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          DATE: July 2008

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DATE OF BIRTH: 09/23/1978    

GENDER: Male          

CITIZENSHIP: Turkey

VISA: F1

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Demet Ulker; one daughter, Ada  

   RESEARCH  EXPERIENCE

• Research Assistant, August 2005 – January 2008, May 2008 - August 2008

  VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY – Department of Economics

  Working with Prof. Mario J. Crucini for NSF Project (Award No. 0524868)

• Research Assistant, June 2000 – July 2004

  ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY - Department of Economics

  Worked with Prof. Ege Yazgan for several projects on the Turkish Economy

   

  TEACHING EXPERIENCE

•  Instructor with Full Responsibility, June 2008 - July 2008
  
   VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - Department of Economics
  
   Teaching  Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

• Teaching Assistant, January 2008 - May 2008

  VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - Department of Economics

  Worked with Prof. Gregory Huffman for Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

  (Conducted weekly review sessions and office hours)

   

• Teaching Assistant, August 2005

          VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - Owen Graduate School of Management

          (Conducted tutorial sessions of Introductory Statistics for MBA students)
 

• Teaching Assistant,  July 2005 - August 2005

          VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - Stratton Foster Academic Center

          (Conducted tutorial sessions of Introductory Macroeconomics for Student Athletes)
 

• Teaching Assistant, June 2000 - July 2004

    ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY, TURKEY – MSc in Financial Economics & MBA Programs

    (Conducted tutorial sessions and graded coursework for such courses as Managerial
    Economics, Advanced Macroeconomics and Advanced Econometrics)

   ACADEMIC PROFILE

• VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TN, USA
   – with full scholarship

          PhD in Economics, August 2004 -

          (PhD Candidate at the moment)

• VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TN, USA
   – with full scholarship

          M.A. in Economics, August 2004 - May 2006

• MARMARA UNIVERSITY, ISTANBUL – TURKEY

   

  Studied PhD in Economics, October 2003 - August 2004

  (No degree earned)

   

     

   

• MARMARA UNIVERSITY, ISTANBUL – TURKEY

    MA. in Economics, 2001- 2003

    Graduated with the HIGHEST GPA 

    Dissertation Title: Inflation Targeting: Theory and Application

• LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS - External Programme

    BSc. in Economics, 1997-2001

    Graduated with an UPPER-SECOND Degree

• ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY – TURKEY

   

  Honours Programme – with full scholarship

   

  BSc. in Economics, 1996-2000

   

  Graduated with the HIGHEST GPA 

  
   

   PUBLICATIONS  (IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS)

• Inflation Dynamics of Turkey: A Structural Estimation, (with Ege Yazgan),
  Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 2005, 9(1).
   

• Monetary Policy Rules in Practice: Evidence from Turkey and Israel,
  (with Ege Yazgan), Applied Financial Economics, 2007, 17(1): 1-8.
   

• Inflation Targeting Supported by Managed Exchange Rate,
  Applied Economics, 2007, 39(16): 2011-2026.
   

• Twin Crises in Turkey: A Comparison of Currency Crisis Models,
  The European Journal of Comparative Economics. 5(1): 107-124.
   

• The Effects of Currency Crises in Emerging Markets on the Industrial Sector:
  An Alternative Regime-Shifting Approach,
  forthcoming in Emerging Markets Finance and Trade.
   

• Money Shocks and Output: A Contemporary Money Demand Approach,
  forthcoming in The Empirical Economics Letters.
   

• The Effects of Credit and Debit Cards on the Currency Demand,
  (with Ege Yazgan), forthcoming in Applied Economics.
   

• An Analysis of The Turkish Economy Under Regime Shifts, (with Koray Akay),
  forthcoming in Economic Modelling.
   

• The Effects of Currency Crises on the Long-Run Growth,
  forthcoming in Applied Economics Letters.
   

 BOOK CHAPTERS

• Why are Trade Agreements Mostly Regional? A Welfare Analysis by
  Transportation Costs, (with Demet Ulker), forthcoming in Paul E. Weston and
  Robert N. Townsend ed. Welfare Economics, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

 WORKING PAPERS

• Inflation Targeting in Canada: An Expected Loss Analysis in a
  DSGE Model with Trade Costs, Graduate Student Working Paper Series,
  Vanderbilt University, May 2008.
   
