Assist. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Karacuka Contact Ege University, Department of Economics 35040, Đzmir, Turkey Phone: 90-232-3434000/5287, Fax : 90-232-3734194 E-mail: mehmet.karacuka@ege.edu.tr Homepage: http://iibf.ege.edu.tr/economics/ Degrees Ph.D in Economics, Dokuz Eylul University Thesis Title: Competition in Turkish Mobile Telecommunication Markets M.S.c in Economics, Dokuz Eylul University B.S.c in Economics, Faculty of Economics, Dokuz Eylul University Positions Held Assist. Professor, Department of Economics, Ege University, 2009- Present Visiting Researcher, Dusseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich Heine University, Spring 2011 Visiting Researcher, Econometric Institute, School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Spring 2008 Guest PhD Student, Institute of Law and Economics, Hamburg University, 2004-2005 Research Interest Industrial Organization, Econometrics, Applied Economics.
Publications in Refereed Journals "A Meta-frontier Approach to Measure Productivity Differences of Domestic and Foreign Affiliated Firms" with N. Çatık and H. Tunca, Journal of Business Economics and Management (SSCI), forthcoming. A spatial approach to measure productivity spillovers of foreign affiliated firms in Turkish manufacturing industries, with N. Çatık, The Journal of Developing Areas, vol 46(2), 2012 (SCOPUS). The Bank Lending Channel in Turkey: Has It Changed after the Low Inflation Regime? with N. Çatık, Applied Economics Letters, vol.19 (13), 2012 (SSCI). A Comparative Analysis of Alternative Univariate Time Series Models in Forecasting Turkish Inflation with N. Çatık, Journal of Business Economics and Management, vol.13 (2), 2012 (SSCI). Competition in Turkish Mobile Telecommunications: Price Elasticities and Network Substitution with J. Haucap and U. Heimeshoff, Journal of Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 35 (1), 2011 (SCI). The Determinants of Demand for Mobile Telecommunication Firms in Turkey (in Turkish: Türk Mobil Telekomünikasyon Piyasasinda Firmalarin Talep Özelliklerinin Belirleyicileri, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi ĐĐBF Dergisi, vol:24, no:1, 2009.
Market Entry of New Firms in Turkish Mobile Telecommunications and Regulatory Problems (in Turkish: Türk Mobil Telekomünikasyon Hizmetlerinde Yeni Firmaların Piyasaya Girişi Ve Regülasyon Sorunları, with R. Kök, Finans Politik & Ekonomik Yorumlar, 45:525, pp. 29-46, 2008 (ULAKBĐM). Chapters in Books Signaling and Cooperation in Religious Networks with M. Leroch, in Social Organization: Essays on the Need of Institutions and their Design; by M. Leroch (2009), pp. 42-59, Saarbrücken: Suedwestdeutscher Verlag fuer Hochschulschriften. Meeting the 100th Anniversary of Turkish Republic Dynamics of Turkish Economy: Analytical Approaches to Explain the Main Transformations and Expectations from Globalization, with R. Kok and E. Deliktas, Proceedings of Economic Congress of Turkey, 2006, vol. 8, pp. 59-83. Discusssion Papers Zaman, Asad and Karacuka, Mehmet, The Empirical Evidence Against Utility Maximization (June 1, 2011). SSRN Discussion Paper Series, Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2033641 Catik, A. Nazif & Karaçuka, Mehmet, 2011. "The bank lending channel in Turkey: Has it changed after the low inflation regime?," DICE Discussion Papers 32, Heinrich-Heine- Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE).
Catik, A. Nazif & Karaçuka, Mehmet, 2011. "A comparative analysis of alternative univariate time series models in forecasting Turkish inflation," DICE Discussion Papers 20, Heinrich- Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE). Karaçuka, Mehmet & Catik, A. Nazif, 2011. "A spatial approach to measure productivity spillovers of foreign affiliated firms in Turkish manufacturing industries," DICE Discussion Papers 21, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE). Haucap, Justus & Heimeshoff, Ulrich & Karaçuka, Mehmet, 2010. "Competition in the Turkish mobile telecommunications market: Price elasticities and network substitution," DICE Discussion Papers 12, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE). Mehmet Karaçuka & Recep Kök, 2008. "Türk Mobil Telekomünikasyon Hizmetlerinde Yeni Firmalarin Piyasaya Girisi ve Regülasyon Sorunlari," Working Papers 0803, Ege University, Department of Economics. Academic Fellowships and Grants Turkish Higher Education Council, Grant for Visiting Researcher Program, (Spring 2011) Dusseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat, Düsseldorf. TUBITAK, Publication Support Reward, 2011. Jean Monnet Scholarship of European Comission (2004-2005), Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg.
Courses Taught Introduction to Microeconomics (undergraduate) Introduction to Macroeconomics (undergraduate) Applied Econometrics (undergraduate) International Economic Institutions (undergraduate) Refereeing Telecommunications Policy, Applied Economics, Journal of Developing Areas, The Service Industries Journal, Ege Academic Review. Conference Presentations Income and Pollution Relationship in Turkish Provinces: A Spatial Approach, with Catik,N. and G. Ş. Kisla, 12. International Symposium on Econometrics Operations Research and Statistics, 26-29 May 2011, Pamukkale Universitesi, Denizli, Turkey. A Meta-frontier Approach to Measure Productivity Differences of Domestic and Foreign Affiliated Firms with Catik, N. and H. Tunca, International Conference on Business and Management, 27-29 April, 2011, Izmir, Turkey. AB Ülkeleri Karşısında Türk Tarımının Rekabet Gücü: Dinamik Veri Zarflama Analizi' (Competitiveness of Turkish Agricultural Sector Compared to the European Union: Dynamic Data Envelopment Analysis) with Deliktas, E. and H.Tunca, 10. Econometrics and Statistics Symposium 27-29 May 2009, Atatürk University, Palandöken-Erzurum.
Denominational Schism: An Economic Perspective of Social Networks, with Martin Leroch, European Public Choice Society Annual Meeting, Turku-Finland, 19-22 April 2006. Meeting the 100th Anniversary of Turkish Republic Dynamics of Turkish Economy: Analytical Approaches to Explain the Main Transformations and Expectations from Globalization, with R. Kok and E. Deliktas, Economic Congress of Turkey (Türkiye Đktisat Kongresi), 5-9 May 2004, Izmir-Turkey. Spillover Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in Turkish Manufacturing Industries: A Panel Data Analysis, Recep Kök ile birlikte, 3th METU International Conference in Economics, 20-23 Eylül, 2003, Ankara.