Areas of Interest:

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in Economics and Finance
• Network Econometrics
• Applied Econometrics

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, Boston College, USA, 2005
• M.A. Economics, Boston College, USA, 2001
• B.S. Management Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1999

Experience:

• Associate Professor of Economics, College of Economics and Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, 2021 - Present
• Professor, Department of Artificial Intelligence Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, August 2019-2021
• Professor, Department of Economics, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, January 2018-2021
• Associate Professor and Head of Department of Economics, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, 2012-December 2017 
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, 2005-2012

Latest Publications:

• “Information is essential for competitive and cost-effective public procurement”, Journal of Information Science, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515221141042 (with Mustafa Kaan Gorgun, Mucahid Kutlu)
• “Bunching below thresholds to manipulate public procurement”, Empirical Economics, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-022-02250-4.
• “Time-varying effect of uncertainty shocks on unemployment”, Economic Modelling, 110, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2022.105810. (with Ozan Ekşi)