Mustafa Yıldırım is an assistant professor of economics at İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University. After
obtaining his B.S. in electrical and electronics engineering from the Middle East Technical
University, he pursued his studies in economics. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in this field
from Sabancı University and the Stockholm School of Economics, respectively. Beginning
with his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Incentives in Contests," his research has been primarily on
contest theory to shed light on real-life competitive situations as well as make further
predictions.