New York University, Ekonomi, 2011

New York University, Ekonomi, 2008

ODTU, Mathematics, 2005

Begüm Güney, New York Üniversitesi'nden Ekonomi alanında doktora derecesini almış ve Deneysel Ekonomi, Davranışsal Ekonomi, Karar Teorisi ve Oyun Teorisi alanlarında uzmanlaşmış seçkin bir akademisyendir. Araştırmaları, bireysel ve stratejik ortamlarda karar alma davranışlarını incelemek için teorik ve deneysel metodolojileri birleştirir. Kontrollü laboratuvar deneyleri yoluyla, seçim prosedürlerinin deneysel testleri, hayır bağışlarını artırma stratejileri, ortaklıklardaki katkılar ve işveren-çalışan ilişkilerinde çaba dinamikleri gibi konuları araştırmaktadır. Araştırmaları, Russell Sage Vakfı ve Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu (TÜBİTAK) gibi prestijli kurumlar tarafından desteklenmiş ve tanınmıştır. Çalışmaları, Journal of Economic Theory, Theoretical Economics, ve European Economic Review gibi üst düzey uluslararası dergilerde yayımlanmıştır. 2021 yılında, bilim alanına yaptığı olağanüstü katkılar nedeniyle Bilim Akademisi Genç Bilim İnsanı Ödülü ve Hakan Orbay Araştırma Ödülü'ne layık görülmüştür.

Karar Kuramı, Deneysel Ekonomi, Davranışsal Ekonomi

• Games with Switching Costs and Endogenous References (with M. Richter), Theoretical Economics (2022), 17, 617-650
• Independent vs. Coordinated Fundraising: Understanding the Role of Information (with C. Eckel and N. Uler), European Economic Review (2020), 127, 103476
• Aspiration-Based Choice (with M. Richter and M. Tsur), Journal of Economic Theory (2018), 176, 935-956
• Costly Switching from a Status Quo (with M. Richter), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2018), 156, 55-70
• An Experiment on Aspiration-Based Choice (with M. Richter), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2015), 119, 512 – 526
• A Theory of Iterative Choice in Lists, Journal of Mathematical Economics (2014), 53, 26-32

WORKING PAPERS

• Incentivizing Group Investments: Surplus Sharing Agreements in Theory and Experiment (with A. Kibris and O. Kibris) – submitted
• Who Should Set the Goal: Employers or Workers? (with B. Altan and N. Uler) – submitted
• Charitable Giving with Recommendation
• Elimination-Based Choice (with N. Anbarci and O. Kibris)
• Aspiration-Based Choice with Initial Endowments (with M. Richter)

ARTICLES IN NATIONAL REFEREED JOURNALS and BOOK CHAPTERS

• Reference Effect of a Dominated Status Quo (May, 2018), Finans Politik ve Ekonomik Yorumlar Dergisi, 639, 87-100
• Public Goods Games with Costly Switching from a Status Quo (June, 2018), Marmara University Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, 40, 43-50
• A General Model of Reference-Dependent Choice (August, 2018) METU Studies in Development, 45, 159-176
• Games with Mental Constraint Sets (2018), Selected Economic Researches with Global and Local Approach, SRA Academic Publishing
• A Generalization of Games with Mental Constraint Sets (2018), Current Academic Studies: Interdisciplinary Approach, hiperyayın
• A Game Theoretic Connection between Exogenous and Endogenous Status Quos (2018), Institutions, Development and Economic Growth, IJOPEC Publication

HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

• OzU Seed Fund Grant 2025 – 2026
• Hakan Orbay Award for Young Researchers 2021
• Science Academy’s Young Scientist Award (BAGEP) 2021
• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 1001 Research Grant 2018- 2019 (co-PI: 6,800 Euros)
• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 1002 Research Grant 2017- 2018 (PI: 38,000 Euros)
• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 3501 Research Grant 2013 – 2015 (PI: 18,500 Euros)
• Russell Sage Foundation Grant in Behavioral Economics 2010 – 2011 (co-PI: 3,000 Dollars)
• Dean’s Travel Grant, New York University Spring 2011
• Henry MacCracken Fellowship, New York University 2005 – 2009
• Supplemental Summer Fellowship, New York University 2006 – 2007
• Dean’s Supplementary Fellowship Grant, New York University 2005 – 2006
• Ranked 1st, the Department of Mathematics, Middle East Technical University 2001 – 2005
• Dean’s High Honors List, Middle East Technical University 2001 - 2005

Mikroekonomi, İleri Mikroekonomi, Deneysel Ekonomi