Current Position

I am a postdoctoral researcher in Health Economics at the University of Basel. My research focuses on medical decision-making under uncertainty, antimicrobial resistance, and the economics of healthcare and international cooperation.

Fields of interest

• Health Economics
• Medical Decision-Making under Risk and Ambiguity
• Economics of Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotic Innovation
• Health Policy and International Cooperation
• Economics of Mental Health
• Applied Econometrics

Education

• Ph.D. in Health Economics, University of Basel, Switzerland (2023)
• M.A. in Business and Economics, University of Zurich, Switzerland (2019)
• B.Sc. in Mathematics, Bogazici University, Turkiye (2015)

Publications

Sevim, D., Baranov, V., Bhalotra, S., Maselko, J., & Biroli, P. (2024). Trajectories of Early Childhood Skill Development and Maternal Mental Health. Journal of Human Resources, 59(S), S365–S401.

Felder, S., & Sevim, D. (2024). Value and Demand for Genetic Information and Ambiguity Aversion Revisited. Risk Management and Insurance Review, 27(2), 161–181.

Sevim, D., & Felder, S. (2022). Decision Thresholds for Medical Tests under Ambiguity Aversion. Frontiers in Health Services, 2, 825315.

Working Papers

Sevim, D., Felder, S., Deng, Y., & Gersbach, H. (2026). Forming the AMR Club: The Exclusivity-Mobility Tradeoff. CESifo Working Paper No. 13048.

Sevim, D., & Felder, S. (2026). Reimbursement under Ambiguity and Unknown Physician Altruism. WWZ Working Paper No. 2026/07, University of Basel.

Teaching 

• Evaluation of Health Care Services (Master's), University of Basel – FS 2026, FS 2023, HS 2021
• Reimbursement of Health Care Providers (Master's), University of Basel – HS 2025, HS 2022
• Health Insurance (Master's), University of Basel – FS 2025, HS 2023, FS 2022
• Advanced Health Economics (Master's), University of Basel – HS 2020
• Supervision of Bachelor's Theses in Health Economics, University of Basel – FS 2020