Bahar Leventoglu, Associate Professor

Contact Info:

Teaching (Spring 2026):

• ECON 301D.001, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS II Synopsis

  FFSC 2231, MWF 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

• ECON 301D.01D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS II Synopsis

  Allen 226, Tu 08:45 AM-09:35 AM

• ECON 301D.02D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS II Synopsis

  Perkins 087, Tu 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

• ECON 301D.03D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS II Synopsis

  Old Chem 123, Tu 06:30 PM-07:20 PM

• ECON 301D.05D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS II Synopsis

  Languages 211, Th 01:40 PM-02:30 PM

• ECON 301D.06D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS II Synopsis

  Old Chem 123, W 04:55 PM-05:45 PM

• POLSCI 631L.001, DEDUCT/ANALYTICAL APPROACHES Synopsis

  Gross Hall 111, MW 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• POLSCI 631L.01L, DEDUCT/ANALYTICAL APPROACHES Synopsis

  Bio Sci 063, F 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

Education:

Ph.D., University of Rochester, 2001

M.A., University of Rochester, 1999

B.S., Bilkent University (Turkey), 1994

Graduate Coursework, Economics, 1994-1996, Bilkent University, Turkey,

Specialties:

Methods
Security, Peace, & Conflict
Political Economy

Research Interests: Applied Game Theory, International Relations, Political Economy.

Bahar Leventoglu is a formal theorist with substantive interests in international relations and political economy. Currently, she has four different ongoing lines of research. One line of research focuses on how leaders use public statements to affect their bargaining position in international negotiations. A second line of research deals with rational explanations of war. A third line of research concerns habit formation in bargaining situations as well as use of strategic tools, e.g. sanctions, in bargaining. A fourth line of research concerns regime transitions: One project focuses on the effect of social mobility on regime transitions, where as another one examines how coalition formation among groups that are ethnically as well as economically divided have an impact on democratization.

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Leventoğlu, B; Malesky, EJ; Wen, T, Synthesizing Theories of Authoritarian Elections: A Game-Free Analysis, Comparative Political Studies, vol. 58 no. 11 (September, 2025), pp. 2359-2400 [doi]  [abs].
2. Leventoglu, B; Vanberg, G; Waggoner, A, Federalism, political imbalance, and the right to secession, Constitutional Political Economy, vol. 36 no. 1 (March, 2025), pp. 26-43 [doi]  [abs].
3. Leventoğlu, B, Bargaining power in crisis bargaining, Review of Economic Design, vol. 27 no. 4 (December, 2023), pp. 825-847 [doi]  [abs].
4. Leventoğlu, B; Metternich, NW, Born Weak, Growing Strong: Anti-Government Protests as a Signal of Rebel Strength in the Context of Civil Wars, American Journal of Political Science, vol. 62 no. 3 (July, 2018), pp. 581-596, WILEY [doi]  [abs].
5. Leventoğlu, B, Bargaining with habit formation, Economic Theory, vol. 64 no. 3 (October, 2017), pp. 477-508, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs].