Overview
Professor Yildirim joined Duke Economics in 2000 after receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. He is an applied microeconomic theorist with broad interests. He has written on such varied topics as dynamic procurement auctions, charitable fundraising, committee design, and, most recently, career concerns in teamwork and tournaments. His work has appeared in top economics journals, including American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Theory, and RAND Journal of Economics.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Economics
·
2014 - Present
Economics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Who gets the credit? Credit attribution, spillovers, and inefficiency in teams
Journal Article Games and Economic Behavior · December 1, 2025 We examine team incentives in environments with positive spillovers and rewards based on ex-post public credit for collective success. Compared to the ex-ante efficient credit allocation that maximizes the team's overall payoff, ex-post credit distorts ind ... Full text CiteIntroduction to the special issue on contests: theory, evidence, and applications
Journal Article Review of Economic Design · September 1, 2025 Full text CiteThe economics of career concerns in teamwork
Journal Article Journal of Economic Theory · May 1, 2025 This paper examines incentives in teams of career-concerned members, where effort and talent can be substitutes (Holmström, 1999) or complements (Dewatripont et al., 1999). It is shown that the degree of effort-talent complementarity determines which team ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of Florida ·
2000
Ph.D.
Bilkent University (Turkey) ·
1995
M.A.
Bilkent University (Turkey) ·
1993
B.S.E.