O F F I C E : R O O M # C - 5 0 6, S Ü T L Ü C E M A H A L L E S I I M R A H O R C A D D E S I, N O : 9 0 B E Y O Ğ L U 344 4 5 I S T A N B U L, T U R K E Y P H O N E ( O F F I C E ) # ( 9 0 ) 2 1 2-314 4 1 0 0 ( 4 3 2 2 E X T. ) W E B : W W 3. T I C A R E T. E D U. T R / M B A B A C A N E - M A I L M B A B A C A N @ T I C A R E T. E D U. T R, M B A B A C A N @ A L U M N I. C L E M S O N. E D U M E H M E T B A B A C A N PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of Birth: Oct. 4, 1981 Place of Birth: Malatya, Turkey Military Service: Completed (Burdur, Turkey)- July 07 ACADEMICS Ph.D., Economics (Thesis: The Role of Institutions and Governance in International Trade) 09/2011 Department of Economics, Marmara University, MA, Economics 05/2007 John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, US BA, Economics 07/2003 Department of Economics, Marmara University, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 07/2012- Department of Economics, Faculty of Commercial Sciences, Istanbul Commerce University Assistant Professor of Economics 09/2011-06/2012 Department of Economics, Faculty of Commercial Sciences, Istanbul Commerce University Lecturer in Economics
10/2008-08/2011 Department of International Relations, Faculty of Commercial Sciences, Istanbul Commerce University Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant 04/2008-09/2008 Yildizlar Egitim Ltd., Administrative Specialist 08/2003-06/2007 John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University Clemson, SC, US Graduate Research Assistant PUBLICATIONS-PROJECTS AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Working/ Research papers: - Trade and Endogenous Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis - The Role of Trade in an Endogenous Growth Model Publications and Proceedings: - Does Good Governance Cause Trade? Evidence from Developing Countries, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Vol. 49 n. 6, forthcoming - Islamic Philanthropic Institutions and Governance: Evidence from Turkey, Journal of Economic and Social Research, Vol. 13(2), forthcoming - Business Ethics Perceptions of College Students and Business Ethics Practices of Private and Public Sector Employees: Turkish Case, with Ali Osman Ozturk and Nihat Alayoglu (in Turkish: Üniversite Öğrencilerinin İş Ahlakı Algısı ile Özel Sektör ve Kamu Çalışanlarının İş Ahlakı Uygulamaları: Türkiye Örneği, Ali Osman Öztürk ve Nihat Alayoğlu ile birlikte), Turkish Journal of Business Ethics (İş Ahlakı Dergisi), Vol. 5 n.9, May 2012 - Un «cambio de eje» que se desvanece: una perspectiva desde el comercio exterior turco, Awraq, Número 4, 2º semestre 2011 (in Spanish) - The Nature of Lobbying and Regulation in Turkey, Afro Eurasian Studies, Vol. 1 n. 1, Spring 2012, pp. 173-194 - Turkey s New Foreign Trade Paradigm, in Social Policy and Economy in Turkey in 2000s, Meydan Yayincilik, August 2011 (in Turkish: Türkiye nin Yeni Dış Ticaret Paradigması), pp. 45-83 - Whither an Axis Shift: A Perspective from Turkey s Foreign Trade, Insight Turkey, Vol. 13 n. 1, January-March 2011, pp. 129-157 - Whither Axis Shift: A Perspective from Turkey s Foreign Trade, Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) Policy Report, No. 4, November, 2010 - Lobbying and Growth: Explaining Differences among OECD Countries, Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies, electronic journal, Volume 12 (Proceedings), Middle East Economic Association and Loyola University Chicago, September, 2010, http://www.luc.edu/orgs/meea/ - Lobbying and Regulation: Turkish Experience in Theory and Practice,
