Ahmet Akyol
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
York University
United States of America
Biography
I am an Associate Professor of Economics at York University. My research interests include macroeconomics and labour economics. In particular, I am interested in analyzing life-cycle aspects of unemployment risk, relative earnings of the self-employed, the importance of credit market frictions in consumer behavior.
Research Interest
Risk-Sharing in Environments with Limited Commitment, Effects of Default Option on Self-Employment, Education Subsidies and the Option of Migration
Publications
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Akyol A (2004) Optimal Monetary Policy in an Economy with Incomplete Markets and Idiosyncratic Risk.J. Monetary Econ 51: 1245-1269.
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Akyol A and Kartik A (2005) Risky higper education and subsidies J Econ Dyn Control 29: 979-1023.
