Dr Tuvana Pastine

    Economics

    Head of Department

    Rhetoric House
    32
    (01) 708 6421

    Biography

    Tuvana Pastine is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at Maynooth University. She earned her Ph.D. in Economics from Georgetown University in Washington D.C.. Before joining Maynooth University, she taught at Bilkent University and lectured in the University of British Columbia as a Visiting Associate Professor. She served as a member of Royal Irish Academy Social Sciences Committee. She also served as a Research Affiliate in CEPR, a London-based think tank. As the Team Leader in Economics in the Dublin Region Higher Education Alliance, she coordinated the Ph.D. programs of MU, TCD and UCD. Dr. Pastine has wide research interests contributing in the fields of public economics, industrial organization, economics of education and international economics. Her recent research focuses on public policy and political elections. She publishes in leading international journals such as the Journal of Public Economics, International Economic Review, Public Choice, Economics Letters, Economics of Education Review and International Journal of Industrial Organization. She contributes as a programme committee member for numerous conferences of professional associations such as the European Economic Association, and the Association of Southern European Economic Theorists. She served as a Local Organization Committee Member for the European Meeting of the Econometric Society Annual Conference and for the European Economic Association Meeting.

    Here is a link to Dr. Pastine's recent coauthored book on game theory:
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introducing-Game-Theory-Graphic-Guide/dp/1785780824

    Books

      Year Publication
    2018 Spieltheorie: Ein Sachcomic.
    Ivan Pastine, Tuvana Pastine, Illustration:Tom Humberstone, Translated by Wilfried Stascheit from "Game Theory: A Graphic Guide". (2018) Spieltheorie: Ein Sachcomic. Germany: TibiaPress Verlag Gmbh. [Details]
    2018 La Théorie des Jeux en Images.
    Ivan Pastine, Tuvana Pastine. Illustrated by Tom Humberstone. Translated by Alan Rodney from "Introducting Game Theory: A Graphic Guide". (2018) La Théorie des Jeux en Images. France: EDP Sciences. [Details]
    2017 Introducing Game Theory: A Graphic Guide.
    Pastine, Tuvana and Ivan Pastine. Illustrated by Tom Humberstone. (2017) Introducing Game Theory: A Graphic Guide. UK: Icon Books Ltd. [Details]

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2018 'Incumbency Advantage in an Electoral Contest'
    Matthew T. Cole, Ivan Pastine, Tuvana Pastine (2018) 'Incumbency Advantage in an Electoral Contest'. THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REVIEW, 49 (4):419-436 [Details]
    2015 'Incumbent-Quality Advantage and Counterfactual Electoral Stagnation in the US Senate'
    Pastine, I;Pastine, T;Redmond, P (2015) 'Incumbent-Quality Advantage and Counterfactual Electoral Stagnation in the US Senate'. Politics, 35 :32-45 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2013 'SOFT MONEY AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM'
    Pastine, I;Pastine, T (2013) 'SOFT MONEY AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM'. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW, 54 :1117-1131 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2012 'Incumbency advantage and political campaign spending limits'
    Pastine, I;Pastine, T (2012) 'Incumbency advantage and political campaign spending limits'. Journal of Public Economics, 96 :20-32 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2012 'Student incentives and preferential treatment in college admissions'
    Pastine, I;Pastine, T (2012) 'Student incentives and preferential treatment in college admissions'. Economics of Education Review, 31 :123-130 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2011 'COORDINATION IN MARKETS WITH CONSUMPTION EXTERNALITIES: ADVERTISING AND PRODUCT QUALITY'
    Pastine, I;Pastine, T (2011) 'COORDINATION IN MARKETS WITH CONSUMPTION EXTERNALITIES: ADVERTISING AND PRODUCT QUALITY'. Manchester School, 79 :45-62 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2010 'Politician preferences, law-abiding lobbyists and caps on political contributions'
    Pastine, I;Pastine, T (2010) 'Politician preferences, law-abiding lobbyists and caps on political contributions'. Public Choice, 145 :81-101 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2004 'Cost of delay and endogenous price leadership'
    Pastine, I;Pastine, T (2004) 'Cost of delay and endogenous price leadership'. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 22 :135-145 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2002 'Consumption Externalities, Coordination, and Advertising'
    Pastine, Tuvana and Ivan Pastine (2002) 'Consumption Externalities, Coordination, and Advertising'. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW, 43/3 :919-943 [full-text] [Details]
    2001 'Emerging Market Debt: Measuring Credit Risk and Testing the Predictability of Excess Returns'
    Pastine, Tuvana and Robert Cumby (2001) 'Emerging Market Debt: Measuring Credit Risk and Testing the Predictability of Excess Returns'. Journal of International Money and Finance, 20 :591-609 [full-text] [Details]
    1997 'Migration, Intermediate Inputs and Real Wages'
    Pastine, Tuvana and Ivan Pastine (1997) 'Migration, Intermediate Inputs and Real Wages'. JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 6/3 :419-425 [full-text] [Details]
    1995 'Flexible Exchange Rate and J-Curve: An Alternative Approach'
    Pastine, Tuvana and Ivan Pastine (1995) 'Flexible Exchange Rate and J-Curve: An Alternative Approach'. Economics Letters, 48 :373-377 [full-text] [Details]

