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Yusufcan Masatlioglu is a Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland.
Prof. Masatlioglu has developed a deep and important research agenda in the area of bounded rationality and decision theory. His work is at the forefront of his field. He has been regarded as one of the top decision theorists worldwide and received many invitations as a seminar speaker and conference participant, such as Harvard, MIT, NYU, Oxford, etc.

Prof. Masatlioglu is best known professionally for his work on developing theoretical foundations for Reference Dependent Choice, Time Preferences, Limited Attention, Bounded Rationality, and Willpower. He has published his work regularly in leading academic journals, such as the American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Political Economy. His work on limited attention is rewarded by a prestigious National Science Foundation grant.

Prof. Masatlioglu is a serious, committed, and successful teacher of graduate and undergraduate students. His enthusiasm helps him to quickly connect with students and make an impact on their careers. He also developed a new undergraduate course that offers students a non-technical introduction to behavioral economics, a hot topic in economics that is offered now by most major economics departments.

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Employment (4)

University of Maryland: College Park,, MD, US

2018-05-01 to present | Professor (Economics)
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University of Maryland: College Park, Maryland, US

2016-09-01 to 2018-05-01 | Associate Professor (Economics)
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University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, US

2013-08-02 to 2016-07-31 | Assoc. Prof. (Economics)
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University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, US

2005-07-07 to 2012-08-01 | Assist. Prof. (Economics)
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Education and qualifications (1)

New York University: New York, NY, US

1999-08-02 to 2005-06-06 | Ph.D. (ECONOMICS)
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Works (34)

Correlated choice

Theoretical Economics
2024 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1933-6837
Contributors: Christopher P. Chambers; Yusufcan Masatlioglu; Christopher Turansick
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Growing attention

Journal of Economic Theory
2024-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Yusufcan Masatlioglu; Tri Phu Vu
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A Random Reference Model

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
2024-02-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1945-7669
Part of ISSN: 1945-7685
Contributors: Özgür Kibris; Yusufcan Masatlioglu; Elchin Suleymanov
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COHERENT DISTORTED BELIEFS

arXiv
2023 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85175604251

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Chambers, C.P.; Masatlioglu, Y.; Raymond, C.
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Context-Dependent Heterogeneous Preferences: A Comment on Barseghyan and Molinari (2023)

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85173734787

Part of ISSN: 15372707 07350015
Contributors: Cattaneo, M.D.; Ma, X.; Masatlioglu, Y.
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Intrinsic Information Preferences and Skewness

American Economic Review
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85169826050

Part of ISSN: 19447981 00028282
Contributors: Masatlioglu, Y.; Orhun, Y.; Raymond, C.
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Loss aversion or lack of trust: Why does loss framing work to encourage preventive health behaviors?

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85153618881

Part of ISSN: 22148051 22148043
Contributors: Beam, E.A.; Masatioglu, Y.; Watson, T.; Yang, D.
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Progressive Random Choice

Journal of Political Economy
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85151735848

Part of ISSN: 1537534X 00223808
Contributors: Filiz-Ozbay, E.; Masatlioglu, Y.
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Behavioral Influence

Journal of the European Economic Association
2023-02-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1542-4766
Part of ISSN: 1542-4774
Contributors: Christopher P Chambers; Tugce Cuhadaroglu; Yusufcan Masatlioglu
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Comparing ambiguous urns with different sizes

Journal of Economic Theory
2022-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-0531
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Choice with Endogenous Categorization

The Review of Economic Studies
2022-01-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0034-6527
Part of ISSN: 1467-937X
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Attention Overload

arXiv
2021 | Other
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2-s2.0-85169990259

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Cattaneo, M.D.; Cheung, P.H.Y.; Ma, X.; Masatlioglu, Y.
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A theory of reference point formation

Economic Theory
2021-10-21 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0938-2259
Part of ISSN: 1432-0479
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Path-Independent Consideration

Games
2021-03-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2073-4336
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Decision making within a product network

Economic Theory
2021-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0938-2259
Part of ISSN: 1432-0479
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A random attention model

Journal of Political Economy
2020 | Journal article
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Willpower and compromise effect

Theoretical Economics
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85078979469

Part of ISSN: 15557561 19336837
Contributors: Masatlioglu, Y.; Nakajima, D.; Ozdenoren, E.
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Limited attention and status quo bias

Journal of Economic Theory
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85013427467

Part of ISSN: 10957235 00220531
Contributors: Dean, M.; Kıbrıs, Ö.; Masatlioglu, Y.
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When more is less: Limited consideration

Journal of Economic Theory
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85019066612

Part of ISSN: 10957235 00220531
Contributors: Lleras, J.S.; Masatlioglu, Y.; Nakajima, D.; Ozbay, E.Y.
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A behavioral analysis of stochastic reference dependence

American Economic Review
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84989166121

Part of ISSN: 00028282
Contributors: Masatlioglu, Y.; Raymond, C.
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Completing incomplete revealed preference under limited attention

Japanese Economic Review
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84938554425

Contributors: Masatlioglu, Y.; Nakajima, D.
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Managing markets for toxic assets

Journal of Monetary Economics
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84926307915

Contributors: House, C.L.; Masatlioglu, Y.
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A foundation for strategic agenda voting

Games and Economic Behavior
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84901459953

Contributors: Apesteguia, J.; Ballester, M.A.; Masatlioglu, Y.
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A canonical model of choice with initial endowments

Review of Economic Studies
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84883827731

Contributors: Masatlioglu, Y.; Ok, E.A.
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Choice by iterative search

Theoretical Economics
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84884770306

Contributors: Masatlioglu, Y.; Nakajima, D.
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Understanding the reference effect

Games and Economic Behavior
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84883775281

Contributors: Masatlioglu, Y.; Uler, N.
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Behavioral mechanism design: Evidence from the modified first-price auctions

Review of Economic Design
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84866446211

Contributors: Masatlioglu, Y.; Taylor, S.; Uler, N.
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Revealed attention

American Economic Review
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84865348723

Contributors: Masatlioglu, Y.; Nakajima, D.; Ozbay, E.Y.
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Informality traps

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-58149380548

Contributors: Masatlioglu, Y.; Rigolini, J.
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A theory of (relative) discounting

Journal of Economic Theory
2007 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-36048983503

Contributors: Ok, E.A.; Masatlioglu, Y.
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Rational choice with status quo bias

Journal of Economic Theory
2005 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-13944258604

Contributors: Masatlioglu, Y.; Ok, E.A.
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Utility representation via additive or multiplicative error functions

Discrete Applied Mathematics
2003 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-0037447162

Part of ISSN: 0166218X
Contributors: Aleskerov, F.; Masatlioǧlu, Y.
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Numerical representation of binary relations with a multiplicative error function

Information Sciences
2002 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0036645611

Contributors: Masatlioĝlu, Y.
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Binary Relations and Choice Functions Representable via Utility Functions and Supermodular or Multiplicative Error Functions

Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics
1999 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-34247117395

Contributors: Aleskerov, F.; Masatlioglu, Y.
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Review activity for Journal of economic theory. (1)