Erdem Yenerdag

Intro

I am an Economist at National Economic Research Associates. 

I hold a PhD degree in Economics from WashU (advised by Brian Rogers). My PhD Dissertation is on Market Design.

Research Interests: Market Design;  Two-sided Markets; Security Design;   Financial Intermediation; Experimental Economics.

Here is my LinkedIn.

Experience

Senior Consultant at NERA 2024 - Present

Consultant at NERA 2023 - 2024

Research Scientist at Meta 2022-2023

• I worked on market design aspects of blockchain technology and provided support to teams working on Web3/Blockchain related products to design decentralized and persistent (self-sovereign) digital identity, incentive compatible revenue sharing and governance mechanisms.

• Helped designing an optimal pricing strategy for WhatsApp Business Messaging. 

• Conducted a policy research that quantifies the benefits of interoperability in electronic payment networks. 

• Helped designing a virtual currency across platforms.