    Conference Contributions

      Year Publication
    2012 University of British Columbia Seminar Series.
    (2012) University of British Columbia Seminar Series. [Oral Presentation], All-Pay Contests with Constraints, UBC, Vancouver, Canada [full-text] [Details]
    2011 Conference on Tournaments, Contests and Relative Performance Evaluation.
    (2011) Conference on Tournaments, Contests and Relative Performance Evaluation. [Oral Presentation], Political Campaign Spending Limits, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA [Details]
    2011 UCD Department of Economics Seminar Series.
    (2011) UCD Department of Economics Seminar Series. [Oral Presentation], Non-Rigid Caps and Campaign Finance Reform, UCD, Dublin [Details]
    2010 Public Economic Theory Conference.
    (2010) Public Economic Theory Conference. [Oral Presentation], Politician Preferences Law-Abiding Lobbyists and Caps on Political Lobbying, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey [Details]
    2009 9th Annual Conference of Association of Public Economic Theory.
    (2009) 9th Annual Conference of Association of Public Economic Theory. [Oral Presentation], Law-Abiding Lobbyists, Politician Preferences and Caps on Political Contributions, NUI Galway [Details]
    2009 UCD Economics Department Seminar Series.
    (2009) UCD Economics Department Seminar Series. [Oral Presentation], Electoral Contests, Incumbency Advantages, and Spending Limits, UCD, Dublin [Details]
    2008 Conference on Tournaments, Contests and Relative Performence.
    (2008) Conference on Tournaments, Contests and Relative Performence. [Oral Presentation], Politician Preferences and Caps on Political Lobbying, University of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C., U.S.A [Details]
    2008 6th Annual International Organization Conference.
    (2008) 6th Annual International Organization Conference. [Oral Presentation], Social Learning in Continuous Time: When are Informational Cascades More Likely to be Inefficient?, Arlington, V.A., U.S.A [Details]
    2007 Royal Economic Society Annual Conference.
    (2007) Royal Economic Society Annual Conference. [Oral Presentation], Politician Preferences and Caps on Political Lobbying, University of Warwick, U.K [Details]
    2006 European Association for Research in Industrial Economics 33rd Annual Conference.
    (2006) European Association for Research in Industrial Economics 33rd Annual Conference. [Oral Presentation], Signal Accuracy and Informational Cascades, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands [Details]
    2006 European Association for Research in Industrial Economics 33rd Annual Conference.
    (2006) European Association for Research in Industrial Economics 33rd Annual Conference. [Oral Presentation], University of Amsterdam, Netherlands [Details]
    2005 Irish Economic Association 19th Annual Conference, 2005.
    (2005) Irish Economic Association 19th Annual Conference, 2005. [Oral Presentation], Social Learning in Continuous Time: When are Informational Cascades More Likely to be Inefficient?, Kilkenny [Details]
    2005 Workshop on Informational Herding Behaviour, Dynamic Theory Network.
    (2005) Workshop on Informational Herding Behaviour, Dynamic Theory Network. [Oral Presentation], Social Learning in Continuous Time: When are Informational Cascades More Likely to be Inefficient, Copenhagen, Denmark [Details]
    2005 European Association for Research in Industrial Economics 32nd Annual Conference.
    (2005) European Association for Research in Industrial Economics 32nd Annual Conference. [Oral Presentation], Comparative statics in an informational cascade model of investment, Porto, Portugal [Details]
    2004 IIIS and Department of Economics Trinity College Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series.
    (2004) IIIS and Department of Economics Trinity College Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series. [Oral Presentation], Coordinating Advertising and Product Quality, TCD, Dublin [Details]
    2004 North American Summer Meetings of Econometric Society.
    (2004) North American Summer Meetings of Econometric Society. [Public presentations], Comparative Statics in a Herd ing Model of Investment, Brown University, Providence, R.I., U.S.A [Details]
    2003 2003 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society.
    (2003) 2003 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society. [Oral Presentation], Northwestern University, Evanston, I.L., U.S.A [Details]
    2002 2002 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society.
    (2002) 2002 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society. [Oral Presentation], Coordination in Markets with Consumption Externalities: The Role of Advertising and Product Quality, UCLA, Los Angeles, C.A., U.S.A [Details]
    2001 Economics Department Seminar Series, UBC.
    (2001) Economics Department Seminar Series, UBC. [Oral Presentation], Cost of Delay, Deadlines and Endogenous Price Leadership, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada [Details]
    2001 Economics Department Seminar Series, UBC.
    (2001) Economics Department Seminar Series, UBC. [Oral Presentation], Coordination in Markets with Consumption Externalities: The Role of Advertising and Product Quality, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada [Details]
    2000 First World Congress of the Game Theory Society.
    (2000) First World Congress of the Game Theory Society. [Poster Presentation], On Endogenous Leadership in Price Competition, Bilbao, Spain [Details]
    1999 Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory.
    (1999) Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory. [Oral Presentation], On Endogenous Leadership in Price Competition, Rodos, Greece [Details]
    1999 North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society.
    (1999) North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society. [Oral Presentation], Consumption Externalities, Coordination and Advertising, New York, U.S.A [Details]
    1999 Annual Conference of Royal Economic Association.
    (1999) Annual Conference of Royal Economic Association. [Oral Presentation], Emerging Market Debt: Measuring Credit Quality and Testing for Mispricing, Nottingham, U.K [Details]
    1999 Bogazaci Workshop on Economic Design.
    (1999) Bogazaci Workshop on Economic Design. [Oral Presentation], Coordination in Markets with Consumption Externalities: The Role of Advertising and Product Quality, Marmaris, Turkey [Details]
    1999 26th EARIE Annual Conference, European Association for Research in Industrial Organization.
    (1999) 26th EARIE Annual Conference, European Association for Research in Industrial Organization. [Oral Presentation], Consumption Externalities, Coordination and Advertising Wars, University of Turin, Torino, Italy [Details]
    1999 33rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association.
    (1999) 33rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association. [Oral Presentation], On Endogenous Leadership in Price Competition, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada [Details]
    1998 Middle East Technical University International Conference on Economics.
    (1998) Middle East Technical University International Conference on Economics. [Public presentations], Endogenous Price Leadership as a War of Attrition, METU, Ankara, Turkey [Details]
    1998 25th Annual Conference of European Association for Research in Industrial Organization (EARIE).
    (1998) 25th Annual Conference of European Association for Research in Industrial Organization (EARIE). [Oral Presentation], Endogenous Price Leadership as a War of Attrition, University of Copenhagen, Denmark [Details]
    1998 Annual Conference of European Econometric Society.
    (1998) Annual Conference of European Econometric Society. [Oral Presentation], Endogenous Price Leadership as a War of Attrition, Berlin, Germany [Details]
    1998 Bosphoros Workshop on Economic Design.
    (1998) Bosphoros Workshop on Economic Design. [Oral Presentation], Endogenous Price Leadership as a War of Attrition, Marmaris, Turkey [Details]
    1998 North American Summer Meetings of Econometric Society.
    (1998) North American Summer Meetings of Econometric Society. [Oral Presentation], Consumption Externalities, Coordination, Advertising, University of Montreal, Canada [Details]
    1996 Econometric Society European Meetings.
    (1996) Econometric Society European Meetings. [Oral Presentation], Emerging Market Debt: Measuring Credit Risk and Testing Predictability of Excess Returns, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey [Details]
    1996 European Economic Association Annual Congress.
    (1996) European Economic Association Annual Congress. [Public presentations], Emerging Market Debt: Measuring Credit Risk and Testing the Predictability of Excess Returns, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey [Details]
    1996 Departmental Seminar Series.
    (1996) Departmental Seminar Series. [Oral Presentation], Consumption Externalities, Coordination, and Advertising Wars, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey [Details]
    1996 International Trade and Finance Association.
    (1996) International Trade and Finance Association. [Oral Presentation], The Exchange Rate and the Trade Balance, Establishing and Empirical Link, San Diego, C.A., U.S.A [Details]
    1995 Annual ASSET Meeting (Association of Southern-European Economic Theorists).
    (1995) Annual ASSET Meeting (Association of Southern-European Economic Theorists). [Oral Presentation], The Exchange Rate and Trade Balance: Establishing an Empirical Link, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey [Details]
    1995 Bilkent-Bogazici-Koc Workshop on Economic Theory II.
    (1995) Bilkent-Bogazici-Koc Workshop on Economic Theory II. [Oral Presentation], Default Risk in the Bond Market and Mispricing: A Case Study on Brady Bonds, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey [Details]

