Academic CV

Ayça Tekin-Koru
Associate Professor of Economics
Department of Business Administration
TED University
Ziya Gökalp Caddesi, No.48
Kızılay, ANKARA, TURKEY
Phone: +90 (312) 585-0034
Fax: +90 (312) 418-4148
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.tedu.edu.tr
August 2016
RESEARCH INTERESTS
International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Integration, Productivity
EDUCATION
1997-2001
1997-1999
1994-1997
1990-1994
EMPLOYMENT
2015-present
2012-present
2012-2016
2003-2011
2007-2007
2002-2003
1999-2002
1997-1999
1995-1996
PhD in Economics
Purdue University
MA in Economics
Purdue University
MSc in Economics
Middle East Technical University
BSc in Economics
Middle East Technical University
Associate Director
TEDU Trade Research Center, Ankara Turkey
Associate Professor of Economics
TEDU Department of Business Administration, Ankara, Turkey,
Founding Chair
TEDU Department of Business Administration, Ankara, Turkey
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Economics, Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Graduate Instructor
Department of Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Teaching Assistant
Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Junior Specialist
Capital Market Board, Ankara, Turkey
JOURNAL ARTICLES
“Aggregation Issues of FDI Estimation in an Interdependent World” with Helen
Naugton and Pehr-Johan Norbäck, World Economy, forthcoming in 2016.
“How Economic Growth Affects Participation in Adult Education” with Nergiz
Dincer, Comparative Education Review, Vol.60, No.3 pp. 530-48.
“A League of Their Own: Services Exporters” with Nergiz Dincer, Journal of
International Trade and Economic Development, 2016 (lead article), Vol.25, No.5 pp.
614-35.
“Foreign Direct Investment and Plant Divestiture” with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and
Andreas Waldkirch, Review of International Economics, November 2015 (lead
article), Vol.23, No.5 pp. 811-45.
“Asymmetric Effects of Trade Costs on Entry Modes: Firm Level Evidence,”
European Economic Review, February 2012, Vol.56, No.2, pp. 277-94.
“Remittances, Business Cycles and Poverty: The Recent Turkish Experience,” (with
Serdar Sayan), International Migration, February 2012, Vol.50, No.1, pp. 151-76.
“North American Integration and the Location of Foreign Direct Investment,” (with
Andreas Waldkirch), Review of International Economics, September 2010, Vol.18,
No.4, pp.696-713.
"NAFTA and Foreign Direct Investment in Canada," (with Andreas Waldkirch), B.E.
Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, January 2010, Vol.10, No.1, Article 74.
“Technology Transfers and Optimal Entry Strategies for the Multinational Firm”
Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, December 2009, Vol.18,
No.4, pp.553-74
“The Effect of Tax Treaties on Multinational Firms: New Evidence from Microdata”
(with Ronald B. Davies and Pehr-Johan Norbäck), World Economy, January 2009,
Vol.32, No.1, pp. 77-110
“Corruption and the Ownership Composition of the Multinational Firm at the Time of
Entry: Evidence from Turkey,” Journal of Economics and Finance, Summer 2006,
Vol.30, No.2, pp. 251-69
“Budget Deficits, Money Growth and Inflation: The Turkish Evidence” (with Erdal
Özmen), Applied Economics, March 2003, Vol.35, No.5, pp. 591-7
“Turkey’s Changing Nature of Liquidity” (with Nur Keyder), METU Studies in
Development, 1994, Vol.21, No.4, pp. 557-78
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BOOK CHAPTERS
“Multinationals and Corruption: Business as Usual?” in Bent Jesper Christensen and
Carsten Kowalczyk (eds.), Globalization: Strategies and Effects, Heidelberg; Springer
Verlag; forthcoming in 2016.
“Host-Country Economic Policies and Worker Remittances to Developing Countries:
The Cases of Turkey and Mexico,” (with Serdar Sayan) in R. Lucas, L. Squire and T.
