EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 1999
B.A., Political Science, Bosphorus University at Istanbul, June 1990
High School, Robert College at Istanbul, June 1986
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Monetary Theory, Macroeconomics, Time Series Analysis, Financial Economics
PUBLICATIONS
• "Inflation Targeting: An Indirect Approach to Assess the Direct
Impact" Journal of International Money and Finance 29(7), 2010, 1357-68.
• "Corruption and Economic Development in Energy-Rich Economies" with Y.
Kalyuzhnova and A. Kutan, Comparative Economic Studies, 51(2), 2009, 165-180.
• "European Integration, Productivity Growth and Real Convergence: Evidence from the New Member
States" with A. Kutan, Economic Systems 33(2), 2009, 127-137.
• "What Fisher Always Knew, We Sometimes Forget" with N. Arnwine, Economics Letters,
101(3), 2008, 193-195.
• "Fiscal Convergence in the European Union" with E. Kočenda and A.
Kutan, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 19(3), 2008, 319-330.
• "Announcements and Credibility under Inflation Targeting" with B. Demir, Economics
Letters Vol. 100(2), 2008, 249-253.
• "European Integration, Productivity Growth, and Real Convergence" with A. Kutan, European Economic Review
Vol. 51(6), August 2007, 1370-1395.
• "The Effects of Transition and Political Instability on Foreign Direct Investment: Central Europe and the Balkans" with J. Brada and
A. Kutan, Economics of Transition, Vol. 14(4), 2006, 649-680.
• "Pilgrims to the Eurozone: How far, how fast?" with E. Kočenda and A. Kutan, Economic Systems, Vol. 30(4), 2006, 311-27.
• "Real and Stochastic Convergence: Are the new EU Members Ready to Join the Euro Zone?" with A. Kutan,
Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 33, 2005, 387-400
• "Nominal and Real Stochastic Convergence of Transition Economies" with A. Kutan, Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 32, 2004, 23-36.
• "Shortfalls of Panel Unit Root Testing" with J. Strauss, Economics Letters, Vol 81(3), December 2003, Pages 309-313.
• "Present Value Models, Heteroscedasticity, and Parameter Stability Tests" with J. Strauss, Economics Letters, Vol 73(3), 2001, pp. 375-378.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor of Economics, Dept. of Economics, Bilkent University 2002 –
Dir. of Grad. Studies and Assoc. Chair, Dept. of Economics, Bilkent University
2003 – 2008
Assistant Professor of Economics, St. Louis University 2000 – 2002
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Wake Forest University 1999 – 2000
Research & Teaching Assist., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1992 – 1999 |
