Mehmet Balcilar
Associate Professor, University of New Haven
Dr. Mehmet Balcilar is an applied macroeconomist. Dr. Balcilar’s primary research interests lie at the intersection of applied macroeconomics, financial economics, and applied econometrics. Specifically, most of Dr. Balcilar’s published work is in the areas of forecasting, urban and real estate economics, energy economics, risk management, central banking, and monetary economics. Before joining the University of New Haven, Dr. Balcilar was a professor of econometrics at Eastern Mediterranean University in Famagusta, Cyprus. Dr. Balcilar also held positions as an extraordinary professor at the University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa, an affiliated professor at IPAG Business School in Paris, France, and an affiliated professor at Montpellier Business School in Montpellier, France. From 2011 to 2023, Dr. Balcilar served as the head of the Department of Economics at the Eastern Mediterranean University. Dr. Balcilar also worked as a consultant on disaster risk modeling, disaster data collection, disaster loss estimation, and health economics projects for government and international institutions such as the World Bank, World Health Organization, AFAD, and the Organization of Islamic Countries. Currently, Dr. Balcilar is a research fellow at the Economic Research Forum in Cairo.
Areas of Interest:
- Macroeconomics
- Monetary Economics
- Forecasting
- Econometrics
Education:
- Ph.D., Economics (Econometrics),Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, US, 1996
- MA, Economics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- MA, Economics, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey, 1990 BA, Tourism Management, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, 1986
Experience:
- Associate Professor, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, US., 2023-Present
- Professor, Department of Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus, 2011-2023
- Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus, 2007-2011
- Associate Professor, Department of Econometrics, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey, 2005-2007
Latest Publications:
- Balcilar, M., Usman, O., & Agan, B. (2024). On the connectedness of commodity markets: A critical and selective survey of empirical studies and bibliometric analysis. Journal of Economic Surveys, 38(1), 97-136. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12541
- Balcilar, M., Usman, O., & Duman, G. M. (2024). Nonlinear network connectedness: Assessing financial risk transmission in MENA and influence of external financial conditions. Emerging Markets Review, 62, 101186. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2024.101186
- Balcilar, M., Usman, O., Wohar, M., Roubaud, D., & Gungor, H. (2024). Global liquidity effect of quantitative easing on emerging markets. Empirical Economics, 1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-024-02625-9
Financial Connectedness and Risk Transmission Among MENA Countries: Evidence from Connectedness Network and Clustering Analysis
Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Monetary Economics Forecasting Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Economics (Econometrics),Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, US, 1996... Read More
November, 2022
Working PapersFinancial Connectedness and Risk Transmission among MENA Countries
Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Monetary Economics Forecasting Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Economics (Econometrics),Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, US, 1996... Read More
March, 2022
ERF 28th Annual ConferenceDo Global Shocks Drive Investor Herds in Oil-Rich Frontier Markets?
Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Monetary Economics Forecasting Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Economics (Econometrics),Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, US, 1996... Read More
December, 2013
Working PapersRevisiting Macroeconomic Management in Times of Crisis and Beyond – Parallel Sessions – March 27
Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Monetary Economics Forecasting Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Economics (Econometrics),Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, US, 1996... Read More
Mar 26, 2022