Peculiar Dynamics of Corruption (ePub)

Economics and Development with research interests in corruption, small and medium enterprises, and nuclear and energy security. He has co-authored papers with Omer Gokcekus and has been published on the Global Post.

For the past two years, Kevin has worked for the Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, first as an Associate Editor and then as Deputy-Editor-in-Chief. During this time, Kevin also attended Brookhaven National Laboratory's course on Nuclear Energy, worked at Financial Services Volunteer Corps where he assisted in providing development assistance to countries in the Middle East and Africa, and worked as an Investigate Assistant for insurance fraud investigation firm.

Kevin received his BA in History, with a focus on Modern American History, from the State University of New Paltz.



Omer Gokcekus is Professor of International Economics and Development at the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University. He has researched and published regularly on the relationship between interest groups and economic policy, the governance and performance of public sector organizations, the causes and effects of corruption, impediments to trade, economic development, and wine economics. His research has appeared in academic journals such as American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Economics Letters, Economics and Politics, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Wine Economics, and Public Choice. Additionally, Dr. Gokcekus co-authored numerous book chapters, authored a book on the economics of isolation, and co-authored books on public sector governance and performance in Bangladesh and Guyana. He contributed to Transparency International's Annual Global Corruption Report in 2001, 2004, and 2006, writing on political patronage, gender, declaration of asset laws and regulations, and corruption in public organizations.

Since 1999, Dr. Gokcekus has worked as a consultant for the World Bank. In this role, he has participated in numerous public sector reform projects across sixteen countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Indonesia, and six East Caribbean countries.

Prior to teaching at the Whitehead School of Diplomacy, Dr. Gokcekus taught at Duke University and North Carolina Central University. He has also taught at Munster University (Germany) as a DAAD recipient and at University of Cyprus as Visiting Professor.

Dr. Gokcekus received his PhD in Economics from Duke University.

Kevin Bengyak is a recent graduate of the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations where he received a Master's of Arts in Diplomacy and International Relations. While at the Whitehead School, he specialized in International Security and International Economics and Development with research interests in corruption, small and medium enterprises, and nuclear and energy security. He has co-authored papers with Omer Gokcekus and has been published on the Global Post.

For the past two years, Kevin has worked for the Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, first as an Associate Editor and then as Deputy-Editor-in-Chief. During this time, Kevin also attended Brookhaven National Laboratory's course on Nuclear Energy, worked at Financial Services Volunteer Corps where he assisted in providing development assistance to countries in the Middle East and Africa, and worked as an Investigate Assistant for insurance fraud investigation firm.

Kevin received his BA in History, with a focus on Modern American History, from the State University of New Paltz.