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Burhanettin Kuruscu

Associate 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

Selected research

  • 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.
  • Fatih Guvenen and Burhanettin Kuruscu, "Understanding the Evolution of the U.S. Wage Distribution: A Theoretical Analysis", Journal of European Economic Association 10 (3) (2012), 482–517.
  • Per Krusell, Burhanettin Kuruscu, Jr. Smith, "Temptation and Taxation", Econometrica 78 (6) (2010), 2063–2084.
  • Dean Corbae, Pablo D'Erasmo, Burhanettin Kuruscu, "Politico-Economic Consequences of Rising Wage Inequality", Journal of Monetary Economics 56 (1) (2009), 43–61.
  • Burhanettin Kuruscu, "Training and Lifetime Income", American Economic Review 96 (3) (2006), 832–846.
All publications

Courses taught 2019–2020

  • Fall

  • ECO325H1F, section L0101 (St. George) • Advanced Economic Theory - Macro • W11-2 • RW 140
  • ECO349H1F, section L0201 (St. George) • Money, Banking and Financial Markets • W3-6 • RW 110

  • Winter

  • ECO325H1S, section L5101 (St. George) • Advanced Economic Theory - Macro • R6-9 • RW 140