Professor PhD (Rochester, 2002), M.A. (Rochester, 2000), B.Sc. (Bilkent University, 1996) Office: Max Gluskin House, 150 St. George Street, 203. Phone: 416-978-8343. Fax: 416-978-6713. Email address: Personal website: http://sites.google.com/site/bkuruscu Research fields: Macroeconomics, Labour economics, Public economics

Selected research

• Fatih Guvenen, Gueorgui Kambourov, Burhanettin Kuruscu, Sergio Ocampo, Daphne Chen, "Use It or Lose It: Efficiency and Redistributional Effects of Wealth Taxation", Quarterly Journal of Economics 138 (2) (2023), 835–894. (Freely available.)
• Fatih Guvenen, Burhanettin Kuruscu, Satoshi Tanaka, David Wiczer, "Multidimensional Skill Mismatch", American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 12 (1) (2020), 210–244. (Freely available.)
• Fatih Guvenen, Burhanettin Kuruscu, Serdar Ozkan, "Taxation of human capital and wage inequality: A cross-country analysis", Review of Economic Studies 81 (2014), 818–850. (Freely available.)
• Per Krusell, Burhanettin Kuruscu, Anthony A. Smith Jr., "Temptation and Taxation", Econometrica 78 (6) (2010), 2063–2084. (Freely available.)
• Burhanettin Kuruscu, "Training and Lifetime Income", American Economic Review 96 (3) (2006), 832–846.

Courses taught 2025–2026

• Fall

• ECO2100H1F, section L0101 (St. George) • Macroeconomic Theory I (PhD) ( Burhanettin Kuruscu and Ronald Wolthoff ) • M9-11, W9-11, R3-5

• Winter

• ECO421H1S, section L0101 (St. George) • Special Topics in Economics: The Economics of the Middle East • M2-5

• Fall/Winter

• ECO4060Y1Y, section L0101 (St. George) • Graduate Research Seminar ( Michael Baker and Burhanettin Kuruscu ) • W1-3