VITA JÜLİDE YILDIRIM ÖCAL Office Adress: TED University, Department of Economics, Ziya Gökalp Caddesi No.48 06420, Kolej Çankaya ANKARA - TURKEY Phone : + 90 312 585 0037 Fax: + 90 312 418 4148 E- mail: julide.yildirim@tedu.edu.tr, jyildir@hotmail.com Citizenship: Turkey Marital Status: Married Education Ph. D., December 1997, Economics / Econometrics (Joint degree), University of Manchester, UK. M. Sc., 1990, Economics, Bilkent University, Ankara. B. Sc., 1989, Economics, METU. Employment Professor, Chair, Department of Economics, TED University, February 2012 present. Professor, Department of Econometrics, Gazi University, 2008 January 2012. Associate Professor, Department of Econometrics, Gazi University, 2003 2008. Assistant Professor, Department of Econometrics, Gazi University, 2002 2003. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Afyon Kocatepe University, 1993-2002. Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Afyon Kocatepe University, 1993-1998. Researcher, Central Bank of Republic of Turkey, 1991-1993. Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Bilkent University, 1990-1991. Researcher, State Institute of Statistics, 1989 1990. Publications International Refereed Journals 1. Yıldırım, J. and Dal, S., (2015), Social Transfers and Labour Force Participation Relation in Turkey: A Bivariate Probit Analysis, Journal of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, forthcoming. 2. Yıldırım, J. and Öcal, N., (2015), Military Expenditures, Economic Growth and Spatial Spillovers, Defence and Peace Economics, (ahead-of-print), 1-18; 2014. 1
doi:10.1080/10242694.2014.960246. 3. Balta-Ozkan, N., Yıldırım, J., and Connor, P. M. (2015), Regional Distribution of Photovoltaic Deployment in the UK And its Determinants: A Spatial Econometric Approach Energy Economics, 51, 417-429. doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2015.08.003 4. Yıldırım, J. and Yuzden, G. E., (2014), A Qualitative Evaluation of the Performance Based Supplementary Payment System in Turkey: Physicians' Perspectives, Journal of Health Management, 16(2), 259-270. 5. Yıldırım, J., Ozdemir, S., and Sezgin, F., (2014), A Qualitative Evaluation of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Turkey: The Beneficiaries and Key Informants Perspectives, Journal of Social Service Research, 40(1), 62-79. 6. Yıldırım, J. and Ocal, N., (2013), Analysing the Determinants of Terrorism in Turkey using Geographically Weighted Regression Defence and Peace Economics, 24(3), 195-209. 7. Berument, H., Yalçın, Y., and Yıldırım, J., (2012), Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty: A Dynamic Framework, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, 391(20), 4816 4826. 8. Yıldırım, J., Yılmaz, E. and Korucu, N., (2011), The Determinants Of Out-Of-Pocket Payments: Evidence From Selected Hospitals in Ankara, Turkey, Applied Economics Letters 18 (12), 1159-1162. 9. Berument, H., Yalçın, Y., and Yıldırım, J., (2011), The Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty Relationship For Turkey: A Dynamic Framework, Empirical Economics, 41, 293 309. 10. Ocal, N. and Yıldırım, J., (2010), Regional Effects of Terrorism on Economic Growth in Turkey, Journal of Peace Research, 47, 477-489. 11. Yıldırım, J. Korucu, N. and Karasu, S., (2010), Further Education or Reenlistment Decision in Turkish Armed Forces: A Seemingly Unrelated Probit Analysis, Defence and Peace Economics, 21, 89 103. 12. Berument, H., Yalçın, Y., and Yıldırım, J., (2009), The Effect of Inflation Uncertainty on Inflation: Stochastic Volatility in Mean Model within a Dynamic Framework, Economic Modelling, 26(6), 1201-1207. 13. Yıldırım, J., Ocal, N. and Ozyıldırım, S., (2009), Income Inequality and Economic Growth in Turkey: A spatial Effect Analysis, International Regional Science Review, 32(2), 221-254. 14. Yıldırım, J. and Ocal, N., (2009), Arms Race Between Turkey and Greece: A Threshold Co-integration Analysis, Defence and Peace Economics, 20(2), 123-129. 15. Öcal, N. ve Yıldırım, J. (2008) Employment Performance of Turkish Provinces: A Spatial Data Analysis, İktisat, İşletme ve Finans, 23, 5-10. 16. Yıldırım, J. and Erdinç, B. (2007), The Re-enlistment Decision in Turkey: A Military Personel Supply Function, Defence and Peace Economics, 18(4), 377-389. 17. Yıldırım, J. and Erdinç, B. (2007), Concription in Turkey, The Economics of Peace 2
