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

Contact information:        209C McElhinney Hall        Economics Department, U of Houston        Houston, TX 77204        T.: (713) 743 3815        E.: gujhelyi "at" uh.edu

 

 

Research fields: applied theory, political economy, environmental economics

 

Topics: models of lobbying and collective action, campaign finance, corruption; environmental regulation, environmental agreements; social learning

 

Teaching: Microeconomic Theory II

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Publications

 

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

 

Campaign Finance Regulation with Competing Interest Groups (June 2008), Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Public Economics

 

What Do Corruption Indices Measure? (May 2008)
with Dilyan Donchev

 

Regulating Misinformation (June 2008)
with Edward Glaeser
updated version of NBER Working Paper 12784

 

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

 

Research in progress

 

Lobbying with Limited Budgets

 

Competition and Coordination in Collective Action (February 2008)

 

Social Learning with Subjective Communication and Self-selection (May 2005)
with Péter Kondor

 

Endowment Game and Optimal Total Quantity in the Market for Tradable Permits (February 2003)
updated version of CEU Economics Working Paper 1/2002