Mehmet Serkan Tosun

Mehmet Serkan Tosun

Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, College of Business, University of Nevada-Reno

Areas of Interest:
  • Public Economics
  • State and Local Public Finance
  • Economics of Population and Demographic Change
  • Regional Economics
  • Economic Growth
Education:
  • Ph.D., Economics, Syracuse University, 2001
  • M.A., Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, 1994
  • B.A., Economics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1993
Experience:
  • Professor, Department of Economics, College of Business, University of Nevada-Reno, July 1, 2013 to present.
  • Barbara Smith Campbell Distinguished Professor of Nevada Tax Policy, College of Business, University of Nevada, Reno. January 2015 to present.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of Nevada-Reno. 
  • Research Associate, Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey. Jan. 2005 - Present
  • Director, West Virginia Public Finance Program, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University, Aug.2001-May.2006
Latest Publications:
  • Poghosyan, Tigran, Mehmet S. Tosun. 2019. “Assessing Activist Fiscal Policy in Advanced and Emerging Market Economies using Real-Time Data.” Oxford Economic Papers 71 (1): 225-249.
  • Yakovlev, Pavel A., Mehmet S. Tosun and William P. Lewis. 2018. “The Fiscal Consequences of State Legislative Term Limits.” Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy. An earlier version available as IZA Discussion Paper No. 6456.
  • Ouedraogo, Abdoulaye, Mehmet S. Tosun and Jingjing Yang. 2018. “Fertility and Population Policy.” Public Sector Economics (previously Financial Theory and Practice) 42 (1): 21-43.
Determinants of Fertility and Population Policies in MENA Countries

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September, 2018

Working Papers
Demographic Changes and Fiscal Policy in MENA Countries

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July, 2016

Working Papers
Population Aging, Labor Mobility and Economic Growth: Evidence From MENA and the Developed World

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August, 2004

Working Papers
Arab Spring Development Initiative (ASDI)
Demographic Change, Fiscal Policy and Pension Systems in MENA Countries

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2014-06-15

ERF-GDN MENA Regional Research Competition
Political Economy of Fiscal Policy and Decentralization in the Arab Countries

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2013-01-01

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