and Security Journal, 2(1), 15-19. 18. Yıldırım J., and Ocal N., (2006), Income Inequality and Economic Convergence in Turkey, Transition Studies Review, 13(3), 559-568. 19. Yıldırım J. and Ocal N., (2006), Arms Race and Economic Growth: The Case of India and Pakistan, Defence and Peace Economics, 17(1), 37-45. 20. Yıldırım J. and Sezgin, S., (2005), Military Expenditure and Democracy: A Cross Country Evidence, Transition Studies Review, vol. 12(1), 93-100. 21. Yıldırım, J., Sezgin, S. and Ocal, N., (2005), Military Expenditure and Economic Growth in the Middle Eastern Countries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis, Defence and Peace Economics, 16(4), 283-295. 22. Yıldırım, J. and Sezgin, S. (2003), Military Expenditure and Employment in Turkey, Defence and Peace Economics, 14 (3), 129-139. 23. Sezgin, S. and Yıldırım, J. (2003), Introduction, Defence and Peace Economics, Special Issue (Symposium on Defence Economics) 14 (3), 105-106. 24. Yıldırım, J., (2003), Currency Substitution and The Demand for Money in Five European Union Countries, Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. VI, No. II, 339-361. 25. Yıldırım, J. and Sezgin, S., (2002), Defence, Education and Health Expenditures in Turkey, 1924-96, Journal of Peace Research, 39(5), 569-580. 26. Yıldırım J. and Sezgin, S., (2002), Introduction, Defence and Peace Economics, Special Issue: Economics of Military Affairs in Greece and Turkey, 13 (2), 81-83. 27. Sezgin, S. and Yıldırım, J., (2002), The Demand for Turkish Defence Expenditure, Defence and Peace Economics, Special Issue: Economics of Military Affairs in Greece and Turkey, 13 (2), 121-128. International Journals 28. Yıldırım, J., (2006), Regional Economic Policy and Economic Convergence in Turkey: A Spatial Data Analysis, Studia Regionala, vol.18, 191-201. 29. National Journals 30. Yıldırım, J., ve Öcal N., (2004) Tourism and Economic Growth in Turkey, Gazi Universitesi, İİBF, İktisat Bölümü, Ekonomik Yaklaşımlar Dergisi, Güz 2004. 31. Yıldırım, J., (2001), Currency Substitution and Cross Border Monetary Aggregation, Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Sayı: 4, No:1. 32. Yıldırım J., (2001), Saving-Investment Correlation: Evidence from Turkey, Yapı Kredi Economic Review, 12(1), 35-42. 33. Aydoğuş, İ. ve Yıldırım, J., (2001), Kur Politikası ve Ticaret Dengesi: Türkiye Örneği, Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi İİBF Dergisi, Cilt III, sayı: 1. Yıldırım, J., (2000), Türkiye de Para İkamesi ve Para Yaratma Gelirleri, Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi İİBF 3
Dergisi, Cilt II, Sayı 1. 34. Yıldırım, J., (2000), Current Account Imbalances and Intertemporal Approach to the Balance of Payments, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, cilt 2 (4), 122-132. Book Chapters 35. Yilmaz, R. and Yildirim, J., (2013), The Impact of Research and Development Expenditures on the Growth of Turkish Manufacturing Industry. In I. Yetkiner, M. Pamukcu, and E. Erdil (Eds.), Industrial Dynamics, Innovation Policy, and Economic Growth through Technological Advancements (pp. 278-291). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-1978-4.ch014 36. Ocal N. and Yıldırım J., (2008), Evidence of Asymmetric Cointegration between the Military Expenditures of India and Pakistan, in Chatterji, M. And Jain, B. M. (eds), Conflict and Peace in South Asia, Emerald, United Kingdom. 37. Yıldırım J., Sezgin S., and Ocal N., (2006), The Demand for Military Spending in Middle Eastern Countries and Turkey, in Ott, A. and Cebula, R. (eds), Empirical Public Economics Elgar Publishers. 38. Yıldırım, J. and Sezgin, S., (2002), A System Estimation of the Defense-Growth Relation in Turkey, in J. Paul Dunne and Jurgen Brauer (eds.) Arming the South: The Economics of Military Expenditure, Arms Production and Arms Trade in Developing Countries, London, Palgrave. Projects 1. Ocal, N. and Yıldırım, J., (2008), Turkish Regional Sectoral Employment Dynamics: Spatial Data Analysis, TÜBİTAK SOBAG 107K136 Research Project. 2. Yıldırım, J., Ocal, N. and Erdoğan, M., (2008), Financial Development and Economic Growth in Turkey: Spatial Panel Data Analysis, TÜBİTAK SOBAG Research Project. 3. Yıldırım, J., Ocal, N. and Ozyıldırım, S., (2007), Income Inequality and Economic Growth in Turkey: Spatial Data Analysis, TÜBİTAK SOBAG 105K013 Research Project. 