Ahmet Faruk Aysan
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University, Bebek, İstanbul, Turkey
Email: ahmet.aysan@boun.edu.tr
ACADEMIC DEGREES
• “Doçent” (Associate Professor), Interuniversity Council, Turkey, January 2008.
• Ph.D. Economics, University of Maryland College Park, 2005
• M.A. Economics, University of Maryland College Park, 2001
• B.A. Economics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1999, High Honor Student
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current Positions
• Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University, April 2009-present
• European Commission, National Expert in “Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities” under the Seventh Framework Programme (2009-)
• Research Associate, Center for Economics and Econometrics, Bogazici University (2005-
• Steering Committee Member, Researchers Alliance for Development (2007-)
• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Money, Investment and Banking (2007-)
• Advisory Board Member, BDDK Journal of Banking and Financial Markets (BDDK Bankacılık ve Finansal Piyasalar Dergisi) (2007-)
• Editorial Board Member, Applied Economics and Policy Analysis (2008-)
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Economic Research (2008-)
• Academic Scientific Board, Enerji, Piyasa ve Düzenleme (Energy, Market and Regulation) (2008-)
Past Positions Held
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Bogazici University (2005-2009)
• Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Maryland College Park (2002-2005)
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Maryland College Park (1999-2002)
• Consultant: World Bank DC, Summer 2004 to 2005. Working on a paper to analyze the role of governance and institutions on private investment.
• Consultant: World Bank DC, Summer 2003. Worked on a project that analyzes the determinants of private investment especially in MENA region and co-authored a paper "How to Boost Private Investment in Middle East and North Africa? The Role of Economic Reforms"
• Summer Intern: World Bank DC, June 2001 to December 2001. Worked as a research assistant on a project “Human Capital in Transition: New Technologies, Institutions and Returns to Skills in Post-Communist Economies”
• Summer Intern: World Bank DC, Summer 2001. Worked as a research assistant on a project, “Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on Private Sector Development in Russia” for Responsible for literature review, running regressions and presenting the results as reports.
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
• Primary: International Finance, Political Economy in Macroeconomics, Banking, & Finance, Credit Cards
• Secondary: Econometrics, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Governance, Growth & Development
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
• Member, Researchers Alliance for Development (2006-)
• Member, ECINEQ Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2007-)
• Member, INFER: International Network for Economic Research (2006-)
• Member, European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (2006-)
• Member, Middle East Economic Association (2004-)
• Member, American Economic Association (2004-2006)
• Member, Southwestern Economics Association (2004-2005)
• Member, Econometric Society (2004-2006)
• Member, European Economic Association (2005-2006)
• Member, International Management Development Association (2006-)
• Member, Turkish Economic Association (2006-)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Banking Sector (Bankacılık Sektörü), Turkish Economy New Structure (Türkiye Ekonomisi Yeni Yapı), N.Özkaramete Coşkun (eds.) İmaj Yayınevi, pp. 83-112, 2009
2. "Transformation of the Turkish Financial Sector in the Aftermath of the 2001 Crisis", Turkish Economy in the Post-Crisis Era: the New Phase of Neo-Liberal Restructuring and Integration to the Global Economy, Z. Onis, and F. Senses (eds.) Routledge (joint with G. G.Akin, L. Yidiran)
3. “Do Political and Governance Institutions Matter for Private Investment Decisions?: The Case of the Middle East and North Africa”, Economic Performance in the Middle East and North Africa: Institutions, Corruption and Reform, in S. Sayan (eds.) London: Routledge-Curzon, pp.94-109, 2009 (joint with M-A Veganzones-Varoudakis)
4. “Globalization of Turkey's Banking Sector: Determinants of Foreign Bank Penetration in Turkey”, The International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Vol.15, No.15, pp. 90-102, 2008 (joint with Ş. P. Ceyhan )
5. “Regulation and Competition in Credit Card Market in Turkey”, (in Turkish “Türkiye’de Kredi Kartı Sektöründe Yasal Düzenlemeler ve Rekabet”), The Journal of Economy, Business and Finance (İktisat, İşletme ve Finans Dergisi) Vol.23, No.265, pp.34-49, 2008 (joint with L.Yıldıran, G. Kara, A. Müslim, U. Dur)
6. "Structural Change and Efficiency of Banking in Turkey: Does the Ownership Matter?”, Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies, MEEA Online Journal, Vol. 10, 2008 (joint with Ş. P. Ceyhan)
7. “What Determines the Banking Sector Performance in Globalized Financial Markets: The Case of Turkey?”, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Vol.387 , No.7, pp.1593-1602, 2008 (joint with Ş. P. Ceyhan)
8. “Special Issue on Turkish Economy, Editorial Introduction”, Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 8, No.1, pp 1-4., 2008
9. “Assessment of Growth Rates of Export and Unit Labor Cost: Turkey Compared With Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic And Slovakia”, Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 8, No.2, pp. 281-301, 2008 (joint with B. Dincsoy)
10. “Governance Institutions and Private Investment”, Breaking the Barriers to Higher Economic Growth: Better Governance and Deeper Reforms in the Middle east and North Africa M.K. Nabli (eds.), pp. 423-463, 2007 World Bank (joint with M.K. Nabli and MA Veganzones-Varoudakis)
11. “Concentration, Competition, Efficiency and Profitability of the Turkish Banking Sector in the Post-Crises Period”, Banks and Bank Systems, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp.106-115, 2007 (joint with A. Güneş and O.F. Abbasoğlu)
12. “The Regulation of the Credit Card Market in Turkey”, The International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Vol.2, No.11, pp. 141-154, 2007 (joint with L. Yıldız)
13. “The Effects of Volatility on Growth and Financial Development through Capital Market Imperfections”, the METU Studies in Development, Vol. 34, No.1, 2007, pp.1-18, 2007
14. “Why Do Foreign Banks Invest in Turkey?”, Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 7, No. 1-2, pp. 65-80, 2007 (joint with Ş. P. Ceyhan)
15. “An Empirical Examination of Price Competition in the Turkish Credit Card Market”, the Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies, MEEA Online Journal, Vol. 9, 2007 (joint with A. Muslim)
16. “Assessing the Competition in the Credit Card Market in Turkey: A New Empirical Evidence”, International Management Development Research Yearbook, K. Erdener & H. Talha (eds.), Vol.15, pp. 147–154, 2006, International Management Development Press, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA. (joint with A. Muslim)