Srinivasan (eds.), Global Exchange and Poverty: Trade, Investment and Migration,
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010, pp.158-94.
“Unexplained Differences in the FDI Receipts of the Middle East and North Africa”
in S. Sayan (ed.), Economic Performance in the Middle East and North Africa:
Institutions, Corruption and Reform, London: Routledge-Curzon, 2009, pp. 120-35
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
“Küresel Ticarette Var Bir Rehavet,” İktisat ve Toplum, No. 67, Efil Yayınevi, May
2016.
“Ne Kederde Ne Zaferde,” İktisat ve Toplum, No. 62, Efil Yayınevi, December
2015.
“Yeni Türkiye: Tüketim Kültürünün Ramazan Sofrası,” İktisat ve Toplum, No. 57,
Efil Yayınevi, July 2015.
“(U)mutsuzluğumuzun Kışı ve Sardunya,” İktisat ve Toplum, No. 56, Efil Yayınevi,
June 2015.
“Hizmet Ticaretinde Ampirik Çalışmalar Çalıştayı,” with Nergiz Dinçer, İktisat ve
Toplum, No. 46, Efil Yayınevi, August 2014
“Al Hançeri, Kadınım, Vur Ben Öleyim,” İktisat ve Toplum, No. 42, Efil Yayınevi,
March 2014
“Denizkızları ve Kibirden Küfelikler,” İktisat ve Toplum, No. 37, Efil Yayınevi,
November 2013
“Eğitim Politikasının Üvey Evladı: Yetişkin Eğitimi,” with Nergiz Dinçer, İktisat ve
Toplum, No. 36, Efil Yayınevi, October 2013
“Susar Kadın Ünzile: Susar Çünkü Okuyamaz Yazamaz,” with Nergiz Dinçer,
İktisat ve Toplum, Efil Yayınevi, No. 29, March 2013
“Tüketimin Ayak İzleri: Dünyaya Bakış,” İktisat ve Toplum, Efil Yayınevi, No. 24,
October 2012 (Cover Piece)
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WORK IN PROGRESS
“Gains from Trade due to Within-Firm Productivity: The Role of Services
Exporting,” with Nergiz Dincer
“The Effect of Network Services Trade Barriers on Goods Trade,” with Nergiz Dincer
“Employee Training and Export Performance,” with Nergiz Dincer and Seda
Köymen-Özer
“Does the FTA with the Third Party Harm Disadvantaged Incumbents of the Customs
Union? The case of EU, Turkey and Algeria,” with Nergiz Dincer and Pınar Yaşar
“The Relationship between Adult Education and Poverty Alleviation in Turkey,” with
Seyit Cilasun, Sırma Demir-Şeker and Nergiz Dincer
“The Role of Quality, Productivity and Services Trade in the Export Performance of
Turkey,” with Nergiz Dincer, Volodomyr Lugovskyy and Andreas Waldkirch
“Environmental Policy and Productivity: A Micro Data Analysis with New Measures”
“Türkiye’de Hizmet Ticaretinin Görünümü,” with Nergiz Dincer
GRANTS and AWARDS
2014-2015: “Adult Education: Determinants and Economic Impacts,” TUBITAK 1001
Grant, Advisor.
2013-2014: “Services Trade in Turkey: A Firm-Level Analysis,” TUBITAK 1001
Grant, Principal Investigator.
2014: “Services Trade and Product Quality,” TED University Research Grant,
Principal Investigator.
2011-2012: “Environmental Policy and Productivity: A Microdata Analysis with New
Measures,” TUBITAK Reintegration Grant, Scholar.
2005-2007: “The Effects of Economic Developments and Policies in Host Countries
on Workers’ Remittance Receipts of Developing Countries: The Case of Turkey in
Comparison to Mexico,” Global Development Network Research Grant, Co-Principal
Investigator.
2004-2005: “Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment,” Oregon State University
Research Office Grant, Principal Investigator.
2004-2005: “Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment,” Oregon State University
Valley Library Travel Grant, Principal Investigator.