4. Berument, H. and Yıldırım, J., (2007), Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty: A Dynamic Framework, TÜBİTAK SOBAG 105K006 Research Project. Conference Presentations 1. Yıldırım, J., Tuna, M. E. and Kıbrıs, Ş., (2015), Subjective Well-Being And Academic Success of Vocational School Students, XXIV Meeting of the Economics of Education Association, 25-26 June 2015, Madrid, Spain. 2. Korucu, N., Öcal, N. and Yıldırım, J., (2015), The Dynamics of the Demand for Money in Turkey, MiC 2015, Management International Conference, May 2015, Portoroz, Slovenia. 3. Yıldırım, J. and Dal, S., (2014), Social Transfers and Labour Force Participation Relation in Turkey: A Bivariate Probit Analysis, SSEM EuroConference2014, Julay 2015, Budapest, Hungary. 4
4. Akcagun, P., Ocal, N. and Yıldırım, J., (2013), Reconsidering the Regional Employment Convergence Problem in Turkey: Spatial Panel Data Estimation in an SUR Framework, 53rd ERSA Congress Regional Integration: Europe, the Mediterranean and the World Economy, 27-31 August, Palermo, Italy. 5. Yıldırım, J., Tuna, M. E. and Cakmak, E., (2013), Subjective Well-Being And Academic Success Of University Students In English Language School, New Directions in Welfare III 2013 OECD-Universities Joint Conference, Economics for a Better World, 3-5 July 2013 - OECD Headquarters Paris, France. 6. Yıldırım, J., Tuna, M. E. and Cakmak, E., (2013), Subjective Well-Being And Academic Success Of University Students In English Language School, 5th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, EDULEARN13 Proceedings, 1442-1442. Barcelona Spain, 1-3 July. ISBN: 978-84-616-3822-2 7. Yıldırım, J., Dincer, M. and Keskin, H., (2012), Determinants of Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Congress of the Clinical Medicine Section of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region, Prague, Czech Republic, August 29 31, 2012. Prague Medical Report Vol. 113 (2012) Suppl. 23. http://pmr.cuni.cz/file/5636/pmr_supplement_113-2012.pdf. 8. Yıldırım, J. and Bozkurt, R. (2012), Cardiologists Knowledge and Awareness of Guidelines for Medical Device Safety and Product Risk Management, Congress of the Clinical Medicine Section of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region, Prague, Czech Republic, August 29 31, 2012. Prague Medical Report Vol. 113 (2012) Suppl. 52. http://pmr.cuni.cz/file/5636/pmr_supplement_113-2012.pdf. 9. Ocal, N., Yıldırım, J. and Korucu, N., (2011), The Stability Of The Demand For Money In The Euro Area, ECOMOD 2011, June 29, 2011 - July 1, 2011, Ponta Delgada Portugal. 10. Yıldırım, J., Ocal, N. and Keskin, H., (2011), Military expenditures, economic growth and spatial spillovers: a global perspective, The 5th World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association, July 6-8, 2011, Toulouse France. 11. Yıldırım, J. and Yılmaz, R., (2010), The Impact of Research and Development Expenditures on the Growth of Turkish Manufacturing Industry, European Network on Industrial Policy International Conference, 9-11 June 2010, Reus, Spain. 12. Yıldırım, J., Yılmaz, E., and Korucu, N., (2009), The Determinants of Out-of-Pocket Payments: Evidence from Selected Hospitals in Ankara, Turkey, ECOMOD 2009, 24-26 June 2009, Ottawa, Canada. 13. Yıldırım, J., Yılmaz, E., and Korucu, N., (2009), Sağlık Harcamalarında Cepten Yapılan Ödemeler, Ankara Üzerine Bir Uygulama, 10. Ekonometri ve İstatistik Sempozyumu, 27-29 Mayıs 2009, Erzurum. 14. Yıldırım, J. Korucu, N. and Karasu, S., (2008), Further Education or Reenlistment Decision in Turkish Armed Forces: A Seemingly Unrelated Probit Analysis, International Conference on Policy Modeling (Ecomod 2008), July 2-4, 2008, Berlin, Germany. 15. Yıldırım, J. Korucu, N. and Karasu, S., (2008), Further Education or Reenlistment Decision in Turkish Armed Forces: A Seemingly Unrelated Probit Analysis, Jan Tinbergen 5
