Mehmet Ali Soytas
Associate Professor of Economics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Business School
Mehmet A. Soytas is associate professor of economics at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Business School. He has previously worked as an associate professor of economics at Ozyegin University, as a researcher at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) and as a consultant for the World Bank and Energy Exchange Istanbul. He was the director of the sustainable development forum at Ozyegin University. His research covers topics in intergenerational mobility, family economics, human capital and income inequality, firm sustainability and strategic behavior. Dr. Soytas’ work has been published in the Journal of Monetary Economics, Quantitative Economics, Energy Economics, International Journal of Production Economics among others. He has been visiting scholar at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Washington University in St. Louis, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, University of Pittsburgh and Australian National University and holds a PhD in Economics from University of Pittsburgh.
Areas of Interest:
- Labor Economics
- Intergenerational Mobility
- Family Economics
- Industrial Organization
- Empirical Microeconomics
- Corporate Sustainability
Education:
- PhD, Economics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2011)
- MA, Economics, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. (2005)
- BSc, Civil Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. (2001)
Experience:
- Associate Professor of Economics, KFUPM Business School, Department of Accounting and Finance, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Feb 2020 - Present
- Researcher (Policy and Decision Science Program), King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Aug 2018 - Jan 2020
- Associate Professor of Economics, Ozyegin University, Faculty of Business, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2019 - Sep 2020
Latest Publications:
- “What is the source of the intergenerational correlation in earnings?”, George-Levi Gayle, Limor Golan and Mehmet Soytas, Journal of Monetary Economics, 129, 24-45 (2022).
- “Sustainability Outcomes in Multi-tier Supply Chains: An Empirical Study of Turkish Manufacturing Firms”, Damla Durak-Usar and Mehmet A. Soytas, International Journal of Production Research (2022).
- “Estimation of Static Corporate Sustainability Interactions”, Mehmet Ali Soytas, Damla Durak-Usar and Meltem Denizel, International Journal of Production Research, 60 (4), 1245-1264 (2022).
- “The Pacifying Effect of Energy Dependence on Interstate Conflict: A Large-N Analysis”, Osman Zeki Gokce, Emre Hatipoglu and Mehmet A. Soytas, Energy Research and Social Science, Volume 78, 102-133 (2021).
- “Corporate Sustainability and Financial Performance: Turkish Manufacturing Firms”, Damla Durak-Usar and Mehmet A. Soytas, Middle East Technical University (METU) Studies in Development, 48 (3), 201-250 (2021).
- “The asymmetric impact of oil prices, interest rates and oil price uncertainty on unemployment: New evidence from the US”, Baris Kocaarslan, Mehmet Ali Soytas and Ugur Soytas, Energy Economics, 86, Feb, 104625 (2020).
Nonlinear Excess Demand Model for Electricity Price Prediction
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Intergenerational Mobility Family Economics Industrial Organization Empirical Microeconomics Corporate Sustainability Education: PhD, Economics,... Read More
December, 2020
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