(Last Updated: November 11, 2015) CURRICULUM VITA GÜLCAN ÖNEL Contact Information University of Florida Food and Resource Economics Department PO Box 110240 Gainesville, FL 32611-0240 E-mail: gulcan.onel@ufl.edu Tel: +1 (919) 264-7657 Education North Carolina State University, Economics (minor: Statistics) Ph.D. 2011 North Carolina State University, Economics, ME 2007 Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey, Economics, MA 2004 Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey, Economics, BA 2002 Professional Experience 2012-present Assistant Professor, Food & Resource Economics, University of Florida (UF) 2010-2012 Applied Econometrician, SAS Institute, Cary, NC 2008-2010 Research Assistant, Agricultural & Resource Economics, North Carolina State University 2007-2009 Lecturer, Economics, Economics, North Carolina State University 2002-2005 Research Assistant, Economics, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey Fields of Interest Price Analysis, Agricultural Production, International Trade, Agricultural Policy, Labor and immigration, Applied Econometrics, Statistics. Honors and Awards Early Career Scientist Seed Funding Award ($49,979), University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, 2014. Outstanding Dissertation Award Honorable Mention, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), 2012. Carlton Outstanding Dissertation Award, North Carolina state University, 2012. Ph.D. Scholarship, Higher Education Council of Turkey, 2006-2007. Ph.D. Scholarship, The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 2005-2006. Encouragement of International Scientific Publication Award, The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK), 2006. Outstanding Thesis Award, Turkish Economic Association, 2004. 1
Courses Taught AEB 7572 AEB 4931 AEB 4931 EC 201 EC 101 Econometric Methods II (Ph.D. Level), UF Advanced Agricultural Microeconomics, UF Econometrics (Undergraduate Level), UF Principles of Microeconomics, NC State Univ. Principles of Economics, Dokuz Eylul Univ, Turkey. Advising Ayuba Seidu, Ph.D. (chair), University of Florida (expected August 2016) Marup Hossain, Ph.D. (co-chair), University of Florida (expected August 2018) Professional Activities Referee for American Journal of Agricultural Economics, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Agricultural Economics, Forest Science, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Applied Economics, International Review of Economics and Finance. Member of American Economic Association (AEA), Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Moderator of session Advances in Demand Modeling session, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association s (AAEA) Annual Meetings, Pittsburgh, PA, July, 2011. Peer Reviewed Publications Seidu, A., and G. Önel. 2015. Determinants of income diversification among rural farm households in transition Albania. In International Food Security in an Uncertain World, edited by A. Schmitz, P.L. Kennedy, and T.G. Schmitz. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing (in-press). Asci, S. g, Vansickle, J.J., Seale, J.L., Jr., and G. Önel. U.S. and Mexican Tomatoes: Perceptions and Implications of the Suspension Agreement in the Trade Dispute. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (forthcoming) Zhu, M., and Önel, G., and Seale, J.L., Jr. 2015. An empirical input allocation model for the cost minimizing multiproduct firm. Economics Letters, 132: 73-76. Önel, G. 2015. Do producers respond to every input price change? A note on nonlinearities in factor demand systems. Applied Economics Letters. 22(12): 972-977. Önel, G. and B.K. Goodwin. 2014. Real Options Approach to Inter-sectoral Migration of Farm Labor. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 96(4): 1198-1219 Gulcan, Y., and G. Önel. 2008. The Sustainability of Turkish Current Account Deficit with Structural Breaks. Review of Social, Economic & Business Studies. 11/12: 1-13. Önel, G., and U. Utkulu. 2006. Modeling the long-run sustainability of Turkish external debt with structural changes. Economic Modeling. 23(4): 669-682. 2
Kuştepeli, Y. and G. Önel, G. 2006. Türkiye de hükümetlerdeki politik parçalanma ve ideolojinin bütçe üzerine etkileri: 1976-2004. (In English: Political fragmentation on fiscal deficits in Turkey: 1976-2004), Iktisat Isletme ve Finans, 21(243): 56-66. Önel, G. 2006. Turkiye de Dis Borclarin Surdurulebilirligi (In English: External debt sustainability in Turkey) (MA Thesis published as a special issue). Dokuz Eylül University, Journal of Social Sciences Institute, 8(2):1-119 URL: http://www.sbe.deu.edu.tr/dergi/arsiv_8_2.htm Önel, G. 2005. Testing for multiple structural breaks: An application of Bai-Perron test to the nominal interest rates and inflation in Turkey, Dokuz Eylül University, Journal of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 20( 2): 81-93. URL: http://www.iibf.deu.edu.tr/dergi/1160493792_1.pdf Kuştepeli, Y. and G. Önel. 2005. Fiscal deficit sustainability with a structural break: An application to Turkey. Eastern Mediterranean University, Review of Social, Economic and Business Studies, October 2005. Presentations International Seidu, A. and G. Önel. 2015. Off-farm Labor Allocation Decisions of Rural Farm Households in Transitional Albania. Selected Paper, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meetings, July, 26-28, San Francisco, CA. Zhu, M., and Önel, G., and Seale, J.L., Jr. An Empirical Application of a Differential Output Allocation Model For Major U.S. Crops. Selected Poster, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meetings, July, 26-28, San Francisco, CA. Önel, G., Tantiwongampai,W. and Seale, J.L., Jr. Food Consumption Patterns: Evidence from Pooled OECD Data., 21 st International Panel Data Conference, June 28-30, Budapest, Hungary. Önel, G., and B. Karali. 