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Ph.D.in Financial Economics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (GC-CUNY), 2008.
Doctoral Candidate in Economics, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey, 2001.
M.Sc. in Economics, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey, 1998.
B.S. in Statistics, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey, 1995.
- Structural Breaks Long Memory or Unit Roots in Stock Prices: Evidence from Emerging Markets (revised submission to Emerging Markets Finance and Trade), with M. Balcilar and Z.A. Ozdemir.
- Financial development and openness in China: New Evidence from ARDL Bound Test, will be submitted to Applied Financial Economics.
Working Papers
- Impacts of US Economic News on Emerging Financial Markets" by Esin Cakan, Nadia Doytch and Kamal Upadhyaya, Febr. 2011, UNH Department of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series, WP1109 . Download.
- Do Good and Bad Economic News Affect The Stock Market Differently From The Bond Market During the Business Cycles?: A Multivariate GARCH Approach, Oct. 2010, UNH Department of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series, WP1007. Download.
- The business cycle and impacts of economic news on financial markets", Sept. 2010, UNH Department of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series, WP1006. Download.
- Nonlinear causality between stock returns and inflation uncertainty: Evidence from the US and the UK, UNH Department of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series, WP0905. Download.
Research in Progres
- Do Institutional Investors Herd? A Markov-Switching Approach (with Aram Balagyozyan).
- Impact of Military Expenditure on US Economic Growth: A Cointegration Analysis by ARDL
Bound Test (with Kyoko Mona).
- Dynamic linkages between exchange rates and stock prices: Evidence from 12 emerging markets (with Demissew Ejara).
- "Impacts of US Economic News on Emerging Financial Markets, (with Kamal Upadhyaya and Nadia Doytch).
- Detecting structural breaks in emerging stock markets volatility.
Presentations At Professional Meetings
- Eastern Economic Association (EEA) Meeting 2012, "Do Institutional Investors Herd? A Markov-Switching Approach (with Aram Balagyozyan), March, Boston, MA.
- Eastern Economic Association (EEA) Meeting 2012, "Impact of Military Expenditure on US Economic Growth: A Cointegration Analysis by ARDL Bound Test", (with Kyoko Mona), March, Boston, MA.
- Nuclear Medicine Conference, 2011, Comparative Volumetric Analysis of Glioblastoma Multiforme Cases Using F18 FDG PET/MRI Fusion Images in Evaluation of Early Treatment Response to Superselective Intraarterial Cerebral Infusion of Bevacizumab or Temozolamide: A Preliminary Study, with Zuzan Cayci, Chicago, IL.
- Society for Studies of Emerging Markets (SSEM) Euro Conference 2011, “The impact of openness and institutions on the financial development in Asian emerging markets: A cointegration analysis by ARDL bounds tests”, presented June 2011 Izmir, Turkey.
- Multinational Finance Society (MFS) 2011 Annual Conference, "Financial Liberalization and Dynamics of International Stock Prices: Long Memory or Unit Root?", accepted paper for , June 26-29, 2011, Rome, Italy (with M. Balcilar and Z.A. Ozdemir).
- Society for Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Conference 2011, “Usefulness of F18-FDG PET in differential diagnosis of common malignant brain tumors and in determining the unknown primary tumors presenting with brain metastases”, presented with Zuzan Cayci, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Eastern Economic Association (EEA) Meeting 2011, "Financial development, openness, and institutions: Time series evidence from 7 Asian economies", (with Mehmet Balcilar and Zeynel Ozdemir), February, New York, NY.
- Financial Management Association (FMA) 2010 Meeting, NY. Discussant presentation.
- Southern Financial Association (SFA) Meeting 2010, "Financial Liberalization and Dynamics of International Stock Prices: Long Memory or Unit Root?"(with Zeynel A. Ozdemir), accepted paper, November, Asheville, NC.
- Southern Economics Associaton (SEA) Meeting 2010, “Impacts of US Economic News on Emerging Financial Markets (with Kamal Upadhyaya and Nadia Doytch), November, Atlanta, GA.
- Society for Studies of Emerging Markets (SSEM) Euro Conference 2010, "Dynamic linkages between exchange rates and stock prices: Evidence from emerging markets", July 2010 (with Demissew Ejara), Milas, Turkey.
- Eastern Economic Association (EEA) Meeting 2010, "Financial Liberalization and Dynamics of International Stock Prices: Long Memory or Unit Root?"(with Zeynel A. Ozdemir), February,Philadelphia.
- Academy of International Business Conference (AIB) 2009, “Nonlinear causality between stock returns and inflation uncertainty: Evidence from the US and the UK”, October, NY.
- Midwest Economic Association (MEA) meeting 2009, “On the nonlinear causality between stock returns, inflation and inflation uncertainty”, March, Cleveland, OH.
