Random mechanisms for house allocation with existing tenants

Ekici, Özgün (Elsevier, 2020-08)

We study the house allocation problem with existing tenants: n houses (stand for "indivisible objects") are to be allocated to n agents; each agent needs exactly one house and has strict preferences; k houses are initially ...
Reclaim-proof allocation of indivisible objects

Ekici, Özgün (Elsevier, 2013-09)

We study desirability axioms imposed on allocations in indivisible object allocation problems. The existing axioms in the literature are various conditions of robustness to blocking coalitions with respect to agentsʼ ex ...
The role of real estate and gold as inflation hedges: the Islamic influence

Gulseven, O.; Ekici, Özgün (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020)

Purpose This paper aims to understand how aversion to interest income in Islam may influence the demand for real estate and gold when inflation is rampant. Design/methodology/approach According to Markowitz's ...
The Turkish appetite for gold: An Islamic explanation

Gülseven, O.; Ekici, Özgün (Elsevier, 2016-06)

A significant constituent of household wealth in Turkey is gold. Families accumulate gold especially on a variety of cultural occasions such as female-only gold days, circumcision feasts, and engagement and wedding ceremonies. ...