Presentations
Papers Presented in Academic Meetings:
“The Impact of Regulation on Scale Efficiency and Risk taking Preferences of Commercial Banks: Evidence from an Emerging Banking Sector”, Midwest Economic Association Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL (USA), March 30- April 1,2012. (with Z.N. Gunay)
“SME Innovation Ecosystem in Turkey,” The 17th IBIMA conference on Creating Global Competitive Economies: A 360-degree Approach, Milan, Italy. Nov. 14 - 15, 2011. (with A. Tektaş, A. Karatas and A. D. Helvacioglu)
“Climate Change and Agricultural Trade in the European Food Market: The Case of Turkey and her Major Rivals,” 16th IBIMA Conference on Innovation and Knowledge Management: A Global Competitive Advantage, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 29- 30 June, 2011. (with H. Fedai)
“Determinants of Renewable Energy Sources.” Eurasia Business and Economics Society -EBES 2010 Conference, Istanbul (Turkey), June 1-3, 2011. (with G. Sümer)
“Scenario Planning and Organizational Economic Performance during Economic Crisis.” Eurasia Business and Economics Society -EBES 2010 Conference, Istanbul (Turkey), June 1-3, 2011. (with M.G. Sivrikaya)
“Assessing fragility of national banking systems during the pre-crisis and the crisis period: The financial crisis of 2007-2010.” Eurasia Business and Economics Society -EBES 2010 Conference, Istanbul (Turkey), June 1-3, 2011. (with S.B. Avcı)
“Foreign capital inflow, bank ownership and performance in emerging markets during the banking restructuring period: Evidence from the Turkish banking sector”, The Eastern Economic Association 37th Annual Meetings, New York City, NY (USA), February 27 – 29, 2011. (with Z.N. Gunay)
“Credit risk management and efficiency in emerging market banks during the post-crisis restructuring period and the global crisis: Evidence from Turkey, 2002-2009”. Central Bank of Turkey and Bogazici University Center for Economics and Econometrics Conference- Transformation of the Turkish Economy, Istanbul (Turkey), December 20, 2010.
“Risk management and performance in emerging market banks during the post-crisis period: The Case of Turkey” Society for the Study of Emerging Markets EuroConference 2010:Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging Markets, Milas (Turkey), July 16-18, 2010.
“Policies to Improve Energy Efficiency: Cross-country comparison in Europe.” EcoMod2010- International Conference on Economic Modelling, Istanbul (Turkey), July 7-10, 2010. (with D. Ceylan)
“Potential Energy Sources in Electricity Generation: The Case of Turkey.” EcoMod2010- International Conference on Economic Modelling, Istanbul (Turkey), July 7-10, 2010. (with H.A.Göncü)
“International Technology Spillovers on Domestic Innovation Capability in Emerging Markets: Evidence from BRICT Countries.” 14th IBIMA Conference -International Business Information Management Association, Istanbul (Turkey), June 23- 24, 2010.
“Determinants of FDI Inflows and Policy Implications: A Comparative Study for the Enlarged EU and Candidate Countries.” Eurasia Business and Economics Society -EBES 2010 Conference, Istanbul (Turkey), May 26-28, 2010.
“Turkey’s Energy Vulnerability in Electricity Market” The 2009 International Energy Workshop by International Center for Climate Governance and the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, San Giorgio Maggiore (Italy), June 17 – 19, 2009. (with S. Nenem)
“Foreign Direct Investment as a Development Strategy: Innovation Capability and Technology Diffusion in Comparative Emerging Economies” The Eastern Economic Association 35th Annual Meetings, New York City, NY (USA), February 27 – March 1, 2009.
“ICT Capability and Innovation Utilization in the Turkish SMEs: The Case of Machinery Industry,” 10th IBIMA Conference on Innovation and Knowledge Management in Business Globalization, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. June 30 - July 2, 2008, (with A. Tektaş, A. Karatas and A. D. Helvacioglu)
“How do banks and customers make the branch location decision?: An AHP Approach” 22nd European Conference on Operational Research, Prague (Czech Republic), July 8- 11, 2007. (with A. Tektaş)
“Potential Insolvency, Prudential Regulation and Supervision in Emerging Market Banking Systems: The Case of Turkey,” Business Law & Technology Conference on Present and Emerging Trends, Copenhagen (Denmark), December 5-7, 2006. (with G. Günay)
“Legal and Ethical Side of the Turkish Banking Crisis: Is There a Gap?,” The 79th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Vancouver (Canada), July 1-5, 2004. (with A. Hortaçsu)
“Prediction of Bank Failures in Emerging Markets: An ANN Approach,” The 79th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Vancouver (Canada),. July 1-5, 2004. (with M. Özkan)
“The Impact of Financial Crises on the Efficiency of Turkish Banks” The 78th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Denver, Colorado (USA). July 11- 15, 2003. (with A. Tektaş)
“Application of Goal Programming to Asset and Liability Management under Crisis” The 16th triennial conference of IFORS, Edinburgh (UK) July 8-12, 2002. (with A.Tektaş)
“Türk Bankacılık Sisteminin Verimliliğinin Stokastik Frontiyer Yaklaşımı ile Ölçülmesi”, Yöneylem Araştırması ve Endüstri Mühendisliği XX. Ulusal Kongresi, Kara Harp Okulu, 160, Ankara (Turkey), May 1999.
“Foreign Bank Participation in the Turkish Banking Industry: Competitive Structure and the Government Policy” The 73rd Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Lake Tahoe, Nevada (USA), June 28- July 2, 1998.
“Estimation of the Profit Function for the Turkish Banking Industry: The Stochastic Frontier Approach” The 72nd Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Seattle (USA), July 9-13, 1997.
“Market structure and Performance in the Turkish Banking Industry” The 16th International Symposium on Forecasting, Istanbul (Turkey), June 23-26, 1996.
“Measuring Cost Efficiency for Commercial Banks” The Fifty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Midwest Economic Association, Cincinnati (USA), March 30-April 1,1995.
“The Effect of the Financial Liberalization Program in Turkey” The Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Economic Association, Kansas City (USA), February 23-25, 1995.
Participated in Academic & Business Meetings:
“The International Financial Crisis: Have the Rules of Finance Changed?”, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the World Bank, Chicago (USA), Sept. 24-25, 2009.
“Emerging Markets: Investing in a partnership for growth”, Cape Town, Sept. 27-30, 2007.
“Emerging Markets as a Quasi Core Market”, JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge Series, Zurich, Switzerland, March 12-15, 2006.