- Eastern Economic Association (EEA) Meeting 2009, “Persistence in Real Exchange Rates: Evidence from East Asian Countries”, February, NY.
- Eastern Economic Association (EEA) 2007, “The effect of macroeconomic news announcements and surprises on the stock and bond markets”, (with Tao Wang), February, NY.
- METU International Economic Conference 1998, ‘‘Testing Structural Break In Turkish Monetary Aggregates”, Ankara, Turkey.
- Financial Management Association European Conference (FMA Europe) 2009, “Do Good and Bad Economic News Affect The Stock Market Differently From The Bond Market During the Business Cycles?: A Multivariate GARCH Approach”, accepted paper, Turin.
Invited Presentations
- Seminar at Bentley University, April 2008
- Seminar at Deakin University, May 2008
- Research Forums at University of New Haven, April 2009 and 2010.
Professional Activities
Referee for:
- International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, November 2011.
- Studies in Economics and Finance, November 2011.
- Journal of Applied Economics, February 2009.
- Economic Modelling, 2009.
- Economic Modeling, August 2011.
- Bulletin of Economic Research, 2010.
- Economics Bulletin, 2010.
- Scientific Research and Essays, Octobeber 2011.
Discussant for:
- Financial Management Association (FMA) 2010 Meeting, NY.
- Southern Finance Association (SFA) 2010 Meeting, Asheville, NC .
- Midwest Economic Association (MEA) 2009 Meeting, Cleveland, OH
Courses Taught
EC 133 Principles of Economics I, undergraduate level, Fall 08, Fall 09, Fall 10, Fall 11, Sum 09.
EC 134 Principles of Economics II, undergraduate level, Fall 08, Fall 09 and Fall 10, Spr. 11
EC 601 Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, graduate level (MBA), Fall 08-09-10-11.
FI 601 Financial Management, graduate level (MBA), Winter 09, Winter 10, Fall 10, Spr.11
FI 605 Data Evaluation and Modeling, graduate level (MBA), Spring 09, Spr.10, Spr.11.
EC 240 Research Methods in Sustainability, Spr 12.
University Service
- Faculty Professional Development Committee
- FE001 Academic Oversight Committee Committee
- University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UUCC)
- CoB Experiential Education/Undergraduate Curriculum Development Committee
- Economics Department Web Page Author.
Other Employments
Teaching Assistant
Instructor
- Business Statistics - Queens College, CUNY, NY (2002-2004).
- Econometrics - Baruch College, CUNY (2008); Hunter College, CUNY, NY (2005).
- Microeconomics - Baruch College, CUNY, NY (2005, 2007 Honors); Hostos Community College, CUNY, NY (2002-2003).
- Macroeconomics - Queens College (2002, 2004); Hostos Community College (2002-2003).
- Money and Banking- Queens College, CUNY, NY (2003 – 2004).
Research Assistant
- Baruch College, Public Affairs 2004 – 2005
The paper “Do the Determinants of Promotion Differ for White Men Versus Women and Minorities” of Ryan Smith is published in American Behavioral Scientist with a thank you note for research. (http://abs.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/48/9/1157.pdf)
- International Longevity Center (ILC) 2002 – 200
The paper “Occupations in an Aging Society: Worker Abilities and Worker Interests”, presented in 4th International Research Conference on Social Security, has an excellent research note for the research. (http://www.issa.int/pdf/anvers03/topic3/2muller.pdf)
Economist
Turkish Industrialists’ & Businessmen Association 2000 – 2001 http://www.tusiad.org/
Forecasting macroeconomics variables of Turkish economy with econometric models, publishing quarterly economic review, preparing reports about economic development, preparing working papers about the integration of Turkey and European Union.
Research Assistant
Econometrics Department, Gazi University, Turkey (1995-2000)
Teaching all level of Statistics courses, Econometrics and Fortran and Basic programming language.
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Honors
- Summer Research Grant and Research Fund, University of New Haven, 2011.
- Summer Research Grant and Research Fund, University of New Haven, 2010
- Summer Research Grant and Research Fund, University of New Haven, 2009.
- GC CUNY Graduate Teaching Fellowship in Queens College, CUNY, 2004.
- PSC/CUNY Tuition Award, CUNY, 2003.
- PSC/CUNY Tuition Award, CUNY 2001.
- Fellowship from Turkish Academy of Sciences, 2000-2001.
- Graduated in with Honors Degree in Statistics, Middle East Technical University, Rank 10 out of 172, 1995.
Professional Affiliations
Eastern Economic Association(EEA), Financial Management Association (FMA), American Economic Association (AEA), SFA, SEA, SSEM, AIB.
Computer Skills
SPSS, STATA, MATLAB, RATS, Mathematica, E-Views, Gauss, Ox, PC-Give.
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