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Thesis

"The Effects of Government Structure on Expenditure Financing."
Advisors: Richard Froyen, William Keech, William Parke, Michael Salemi ve Roger Waud.

Education
Ph.D., Ekonomics, Agust 1994 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

M.S, Ekonomicd, Agust 1989 University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

B.S. Economucs July 1997 Middle East Technical University
 

Job Experience

Director of the Research Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey(Jan 1999, -).
Bilkent University: Assistant Professor (September 1995- ).
Wake Forest University: Visiting Assistant Professor (Agust. 1994-Agust 1995).
University of North Carolina: Instructor (Agus 1991- Agust 1994)

 

 Courses Thought

                Advanced Macroeconomics II
                Econometrics I
                Econometrics II
                Economics Statistics
                Introduction to Economics
                Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
                Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
                International Finance
                Time Series Analysis

Research Interest

Monetray Policy, International Finance, Macroeconomics and Time Series.  Published Papers

                            “Interest Rates, Expected Inflation and Inflation Risk,” Scottish Political Economy forthcoming.

“Potential Information and Target Variables for U.K. Monetry Policy”, Applied Economics (Ýkinci yazar Richard Froyen), 1998, 30 pp 449-463.

“Interest Rates, Inflation and Variability of Inflation: A Case Study for Turkey“ METU Studies in Developmet , (Ýkinci yazar Nuray Güner) 1997, 24, 319-327.

“Central Bank Independence and Financing Government Spending”, Journal of Macroeconomics, Winter 1998 20:1.

“Political Business Cycles and Endogeneous Elections", Southern Economic Journal. (Ýkinci yazar Jac C Heckelman) 1998, 64(4), 987-1000.

“Financing Divided Government”, Applied Economics Letters, 1994, 4:369-372.

"The Political Parties and Optimum Government Financing: Empirical Evidence for Industrialized Economies", Southern Economic Journal, October 1994, 510-518.

“Exchange rate uncertainty and its effect on International Trade”, Atlantic Economic Journal, 1990, 43:62 (Ýkincil yazarlar E. Alexandradis and P. Roussos).

 

 

 Published Papers - Others

                        “"An Empirical Investigation of Stock Returns and Determinants of Risk in an Emerging Market: Istanbul Stock Exchange",        Computations in Economics, Finance and Engineering: Economic Systems (CEFES'98) Preprints, IFAC:society for Computational Economics Meeting'98, Cambridge, UK. (Ýkincil yazarlar Gülnur Muradoðlu ve Kývýlcým Metin).

“Periodogram Analysis for Seasonal Time Series with Unit Root” Bulletin of International Statistical Institute, 1997 LVII: 453-454 (Diðer yazar Yýlmaz Akdi).

“Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Economic Performance for Germany” Bulletin of International Statistical Institute, 1997 LVII: 465-466 (Diðer yazar Yýlmaz Akdi).

“Parasal ve Reel Büyüklükler Arasýndaki Ýletiþim: Türkiye Üzerine Bir Ýnceleme” TC Devlet Ýstatistik Ensitüsü Arastýrma Sempozyumu 1997 Bildirileri (Diðer yazar: Kamuran Malatyalý)

“Türkiye sanayi Üretim Endeksi Ýçin Potensiyel Bilgi Verileri” TC Devlet Ýstatistik Ensitüsü Arastýrma Sempozyumu 1997 Bildirileri (Diðer yazar: Yýlmaz Akdi)

“Uzunluðuna Araþtýrmalar ve Panel Çalýþmalarýnda Model Analazi” TC Devlet Ýstatistik Ensitüsü Arastýrma Sempozyumu 1997 Bildirileri (Diðer yazar: Ömer Gebizlioðlu, Yýlmaz Akdi ve Cemal Atakan).

 

 Submitted Papers
                            “The Day of the Week Effect in the stock Market Volatility” Ýkinci Yazar Halil Kýymaz, Applied Financial Letters. “Inflation Uncertainty: What does Affect It?” JMCB

“Paralsal ve Reel Büyüklükler arasýndaki iletiþim: Türkiye Üzerine bir Ýnceleme” Ýkinci Yazar Kamuran Malatyalý, Devlet Ýstatistik Ensititüsü Dergisi.

“International Evidence on the Day of the Week Effect on Stock Market Volatility” Ýkinci Yazar Halil Kýymaz, Financial Review.

 

 

 Continuing Work

                        “Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Economic Performance for Germany”

“Fractionalization Effect and Government Financing,” (with Jac Heckelman)

“Time Varying Responses of Long Term Rates to Changes in Federal Funds Rate” (Diðer yazar: Richard Froyen)

“ Risks and Economic Performance for the US”

Sunulan Bildiriler

“Inflation Uncertainty: What does Affect It?” ODTÜ Ýktisat Kongresi, Anakra Eylül 1998.

“Inflation Uncertainty: What does Affect It?” 1998 Western Economic Association Meetings Lake Thao, NV, June-July 1998.

“Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Economic Performance for Germany” ODTÜ Ýktisat Kongresi, Anakra Ekim 1997.

“Empirical Investigation of Stock Returns and Volatility in an Emerging Market: Istanbul Stock Exchange” , Coauthor, ODTÜ Ýktisat Kongresi, Anakra Ekim 1997.

“Empirical Investigation of Stock Returns and Volatility in an Emerging Market: Istanbul Stock Exchange” , Coauthor, Middle East Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, January 1997.

“Political Business Cycles and Endogenous Elections” METU October 1996.

“Political Business Cycles and Endogenous Elections” Bilkent October 1996.

“Central Bank Independence and Financing Government Spending” METU, February 1996.

“Central Bank Independence and Financing Government Spending” Bousprous University February 1996.

“Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Economic Performance for Germany” Turkish Central Bank, May 1996.

“Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Economic Performance for Germany” Bilkent University, April 1996.

“Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Economic Performance for Germany” 1996 Western Economic Association Meetings San Francisco, CA, June-July 1996.

"Interest Rates, Inflation and Variability of Inflation: A Case Study for Turkey", Coauthor, Middle East Economic Association Meetings, Washington, DC, January 1995.

"Fractionalization of Government, Fixed Exchange Rate Regime and Government Financing", Southern Economic Association Meetings, Orlando, FL, November 1994.

"Fractionalization of Government and Its Financing", Midsouth Academy of Economics and Finance Meetings, Nashville, TN, February 1994.

"President's Popularity, Partisan Theory and Financing Government Spending", Southern Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC, October 1993.

"Effects of Central Banks Independence on Governments Financing of Its Expenditures", Eastern Economic Association Meetings, Washington, DC, April 1993.

"Exchange Rate Uncertainty and Its Effect on International Trade", Coauthor, Atlantic Economic Association Meetings, Montreal, Canada, October 1989.

 

 

 Discuss Edilen Bildiriler "Determinants of the U.S. Government's Expenditures Growth: A Simultaneous Approach", Midsouth Academy of Economics and Finance, Nashville, TN, February 1994.

"Real Rate Nonstationarity and the Fisher Equation", Eastern Economic Association Meeting, Washington, DC, April 1993.

 

 Hakemlik Edilen Dergiler

Applied Economics

METU Studies in Development

Tez Danýþmanlýklarý

Mine Ergun

Mehdi Jellassi

Ali Uyar

 

Diðer Çalýþmalar

Gönüllü Çalýþma: OPC County Helpline Eylül 1990- Aðustos 1994

Gönüllü Çalýþma: Winston-Salem Hotline Ekim 1994 - Temmuz 1995.

 

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