• Understanding Interstate Trade Patterns
   
• Distribution of Consumption, Production and Trade within the U.S.
   
• How Important is Technology? A Counterfactual Analysis
   
• Inflation, Finance and Growth: A Trilateral Graphical Analysis (with Peter Rousseau)
   
• Okun's Convergence within the U.S. (with Ege Yazgan)
   
• Productivity Cycles in Public and Private Manufacturing Sectors:
  Evidence from Turkey
   
• Short-Term Capital Movements and Interest Rate Differentials
   
• Inflation Targeting and Convergence within Turkey
   
• What is the Optimal Rate of Inflation for Long-Run Growth? A Cross-Country Analysis
   
• A Model of International Cities: Implications for Real Exchange Rates
  (with Mario Crucini)
   
• The IS Puzzle and Relative Risk Aversion in Turkey (with Ege Yazgan)
   
• Is the Armington Elasticity Really Constant across Importers?

 CONFERENCES

• Monetary Policy Rules in Practice: Evidence from Turkey and Israel,
  (with Ege Yazgan), presented in MENA Economies, Past Perspectives
  and Future Challenges, Brussels, June 2-4, 2005.
   

• A Model of International Cities: Implications for Real Exchange Rates,
  presented in Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting,
  Chicago, March 14-16, 2008.
   

• Inflation Targeting in Canada: An Expected Loss Analysis in a DSGE
  Model with Trade Costs presented in Midwest Economics Association
  Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 14-16, 2008.
   

• Understanding Interstate Trade Patterns, presented in
  Southern Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, Arlington,
  VA-Washington, DC, March 26-30, 2008.
   

• How Important is Technology? A Counterfactual Analysis, presented in
  Southern Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, Arlington,
  VA-Washington, DC, March 26-30, 2008.
   

• Inflation Targeting in Canada: An Expected Loss Analysis in a DSGE
  Model with Trade Costs, presented in Society for Nonlinear Dynamics
  and Econometrics 16th Annual Symposium, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco,
  California, April 3-4, 2008.
   

• Understanding Interstate Trade Patterns, presented in
  Spring 2008 Midwest International Economics Meetings, Champaign-Urbana, IL,
  May 2-4, 2008.
   

• Inflation Targeting in Canada: An Expected Loss Analysis in a DSGE
  Model with Trade Costs (will be) presented in Southern Economic Association
  Annual Meetings, Washington, DC, November 20-23, 2008.
  
   

   AWARDS

• University Full Scholarship, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey, 1996 – 2000.

• University Full Scholarship, London School of Economics, U.K., 1997 – 2001.

• University Full Scholarship, Marmara University, Turkey, 2001 – 2004.

• University Graduate Fellowship, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey, 2004 – 2005.

• University Graduate Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, U.S.A., 2004 – 2009.

• Research Assistantship, Vanderbilt University, U.S.A., 2005 – 2008 (including summer periods).

• Teaching Assistantship, Vanderbilt University, U.S.A., 2008 – 2009.

• Several Travel Grants for Conference Presentations.

   MEMBERSHIP

•  American Economic Association

•  Econometric Society

•  Southern Economic Association

   DESIRED TEACHING AND RESEARCH FIELDS

•  International Trade

•  Regional Trade

•  Monetary Economics

•  Open Economy Macroeconomics

•  Time Series Econometrics
  
   

   COMPUTING

• MATLAB

• Gauss

• Eviews

• Microfit

• Scientific WorkPlace

• MS-Office2000 Applications

• Macromedia with Certification (Dreamweaver, Flash MX, Fireworks, Freehand)

 SERVICE

      Service to University

• President of Council of Economics Graduate Students, Vanderbilt University,
  May 2006 - April 2007
   

• Second Year Representative in Council of Economics Graduate Students,
  Vanderbilt University, May 2005 - April 2006
   

• Social Chair in Council of Economics Graduate Students, Vanderbilt University,
  May 2005 - April 2006

  • Organized social events for the Department of Economics such as the karaoke party,
    ice skating, and several movie nights. 
     