2001: “Cross Border Acquisitions versus Greenfield Investment,” Purdue University
CIBER International Travel Award.
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2000-2001: “Cross Border Acquisitions versus Greenfield Investment,” Purdue
Research Foundation Doctoral Fellowship.
1997-2001: Turkish Inter University Council Scholarship for Graduate Study Abroad.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
“Gains from Trade due to Within-Firm Productivity: The Role of Services
Exporting,” with Nergiz Dincer
2016 ERF 22nd Annual Conference, Cairo, Egypt
“Does the FTA with the Third Party Harm Disadvantaged Incumbents of the Customs
Union? The case of EU, Turkey and Algeria,” with Nergiz Dincer and Pınar Yaşar
2016 ERF 22nd Annual Conference, Cairo, Egypt
“A League of Their Own: Services Exporters” with Nergiz Dincer
2015 ERF 21st Annual Conference, Tunis, Tunisia
“Yavaşlayan Küresel Ticaret: Bir Devrin Sonu mu?”
2015 Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
“Aggregation Issues of FDI Estimation in an Interdependent World,” with Helen
Naughton and Pehr-Johan Norbäck
2014 Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
“Tüketimin Ayak İzleri”
2013 Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi, Ankara, Turkey
“Foreign Direct Investment and Plant Divestiture,” with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and
Andreas Waldkirch
2012 Workshop on Globalization, Organization and the Ownership of Firms,
RIIE, Stockholm
2011 Globalization: Strategies and Effects Conference, Aarhus University
“Asymmetric Effects of Trade Costs on Entry Modes: Firm Level Evidence”
2009 Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
“The Effect of Tax Treaties on Multinational Firms: New Evidence from Microdata,”
with Ronald B. Davies and Pehr-Johan Norbäck
2008 Empirical Investigations in Trade and Investment, Tokyo, Japan
“The Effects of Economic Developments and Policies in Host Countries on Workers’
Remittance Receipts of Developing Countries: The Cases of Turkey and Mexico
Compared” (with Serdar Sayan)
2007 Global Development Network Conference, Beijing, China
2006 Global Development Network Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia
2005 Global Development Network Conference, Dakar, Senegal
2004 Global Development Network Conference, Beirut, Lebanon
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“Foreign Entry Deterrence by the Dominant Local Firm in the Existence of Rent
Seeking Bureaucracy,” with Andrew Stivers and Andreas Waldkirch
2006 Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
2006 TOBB University, Ankara, Turkey
2006 Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
“Corruption and the Ownership Composition of the Multinational Firm at the Time of
Entry: Evidence from Turkey”
