Colby College
4000 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901
P: 207-859-4000
 
Cagdas Agirdas
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Economics


Office: Diamond 347
Phone: 207-859-5247
Fax: 859-5229
Email:

Mailing Address:
8800 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8888

Office Hours:
T-R: 4.00 p.m.-5.30 p.m. W: 2.15-2.45

Semester Schedule
Education


PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Economics, August 2011
MA Central Michigan University, Economics, May 2004
BS Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, July 2002

Areas of Expertise:
  • Public Economics
  • Health Economics
  • Political Economy

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Professional Information

Professor Agirdas's research focuses on Public Economics, Health Economics, and Political Economy. He has worked on empirical issues related to media bias, pocketbook voting and negative campaigning in U.S. Elections. At Colby, he teaches Game Theory, Public Economics, Econometrics, Economic Development and Principles of Macroeconomics. Before coming to Colby, he taught courses in Statistics, Mathematical Economics, and Principles of Microeconomics.

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Other Courses Taught
Course Course Title
EC 379... Game Theory-Colby
EC 297 Public Econ-Colby
EC 393 Econometrics -Colby
ECON 202... Statistics - Illinois
EC 134 Prin. of Macro-Colby
ECON 102... Prin. of Micro-Illinois
Current Research

What Drives Media Bias? A Panel Study of Newspaper Archives: 1990-2009

Economic Self-interest and Issue Stances in U.S. Elections

Is Negative Campaigning Effective? Instrumental Variables Estimates of U.S. Senate Elections 1998-2008

Other Courses Taught

Economic Development (Colby) Mathematical Economics (Illinois, PhD-level)