Gergely Ujhelyi    [gergej ujheji] Assistant Professor Economics Department University of Houston   PhD in Economics, Harvard University, 2007

Contact information:        223C McElhinney Hall        Economics Department, University of Houston        Houston, TX 77204        T.: (713) 743 3815        E.: gujhelyi "at" uh.edu

 

 

Research fields: Public economics, Political economy, Applied theory, Environmental economics

 

Teaching: Microeconomic Theory II, Political Economy

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Publications

 

G. Ujhelyi (2009): "Campaign Finance Regulation with Competing Interest Groups," Journal of Public Economics 93(3-4), 373-391. [wp version]

 

P. Fredriksson, E. Neumayer, and G. Ujhelyi (2007): "Kyoto Protocol Cooperation: Does Government Corruption Facilitate Environmental Lobbying?" Public Choice 133(1-2), 231-251. [wp version]

 

Working papers

 

Political Screening: Theory and Evidence from the Argentine Public Sector (November 2009), JOB MARKET PAPER
with Ernesto Calvo

 

Regulating Misinformation (October 2009), Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Public Economics
with Edward Glaeser
revision of NBER Working Paper 12784

 

What Do Corruption Indices Measure? (August 2009)
with Dilyan Donchev

 

Political Institutions, Interest Groups, and the Ratification of International Environmental Agreements (August 2006)
with Per Fredriksson

 

Research in progress

 

Social Learning with Subjective Communication and Self-selection
with Péter Kondor

 

Competition and Coordination in Collective Action [abstract]

 

Old paper

 

Endowment Game and Optimal Total Quantity in the Market for Tradable Permits
revision of CEU Economics Working Paper 1/2002