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DR NISVAN ERKAL



Contact Details

Organization: Economics
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
Email:
Homepage: http://www.economics.unimelb.edu.au/who/profile.cfm?sid=32
Work: 8344 3307
Fax: 8344 6899
Room: 523
Level: 05
Building: Economics And Commerce
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Experimental Economics Australia, Indonesia
Industrial Organization Australia, United States of America
Development Economics Indonesia, India

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
New Zealand The University of Auckland Research
United States University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Research
United States U.S. Department of Justice: Antitrust Division Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts Macalester College 31-Dec-1994
Master of Arts University of Maryland 31-Dec-2001
Doctor of Philosophy University of Maryland 31-Dec-2002

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member American Economic Association Member 01-Jan-2006
Member The Economic Society of Australia Member 01-Jan-2006

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) University of Maryland Faculty of Economics and Commerce - Departmental Teaching 01-Jan-2001
Other (Award) University of Melbourne Faculty of Economics and Commerce - Outstanding Lecturer Award 01-Jan-2006
Other (Award) University of Melbourne Faculty of Economics and Commerce - Dean's Certificate for Excellence in Teaching 01-Jan-2007
Other (Award) Phi Beta Kappa 31-May-1994
Scholarship Macalester College 25-Aug-1990
Other (Award) John M. Dozier Award in Economics, Macalester College 31-May-1995
Other (Award) Magna Cum Laude, Macalester College 31-May-1994
Scholarship University of Maryland, College Park 31-Aug-1995

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
The Economics of Corruption and Institutional Change: Theory and Experiments Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006
Scarcity of Ideas and Design of Optimal Incentive Schemes for Innovation Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009
KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN DYNAMIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION - MELBOURNE EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER GRANT SCHEME 2006 Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

Publications in 2008

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Scarcity of Ideas and Options to Invest in R&D
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Research Symposium on the Economics and Law of the Entrepreneur
    Conference Publication: Research Symposium on the Economics and Law of the Entrepreneur
    Page numbers: 1-40
    Publisher: Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth(Chicago, IL)
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Reports

  • Cultural Transmission of Work-Welfare Attitudes and the
    Intergenerational Correlation in Welfare Receipt


    Year: 2008
    Report No:: 1059
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Optimal Sharing Strategies in Dynamic Games of Research and Development
    Year: 2008
    Report No:: 1038
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Buyer-Supplier Interaction, Asset Specificity, and Product Choice
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal of Industrial Organization
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 988-1010
    Author(s):
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Reports

  • Cooperative R&D under Uncertainty with Free Entry
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 999
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Optimal Sharing Strategies in Dynamic Games of R&D
    Year: 2007
    Customer: Economic Analysis Group Discussion Papers
    Report No:: 07-7
    Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division(Washington, DC)
    Authors:

Publications in 2006

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Optimal sharing incentives in dynamic games of R & D
    Year: 2006
    Event name: The North American summer meetings of the Econometric Society
    Conference Publication: The North American summer meetings of the Econometric Society
    Page numbers: 1-38
    Publisher: University of Minnesota Press(Minneapolis)
    Author(s):

Reports

  • Gender and corruption: insights from an experimental analysis
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 974
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
    URL - open access http://eprints.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00002509/
  • Horizontal mergers with free entry in differentiated oligopolies
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 976
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Subject pool effects in a corruption experiment: a comparison of Indonesian public servants and Indonesian students
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 975
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Optimal licensing policy in differentiated industries
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 81
    Issue: 252
    Page numbers: 51-60
    Publisher: Economic Society of Australia(Burwood)
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  • The decision to patent, cumulative innovation, and optimal policy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Industrial Organization
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 535-562
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Optimal strategies in dynamic games of research and development
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Australian conference of economists 2005
    Conference Publication: Australian conference of economists
    Page numbers: 1-32
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Author(s):

Reports

Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • On the interaction between patent policy and trade secret policy
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 427-435
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Asia
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Reports

Publications in 2003

Reports

  • Buyer-supplier interaction, asset specificity, and product choice
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 885
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • The decision to patent, cumulative innovation, and optimal policy
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 877
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
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