2005 Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Florence, Italy
“North American Integration and the Location of Foreign Direct Investment,” with
Andreas Waldkirch
2005 University of Oregon.
2004 Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“The Effect of Network Services Trade Barriers on Goods Trade,” with Nergiz Dincer
2016 2nd Biennial Empirical Investigations in Services Trade Conference,
Florence, Italy
2015 European Trade Study Group Conference, Paris, France
“Gains from Trade due to Within-Firm Productivity: The Role of Services
Exporting,” with Nergiz Dincer
2016 Middle East Economic Association Annual (ASSA) Meeting, San
Francisco
“Does the FTA with the Third Party Harm Disadvantaged Incumbents of the Customs
Union? The case of EU, Turkey and Algeria,” with Nergiz Dincer and Pınar Yaşar
2016 Middle East Economic Association Annual (ASSA) Meeting, San
Francisco
“The Relationship between Adult Education and Poverty Alleviation in Turkey,” with
Seyit Cilasun, Sırma Demir-Şeker and Nergiz Dincer
2016 Middle East Economic Association Annual (ASSA) Meeting, San
Francisco
2015 Türkiye Nüfusbilim Konferansı, Ankara, Turkey
“Employee Training and Export Performance” with Nergiz Dincer and Seda KöymenÖzer
2015 European Trade Study Group Conference, Paris, France
“Services Trade and Firm Productivity: Evidence from an Economy in Transition”
with Nergiz Dincer and Derya Fındık
2015 European Trade Study Group Conference, Paris, France
“A League of Their Own: Services Exporters” with Nergiz Dincer
2014 Empirical Investigations in Services Trade Worksop, Ankara, Turkey
2013 Econ Anadolu 3rd Annual Conference, Eskişehir, Turkey
2013 European Trade Study Group Conference, Birmingham, UK
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“Gender Inequality in Adult Education in Turkey” with Nergiz Dincer
2013 Middle East Economic Association 13th Annual Meeting, Speyer,
Germany
2013 Econ Anadolu 3rd Annual Conference, Eskişehir, Turkey
“Foreign Direct Investment and Plant Divestiture,” with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and
Andreas Waldkirch
2013 European Trade Study Group Conference, Birmingham, UK
2012 International Conference on Econometrics, Operations Research, and
Statistics, Famagusta, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
2010 Western Economic Association Annual Conference, Portland
“Aggregation Issues of FDI Estimation in an Interdependent World,” with Helen
Naughton and Pehr-Johan Norbäck
2012 International Conference on Economics by the Turkish Economics
Association, Izmir, Turkey
2010 Western Economic Association Annual Conference, Portland
“The Effect of Tax Treaties on Multinational Firms: New Evidence from Microdata,”
Ronald B. Davies and Pehr-Johan Norbäck
2008 Econometric Society Winter (ASSA) Meetings, New Orleans
2007 Midwest International Economics Meetings, Ann Arbor
“North American Integration and the Location of Foreign Direct Investment,” with
Andreas Waldkirch
2007 Western Economic Association Annual Conference, Seattle
2005 Empirical Investigations in International Trade, West Lafayette
“Unexplained Differences in the FDI Receipts of the Middle East and North Africa”
2007 Middle East Economic Association Annual (ASSA) Meeting, Chicago
2006 International Conference in Economics of TEA, Ankara, Turkey
“Dynamic FDI Effects of Integration,” with Andrew Stivers and Andreas Waldkirch
2006 European Trade Study Group Conference, Vienna, Austria
2006 Western Economic Association Annual Conference, San Diego
“Cyclical Properties of Workers’ Remittances: The Cases of Turkey and Mexico
Compared,” with Serdar Sayan
2006 Middle East Economic Association Annual (ASSA) Meeting, Boston
“Multinationals and Corruption: Business As Usual?”
2005 Midwest International Economics Meetings, Nashville.
2005 Middle East Economic Association Annual (ASSA) Meeting,
Philadelphia
“Is FDI Indeed Tariff-Jumping? Firm Level Evidence”
2004 European Trade Study Group Conference, Nottingham, UK
2002 International Atlantic Economic Conference, Washington D.C.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate
International Trade and Economic Growth, International Trade Theory and Policy,
International Finance Theory and Policy, Multinational Corporations
Undergraduate
Game Theory, International Economics, International Trade, International Finance,
Intermediate Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Principles of
Microeconomics, Economics of Social Issues
THESIS SUPERVISION and ADVISING
Graduate
“Migration Prospect and Human Capital Accumulation,” by Maya Sherpa,
Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2011, (chair)
“Measuring Immigration’s Effects on Labor Demand and Supply in the Oregon
Nursery Industry,” by Cheng Li, Department of Agricultural and Resource