Peace Science Conference, June 30 July 2, 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 16. Berument, H., Yalcın, Y. andyıldırım, J., (2008) Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty: A Dynamic Framework, 28th Annual Meetings of the Middle East Economic Association, January 3-6, 2008 in New Orleans, LA, USA. 17. Ocal, N. and Yıldırım, J., (2008), Regional Effects of Terrorism on Economic Growth in Turkey, Twelfth Annual Conference on Economics and Security, 11th-13th June 2008, Ankara, Turkey. 18. Yıldırım, J., Ocal, N. and Erdoğan, M., (2007), Financial Development and Economic Growth in Turkey: A Spatial Panel Data Analysis, 47th European Regional Science Association Conference, August 29th - September 2nd, 2007, Paris, France. 19. Yıldırım, J. and Yılmaz, E., (2007), The Determinants Of Out-Of-Pocket Payments: Evidence From Turkey, International Health Economics Assosiation 6th World Congress on Health Economics, July 8-11, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark. 20. Yıldırım, J. and Ocal, N., (2007), Arms Race Between Turkey and Greece: A Threshold Co-integration Analysis, Jan Tinbergen Peace Science Conference, June 25 27, 2007, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 21. Yıldırım, J., Ocal, N. and OzYıldırım, S., (2007), Income Inequality and Economic Growth in Turkey: A Spatial Effect Analysis, 2nd meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), July 12-14, 2007, Berlin, Germany. 22. Yıldırım, J., Ocal, N. and Erdoğan, M., (2007), Financial Development and Economic Growth in Turkey: A Spatial Panel Data Analysis, Spatial Econometrics Assosiation Conference, July 11-14, 2007, Cambridge, UK. 23. Yıldırım, J. and Ocal, N., (2006), A Sectoral Analysis Of Spatial Regional Employment Dynamics of Turkish Provinces, International Workshop on Spatial Econometrics and Statistics, 25-27 May 2006, Rome, Italy. 24. Yıldırım J., Sezgin S., and Ocal N., (2005) The Demand for Military Spending in Middle Eastern Countries and Turkey, Ninth Annual International Conference on Economics and Security 23th to 25th June 2005, University of Bristol, UK.. 25. Yıldırım J., Sezgin S., and Ocal N., (2005) The Demand for Military Spending in Middle Eastern Countries and Turkey, The First International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Turkey, 16-19 June 2005, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey. 26. Yıldırım J., Regional Economic Policy and Economic Convergence in Turkey: A Spatial Data Analysis, 18th European Advanced Studies Institute in Regional Science, 01 July -10 July 2004, Lodz-Krakow-Poland. 27. Yıldırım, J., and Ocal, N., (2004), Defence Expenditures and Economic Growth: The Case of Pakistan Eigth Annual Conference on Economics and Security, 24-26th June 2004, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. 28. Yıldırım, J., Ocal, N. and Ozyıldırım, S., (2004), Income Inequality and Economic Growth in Turkey: A spatial Effect Analysis, 17th European Advanced Studies Institute in Regional Science, 28 June-04 July 2004, Split, Coratia. 6
29. Yıldırım, J, Sezgin, S, and Ocal, N., (2003), Military Expenditure and Economic Growth in Middle Eastern Counteries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis, Seventh Annual Middlesex Conference on Economics and Security, June 2003, Bristol, UK. 30. Yıldırım, J. and Ocal, N., (2003), Arms Race and Economic Growth: The Case of India and Pakistan, Seventh Annual Middlesex Conference on Economics and Security, June 2003, Bristol, UK. Guest Editor Defence and Peace Economics, Volume 14(2), April 2003. Supervized PhD Theses 1. Yalçın, Yeliz, Türkiye de Finansal Serilerin Oynaklık Yapısı, Gazi Üniversitesi, 2008. 2. Taş, Seyhan, Finansal Liberalizasyon, Uluslararası Sermaye Hareketleri ve Türkiye Ekonomisi Üzerindeki Etkileri, Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, 2001. 3. Örnek, İbrahim, Enflasyonla Mücadelede Para Kurulu Sistemi, Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, 2001. Supervized MSc Theses 1. Yamanoğlu, Kemal Buğra, Türkiye de Sosyo-ekonomik Faktörlerin Büyüme Üzerine Etkileri, Gazi Üniversitesi, 2007. 2. Erdugan, Erdal, Uluslararası Ticaretin Türkiye İmalat Sanayiinde İstihdam Üzerindeki Etkileri: Sektörel bir Analiz, Gazi Üniversitesi, 2007. 3. Yılmaz, Erdoğan, Türkiye Cepten Harcamaları Belirleyen Etmenler, Gazi Üniversitesi, 2006. Teaching Introduction to Economics I & II Econometrics I & II Macroeconomics International Economics Monetary Economics Panel Data Analysis Health Economics Health Policy and Planning Spatial Data Analysis Referee 7
Economic Modelling Defence and Peace Economics Journal of Peace Research Growth and Change Journal of Applied Economics METU Studies in Development Turkish Central Bank Review Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Grant: Turkish Higher Education Counsil Scholarship, 1993-1997. 8