2014. Relative Performance of Semi-Parametric Nonlinear Models in Forecasting Basis. Selected Paper, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meetings, July 27-29, Minneapolis, MN. Olufemi D. B g., Önel, G., Kropp, J.D., and C.B. Moss. 2014. A Relative Information Approach to Modeling Dynamics of U.S. Farmland Values. Selected Paper, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meetings, July 27-29, Minneapolis, MN. Önel, G. 2014. Modeling Occupational Choice in a Nonlinear Framework. Invited Seminar. Department of Economics, Yasar University, June 6, Izmir, Turkey. Moss, C. B., and G. Önel. 2013. Valuing State Level Funding for Agricultural Research: Results for the Southeastern United States and the Cornbelt, Selected poster, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meetings, August 4-6, 2013, Washington DC. Önel, G. and Goodwin, B.K. 2013. A Non-parametric Approach to Modeling Exchange Rate Passthrough in Basic Commodity Markets. Selected paper, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington DC. 3
Önel, G. 2013. The Use of Nonstationary Panel Data with Cross-Section Dependence in Agricultural Economics: An Application to Farmland Valuation, Selected paper, EconAnadolu International Conference in Economics, June 19-21, 2013, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey. Önel, G., Goodwin B.K., Holt, M.T., and J.P. Prestemon. 2013. Copula-Based Nonlinear Models of Spatial Market Linkages, Selected paper, Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics 21st Annual Symposium, March 28-29, 2013, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy. Önel, G., 2012. The Use of Nonstationary Panel Time Series Data in the Analysis of Farmland Values, Selected paper, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, Aug 12-14, 2012, Seattle, WA. Önel, G., Goodwin B.K., Holt, M.T., and J.P. Prestemon. 2011. Copula-Based Nonlinear Models of Spatial Market Linkages, Selected paper, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Önel, G., and B.K. Goodwin. 2011. Threshold Effects on Inter-Sectoral Migration of U.S. Farm Labor, Selected Poster, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Önel, G., Goodwin B.K., Holt, M.T., and J.P. Prestemon. 2010. Nonlinear Models of Exchange Rate Pass-Through in International Forest Product Markets, Selected Poster, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado. Önel, G. 2009. Modeling nonlinearities in farmland values: A dynamic panel threshold error-correction model, Selected paper, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Önel, G. and B.K. Goodwin. 2009. Do producers respond to every price change? Modeling nonlinearities using a threshold demand system., Selected poster, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Önel, G., and B.K. Goodwin. 2008. Dynamic import demand modeling of cattle in the U.S. beef packing industry, Selected Poster, American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Meeting, 27-29 July, 2008, Orlando, Florida. Kuştepeli, Y., and G. Önel. 2006. Different categories of crime and their socio-economic determinants in Turkey: Evidence from vector error correction model. Selected paper, Turkish Economic Association, International Conference on Economics, September 11-13, 2006, Ankara, Turkey. Gülcan, Y., and Önel, G. 2006. Structural breaks and the sustainability of current account deficits: the case of Turkey, Selected paper, Turkish Economic Association, International Conference on Economics, September 11-13, 2006, Ankara, Turkey. Kuştepeli, Y., and Önel, G. 2005. The effects of political fragmentation on fiscal deficits in Turkey, Selected paper, Yaşar University International Conference on Business, Management, and Economics in a Changing World, 16-19 June 2005, Izmir, Turkey. Önel, G. 2003. An Analysis of Turkish External Debt Sustainability: Test of Intertemporal Budget Constraint. Selected paper. Middle East Technical University, Economic Research Center, 7. International Conference in Economics, September 6-9, 2003, Ankara, Turkey. 4
National Önel, G. 2014. Farmland Values and Market Frictions: Evidence from Panel Time Series Data. Invited Seminar. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, October 15, Athens, GA. Karali, B.K. and G. Önel. 2014. Nonlinear Basis Forecasting. Invited Presentation (In Invited Symposium: The Forecast and Agricultural Economics). Southern Agricultural Economics Association, 46 th Annual Meeting, February 1-4, Dallas, TX. Invited Seminars University of Georgia, Athens, GA, October 2014 Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey, June 2014. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, May 2012. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Spring 2010, and Fall 2011. Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey, Spring 2005. 5