    Conference Paper

      Year Publication
    2002 Coordination in Markets with Consumption Externalities: The Role of Adversiting and Product Quality.
    Pastine, Tuvana and Ivan Pastine (2002) Coordination in Markets with Consumption Externalities: The Role of Adversiting and Product Quality. Conference Paper [Details]
    1996 The Exchange Rate and the Trade Balance: Establishing an Empirical Link.
    Pastine, Tuvana (1996) The Exchange Rate and the Trade Balance: Establishing an Empirical Link. Conference Paper [Details]

    Working Paper

      Year Publication
    2014 Incumbency Advantage and Campaign Finance Regulation.
    Pastine,Tuvana, Ivan Pastine and Matt Cole (2014) Incumbency Advantage and Campaign Finance Regulation. Working Paper [full-text] [Details]
    2012 Incumbent-Quality Advantage and Counterfactual Electoral Selection in the U.S. Senate.
    Pastine, Tuvana, Ivan Pastine and Paul Redmond (2012) Incumbent-Quality Advantage and Counterfactual Electoral Selection in the U.S. Senate. Working Paper [full-text] [Details]
    2012 All-Pay Contests with Constraints.
    Pastine, Tuvana and Ivan Pastine (2012) All-Pay Contests with Constraints. Working Paper [full-text] [Details]
    2006 Social Learning in Continuous Time: When are Informational Cascades More Likely to be Inefficient.
    Pastine, Tuvana and Ivan Pastine (2006) Social Learning in Continuous Time: When are Informational Cascades More Likely to be Inefficient. Working Paper [full-text] [Details]
    2005 Signal Accuracy and Informational Cascades.
    Pastine, Tuvana and Ivan Pastine (2005) Signal Accuracy and Informational Cascades. Working Paper [full-text] [Details]
    2000 A Dynamic Small Open Economy Model of Migration and Real Wages.
    Pastine, Tuvana and Ivan Pastine (2000) A Dynamic Small Open Economy Model of Migration and Real Wages. Working Paper [Details]