      Service to Profession

Referee Service

• Applied Economics  (4)

• Economic Modelling (2)

• Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

• Southern Economic Journal

• Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Economics Books

Discussant

• Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 14-16, 2008.

Session Chair

• Southern Regional Science Association Annual Meeting,
  Arlington, VA-Washington, DC, March 26-30, 2008.
   

 REFERENCES 

• Prof. Mario J. Crucini (Advisor)

  Vanderbilt University

  Department of Economics

  401 Calhoun Hall

  Nashville, TN, 37235

  Phone: +1(615) 322-7357

  Fax: + 1(615) 343-8495

  Email: mario.j.crucini@vanderbilt.edu

   

• Prof. Kevin Huang

  Vanderbilt University

  Department of Economics

  421 Calhoun Hall

  Nashville, TN, 37235

  Phone: +1(615) 936-7271

  Fax: + 1(615) 343-8495

  Email: kevin.huang@vanderbilt.edu

   

   

• Prof. Eric Bond

  Vanderbilt University

  Department of Economics

  Nashville, TN, 37235

  Phone: +1(615) 322-3237

  Fax: + 1(615) 343-8495

  Email: eric.bond@vanderbilt.edu

• Prof. Peter Rousseau

  Vanderbilt University

  Department of Economics

  211a Calhoun Hall

  Nashville, TN, 37235

  Phone: +1(615) 343-2466

  Fax: + 1(615) 343-8495

  Email: peter.l.rousseau@vanderbilt.edu

   

• Prof. Gregory Huffman (Teaching Reference)

  Vanderbilt University

  Department of Economics

  PO Box 1819, Station B

  Nashville, TN, 37235

  Phone: +1(615) 343-2468

  Fax: + 1(615) 343-8495

  Email: gregory.w.huffman@vanderbilt.edu

   

• Rosemary Gosling

          Director, External Study

          London School of Economics and Political Science

          Houghton Street

• Prof. Aysu Insel

  Marmara University

  Department of Economics

  Goztepe Campus Kuyubasi - Kadikoy

  81040 Istanbul, TURKEY

  Phone: + 90 216 3368487

  Fax: +90 216 3464356

  E-mail: ainsel@marmara.edu.tr

   

• Prof. A. Suut Dogruel

  Chair, Department of Economics

  Marmara University

  Goztepe Campus Kuyubasi - Kadikoy

  81040 Istanbul, TURKEY

  Phone: + 90 216 3368487

  Fax: +90 216 3464356

  E-mail: suut.dogruel@marmara.edu.tr

   

• Prof. Ege Yazgan

    Director, MSc in Financial Economics

    Istanbul Bilgi University

    Kurtulus Deresi Caddesi No:47 Dolapdere

    80370 Istanbul, TURKEY

    Phone: +90 212 2381010 – ext.125

    Fax: +90 212 2976315

    E-mail: eyazgan@bilgi.edu.tr

• Prof. Koray Akay

    Istanbul Bilgi University

    Honours Programme

    Kurtulus Deresi Caddesi No:47 Dolapdere

    80370 Istanbul, TURKEY

    Phone: +90 212 2381010 – ext.126

    Fax: +90 212 2976315

    E-mail: koray@bilgi.edu.tr

• Prof. Goksel Asan

    Director, Honours Programme

    Istanbul Bilgi University

    Kurtulus Deresi Caddesi No:47 Dolapdere

    80370 Istanbul, TURKEY

    Phone: +90 212 2381010 – ext.122

    Fax: +90 212 2976315

    E-mail: gasan@bilgi.edu.tr

• Prof. M. Nedim Sualp

    Marmara University

    Department of Economics

    Goztepe Campus Kuyubasi - Kadikoy

    81040 Istanbul, TURKEY

    Phone: + 90 216 3368487

    Fax: +90 216 3464356

    E-mail: nsualp@marmara.edu.tr, nedims@ixir.com