Economics, Oregon State University, 2012 (committee member)
“The Effects of Population Age on Trade,” by Zack Peterson, Department of
Economics, Oregon State University, 2010, (committee member)
“Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity: Financial Openness Thresholds,” by
Maria Kabalyk, Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2009, (co-chair)
"Trade Openness and Productivity in Latin American Countries: A DEA Approach"
by Jeffrey McCarty, Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2008,
(committee member)
“Do Parties Matter in FDI: How U.S. Political Parties Relate to U.S. FDI in a Gravity
Model Setting,” by Andrew Helm, Department of Economics, Oregon State
University, 2008, (committee member)
“Three Essays on Firm Heterogeneity and Regional Development,” by Hisamitsu
Saito, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University,
2008, (committee member)
“Impact of Corruption on Foreign Direct Investment at the Industry Level,” by
Ayesha Umar, Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2006, (chair)
“Essays in International Economics,” by Karine Torosyan, Department of Economics,
Oregon State University, 2005, (committee member)
Undergraduate
“NAFTA: Effects on Information Technology in Mexico,” by Angelina Garbarino,
Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2006, (chair)
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SERVICES to PROFESSION
Refereeing
Economic Journal, Economic Inquiry, Economica, European Economic Review,
Review of Development Economics, Research Policy, Journal of World Economy,
Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, German Economic
Review, International Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Journal, Journal of Policy
Modeling, Bulletin of Economic Research, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade,
International Migration, Business and Society, Economics Bulletin, Research in
Business and Management Journal, Iktisat, Isletme ve Finans, Perspectives on
Economic Education Research, Purdue Press, Prentice-Hall
Organizer
1st Biennial Empirical Investigations in Services Trade (EIST) Conference, 2014
2nd Biennial Empirical Investigations in Services Trade (EIST) Conference, 2016
Editorship and Editorial Board
Editorial Board Member, İktisat ve Toplum, 2012-present
Guest Editor, Dünya Kadına Karşı, İktisat ve Toplum, No. 42, Efil Yayınevi, March
2014
Member of the Scientific Program Committee
Third Biannual ECON ANADOLU Conference, June 2013
Jury
TÜBİTAK International Economics Panel Member, 2014/01, 2014/09, 2013/01,
2013/02, 2013/04, 2013/12 periods to evaluate 1001, 2223, 3001 and 3501 grant
proposals.
OTHER SERVICES
TED University
Current
2016-present TEDU Programs and Education Committee, member
2012-present BA Department Erasmus Coordinator
2012-present FEASS Faculty Board, member
2012-present FEASS Faculty Executive Board, member
2012-present YÖKSİS Girişimci Üniversite, TEDU representative
2012-present TEDU Promotion Days, BA Department representative
2013-present TEDU Entrepreneurship and Management Society Advising
2012-present Undergraduate Advising
Past
2012-2016
2012-2015
2012-2014
2012-2013
2012-2013
2012-2013
2012-2013
2012-2013
TEDU Senate, FEASS representative
TEDU Human Research Ethics Board, member
TEDU Ethics Commission, chair
TEDU Erasmus Commission, member
Ethics Seminar Series, co-organizer and co-instructor
Education Institutions Management Master Program Work Group
Engineering Management Master Program Work Group
TEDU Outcomes Work Group
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Oregon State University
2003-2010
Trade Field Committee for the Graduate Economics Program, chair
2005-2010
Macroeconomics Curriculum and Comprehensive Exam Committee
for the Graduate Economics Program, co-chair
2007-2008
Seminar Committee, Member, co-organizer
2005-2006
Department Search Committee, member
2003-2010
Undergraduate Advising
Purdue University
2002-2003
Coordinator of Principles of Macroeconomics Classes
MEMBER
American Economic Association, Econometric Society, Western Economic
Association, International Economics and Finance Society, Middle East Economic
Association
REFERENCES
Jeffrey Bergstrand
Shawna Grosskopf
Associate Dean and Professor of Finance
Mendoza Collge of Business
University of Notre Dame
+1 (574) 631-6761
[email protected]
Professor of Economics
College of Liberal Arts
Oregon State University
+1 (541) 737-9245
[email protected]
David Hummels
Keith Maskus
Dean and Professor of Economics
Krannert School of Management
Purdue University
+1 (765) 494-4366
[email protected]
College of Arts and Sciences Professor of
Distinction and Professor of Economics
University of Colorado, Boulder
+1 (303) 492-7588
[email protected]
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