Mehmet Kaytaz

Mehmet Kaytaz
Professor of Economics
Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Acting Director, Graduate School of Social Sciences
Işık University
Şile
Istanbul 34980, Turkey
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel :+90 216 5287101
Fax : +90 216 7102879
Academic Experience
20062001- 05
1990-05
1984-90
1978-84
1993-94
1986-87
1982-83
1976-78
1971-72
Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Işık
University
Department chair, Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University
Professor of Economics, Boğaziçi University (on leave, 1992-2000)
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Boğaziçi
University
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University
Lecturer (part-time), Middle East Technical University
Lecturer (part-time), Istanbul Technical University
Lecturer (part-time), Dept. of Mathematics, Boğaziçi University
Teaching Assistant, University of Nottingham
Teaching Assistant, Boğaziçi University
Professional Experience
1997-00
1996- 97
1994- 96
1992-94
1994-97
1993-95
1993
1985
Alternate Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, London
Undersecretary, The Undersecretariat of Treasury
President, State Institute of Statistics
Vice-President, State Institute of Statistics
Chairman, Board of Directors, Ereğli Iron & Steel Works Inc.
Director, Founding Board of Istanbul Gold Exchange
Consultant on the Establishment of Uzbekistan National Accounts,
World Bank
Consultant, Istanbul Rail-Tunnel Consultants
Research Grants
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
International Development Research Centre, Canada
Institute of Developing Economies, Japan
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Nottingham, 1978
M.A. in Economics, University of Manchester, 1974
Diploma in Econometrics and Social Statistics, University of Manchester, 1973
B.A. in Economics, Boğaziçi University (Robert College), 1972
Membership
International Statistical Institute
International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics
American Economic Association
Current Research
Financial preferences of households, economics of education
Publications
“A cost-benefit analysis of preschool education in Turkey”, Coordinators’ Notebook,
No. 30, p.46, 2008.
“A Cost Benefit Analysis of Preschool Education in Turkey”, AÇEV, 2005
Comment on “Quality of European Business Statistics” in Economic Statistics:
Accuracy, Timeliness, and Relevance, ed. by Zoltan Kenessey, U.S. Government
Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1997.
"The Development and Nature of Small and Medium-Scale Manufacturing Enterprises
in Turkey", in Turkey: Political, Social and Economic Challenges in the 1990s, ed.
by C.Balım. E.J.Brill: Leiden, 1995.
"Subcontracting Practice in the Turkish Textile and Metal-working Industries", in
Recent Industrialization Experience of Turkey in a Global Context, ed. by Fikret
Şenses. Greenwood Press: London, 1994.
"Small and Medium Sized Manufacturing Enterprises in Turkey", Jime Review: A
Review of Middle East and Energy Affairs, No. 18, 1992.
"Subcontracting, Growth and Capital Accumulation in Small-Scale firms in the Textile
Industry in Turkey", (co-author), Journal of Development Studies, v.28, 1991.
"Some Findings on Small - Medium Manufacturing Enterprises", in The Problems of
Small - Medium Manufacturing Enterprises, (in Turkish), ISO: Istanbul, 1991.
"The Role of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Developing Countries: The Case
of Turkey", Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1990.
"The Role of Small and Medium Industries in Development: A Case Study of Selected
Sectors in Turkey", Boğaziçi Journal of Economics and Administrative Studies, v.4,
1990.
"A Case Study of Some Economic Characteristics of Small-Scale Manufacturing
Enterprises", (co-author), Boğaziçi Journal of Economics and Administrative
Studies, v.3, 1989.
Public Deficits and Inflation, (co-author, in Turkish), ITO: Istanbul, 1989.
Inflationary Effects of State Economic Enterprises, (co-author, in Turkish), ITO:
Istanbul, 1988.
"The Present Day Status of Small-Scale Industries (Sanatkar) in Bursa, Turkey", (coauthor), Int. Journal of Middle East Studies, v.20, 1988.
"Supply Response in Turkish Agriculture", (co-author), Yapi Kredi Economic Review,
v.2(4), 1988.
"Conditional Demand Equations and an Application", (in Turkish), in
Prof.Dr.Süleyman Barda'ya Armağan, Istanbul University Press, Istanbul, 1988.
"The Weaving Industry: A Case Study in Small Sector Growth and Accumulation in
Bursa, Turkey", (co-author), Boğaziçi Research Papers, 1988.
"A Case Study on the Growth Potential of Small-Scale Manufacturing Enterprises in
Bursa, Turkey", (co-author), METU Studies in Development, 14(2), 1987.
"The Potential Growth of Small-Scale Industries in Less Developed Countries: The
Case of Turkey", (co-author), Boğaziçi Research Papers, 1986.
Report on Foreign Trade: Problems and Proposals, (co-author, in Turkish), TUSIAD:
Istanbul, 1986.
"On Teaching Economics and Econometrics", (co-author, in Turkish), Iktisat Dergisi,
No.254, 1986.
"Macroeconometric Models for Turkey", (co-author, in Turkish), in Prof.Dr.Şükrü
Baban'a Armağan, Istanbul University Press, Istanbul, 1984.
"Tests of Equality between Sets of Coefficients in Several Linear Regressions When
Disturbance Variances are Unequal", Boğaziçi Research Papers, 1984.
"A Model for Income Redistribution", Boğaziçi University Journal, vol.10, 1983.
"A Proposal for Teaching Economics", (co-author, in Turkish), Iktisat Dergisi,
No.213-214, August-September, 1982.