Hikmet Günay

• ECON 2030 - Mathematical Economics I
• ECON 3010 - Microeconomic Theory II
• ECON 6040 - Survey of Mathematical Topics for Economists
• ECON 7732 - Advanced Microeconomic Theory II

I have been a professor at the University of Manitoba since 2018.

• PhD (Economics), University of Iowa, 2003
• MS (Mathematics), University of Iowa, 2001
• MA (Economics), University of Iowa, 2001
• BSc (Economics), METU, 1993

Research interests

• Economic theory
• Microeconomics
• Game theory
• Industrial organization

Research summary

I currently work on sequential auctions. I have also published in social learning and strategic waiting incentives of firms and consumers. 

Research affiliations/groups

• Distinguised Professor, Dongbei University, until June 2024
• Adjunct Professor, University of Nairobi, until June 2025

• Tariffs, R&D, and Two Merger Policies. (with Mehdi Arzandeh). Review of International Economics 2023.
• "Exposure Problem in Multi-Unit Auctions" (with Xin Meng). International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 52, 165-187. May, 2017.
• "Social Learning and Delay in a Dynamic Model of Price Competition." (with M. Aoyagi and M. Bhalla). Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 165, 565-600, September, 2016.
• "Waiting for Signaling Quality." Southern Economic Journal, Vol 81, 364-386, October 2014.
• "Strategic Waiting in the IPO Markets." (with G. Colak). Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol 17, 555-583, June 2011.
• "The Role of Externalities and Information Aggregation in Market Collapse." Economic Theory, Vol. 35, Issue 2, 367-379, May 2008.
• "Strategic Delay in Market Entry." Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 41, Issue 3, pp. 998-1014, August 2008

• 2023-2025 - SSHRC IDG, $67,085, Principal Investigator.
• 2014-2016 - The National Natural Science Foundation of China, RMB 150000, Foreign Expert.
• 2008-2012 - SSHRC, $69,600, Principal Investigator.