Proceedings of 8 th International Conference of the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), Nice-Monaco, France, 18-20 March 2009 Projects: - Rural Development Expert, Research on Rural Economic and Social Development for Mountain Villages in Thrace, EU-ICU co-funded project under ICU and SEERC (10/2008-09/2009) TEACHING EXPERIENCE - 09/2013-06/2013 International Economics I-II, Istanbul Commerce University - 02/2013-06/2013 Intermediate Macroeconomics, Istanbul Commerce University - 09/2012-01/2013 Intermediate Microeconomics, Istanbul Commerce University - 02/2012-06/2012 International Economics, Istanbul Commerce University - 02/2012-06/2012 Introduction to Macroeconomics, Istanbul Commerce University - 09/2011-01/2012 Introduction to Microeconomics, Istanbul Commerce University CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS - Business Ethics Perceptions of College Students and Business Ethics Practices of Private and Public Sector Employees: Turkish Case, with Ali Osman Ozturk and Nihat Alayoglu (in Turkish: Üniversite Öğrencilerinin İş Ahlakı Algısı ile Özel Sektör ve Kamu Çalışanlarının İş Ahlakı Uygulamaları: Türkiye Örneği, Ali Osman Öztürk ve Nihat Alayoğlu ile birlikte), International Conference on Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: Ideals and Realities (İş Ahlakı ve Kurumsal Sosyal Sorumluluk: İdealler ve Gerçekler Uluslararası Konferansı),, 12-14 Nisan 2012 (12-14 April 2012) - The Role of Governance in International Trade, Macroeconomic and Financial Imbalances in National Economies and the World Annual Conference of the Center for Economics and Econometrics (CEE), Bogazici University,, 19-20 December 2011 - Institutions and Trade: A Mixed Equilibrium?, 10 th International Conference of the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), Barcelona, Spain, 23-24 June 2011 - Institutions, Governance and Growth Revisited, 2 nd International Conference on Economics (ICE)- Turkish Economic Association (TEA), Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus, 1-3 September 2010 - Lobbying and Growth: Explaining Differences Among OECD Countries, ASSA and 30 th Annual Meeting of the MEEA, Atlanta, GA, US, 2-6 January 2010 - Strategies for the Research on Rural Economic and Social Development for Mountain Villages in Thrace project, International Conference on Rural Development,, 10-11 September 2009
- Rural Development in the mountain/forest Villages in Kirklareli, Research on Rural Economic and Social Development for Mountain Villages in Thrace Project Workshop, SEERC, Thessaloniki, Greece, 13 April 2009 - Lobbying and Regulation: Turkish Experience in Theory and Practice, 8 th International Conference of the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), Nice- Monaco, France, 18-20 March 2009 - Trade and Endogenous Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis, 2 nd International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Izmir, Turkey, 15-17 June 2006 - A Social and Cultural Perspective on the Global Economy (in Turkish), 9 th Congress of Sociology Students, Isparta, Turkey, May 2002 REFREE FOR - Economics and Politics - Emerging Markets Finance and Trade - Journal of Economic and Social Research - Afro Eurasian Studies - Istanbul Commerce University Journal of Social Sciences LANGUAGES AND SKILLS Modern Turkish (native), English (fluent) Efficient knowledge of MS Office and STATA (v.9 and 11) Basic knowledge of SAS (v. 9.1), E-Views (v.5) and SPSS (v.19) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member, American Economic Association (AEA), February 2010- Member, Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), March 2009- Member, Turkish Economic Association (TEA), June 2012- REFERENCES Ahmet Kara, Professor and Dean Faculty of Commercial Sciences, Istanbul Commerce University tbfakulte@ticaret.edu.tr Fatma Dogruel, Professor (Dissertation Advisor) Department of Economics, Marmara University fatma.dogruel@marmara.edu.tr Ahmet Faruk Aysan, Assc. Professor
Department of Economics, Bogazici University and Central Bank of Turkey ahmet.aysan@boun.edu.tr Sabri Orman, Professor Central Bank of Turkey ormans@gmail.com John T. Warner, Professor Emeritus John E. Walker Department of Economics 221E Sirrine Hall, Clemson University Clemson SC 29634-1309 jtwarne@clemson.edu David Cuberes, Assistant Professor Department of Economics, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK d.cuberes@sheffield.ac.uk http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/economics/people/cuberes