Ayça Tekin-Koru Associate Professor of Economics Department of Business Administration TED University Ziya Gökalp Caddesi, No.48 Kızılay, ANKARA, TURKEY Phone: +90 (312) 585-0034 Fax: +90 (312) 418-4148 E-mail: ayca.tekinkoru@tedu.edu.tr Web: www.tedu.edu.tr November 2015 RESEARCH INTERESTS International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, Multinational Corporations, Economic Integration EDUCATION Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, West Lafayette, USA PHD in Economics, 2001 Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, West Lafayette, USA MA in Economics, 1999 Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey MSc in Economics, 1997 Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey BSc in Economics, 1994 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY TED University, Ankara Turkey Chair, Department of Business Administration, 2012-present TED University, Ankara, Turkey Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, 2012-present Oregon State University, Corvallis Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, 2003-2011 Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, 2007 (Summer) Purdue University, West Lafayette Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, 2002-2003 Purdue University, West Lafayette Instructor, Department of Economics, 1999-2002 Purdue University, West Lafayette Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, 1997-1999 Capital Market Board, Ankara, Turkey Junior Specialist, 1995-1996
JOURNAL ARTICLES A League of Their Own: Services Exporters with Nergiz Dincer, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, forthcoming in 2016. How Economic Growth Affects Participation in Adult Education with Nergiz Dincer, Comparative Education Review, forthcoming in 2016. Foreign Direct Investment and Plant Divestiture with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Andreas Waldkirch, Review of International Economics, November 2015 (lead article), Vol.23, No.5 pp. 811-45. Asymmetric Effects of Trade Costs on Entry Modes: Firm Level Evidence, European Economic Review, February 2012, Vol.56, No.2, pp. 277-94. Remittances, Business Cycles and Poverty: The Recent Turkish Experience, (with Serdar Sayan), International Migration, February 2012, Vol.50, No.1, pp. 151-76. North American Integration and the Location of Foreign Direct Investment, (with Andreas Waldkirch), Review of International Economics, September 2010, Vol.18, No.4, pp.696-713. "NAFTA and Foreign Direct Investment in Canada," (with Andreas Waldkirch), B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, January 2010, Vol.10, No.1, Article 74. Technology Transfers and Optimal Entry Strategies for the Multinational Firm Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, December 2009, Vol.18, No.4, pp.553-74 The Effect of Tax Treaties on Multinational Firms: New Evidence from Microdata (with Ronald B. Davies and Pehr-Johan Norbäck), World Economy, January 2009, Vol.32, No.1, pp. 77-110 Corruption and the Ownership Composition of the Multinational Firm at the Time of Entry: Evidence from Turkey, Journal of Economics and Finance, Summer 2006, Vol.30, No.2, pp. 251-69 Budget Deficits, Money Growth and Inflation: The Turkish Evidence (with Erdal Özmen), Applied Economics, March 2003, Vol.35, No.5, pp. 591-7 Turkey s Changing Nature of Liquidity (with Nur Keyder), METU Studies in Development, 1994, Vol.21, No.4, pp. 557-78 BOOK CHAPTERS Multinationals and Corruption: Business as Usual? in Bent Jesper Christensen and Carsten Kowalczyk (eds.), Globalization: Strategies and Effects, Heidelberg; Springer Verlag; forthcoming in 2016. 2
Host-Country Economic Policies and Worker Remittances to Developing Countries: The Cases of Turkey and Mexico, (with Serdar Sayan) in R. Lucas, L. Squire and T. Srinivasan (eds.), Global Exchange and Poverty: Trade, Investment and Migration, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010, pp.158-94. Unexplained Differences in the FDI Receipts of the Middle East and North Africa in S. Sayan (ed.), Economic Performance in the Middle East and North Africa: Institutions, Corruption and Reform, London: Routledge-Curzon, 2009, pp. 120-35 WORK IN PROGRESS Aggregation Issues of FDI Estimation in an Interdependent World with Helen Naugton and Pehr-Johan Norbäck, R&R at World Economy The Effect of Network Services Trade Barriers on Goods Trade, with Nergiz Dincer The Role of Quality, Productivity and Services Trade in the Export Performance of Turkey, with Nergiz Dincer, Volodomyr Lugovskyy and Andreas Waldkirch Employee Training and Export Performance, with Nergiz Dincer and Seda Köymen-Özer Does the FTA with the Third Party Harm Disadvantaged Incumbents of the Customs Union? The case of EU, Turkey and Algeria, with Nergiz Dincer and Pınar Yaşar Services Trade and Firm Productivity: Evidence from an Economy in Transition, with Nergiz Dincer The Relationship between Adult Education and Poverty Alleviation in Turkey, with Seyit Cilasun, Sırma Demir-Şeker and Nergiz Dincer Türkiye de Hizmet Ticaretinin Görünümü, with Nergiz Dincer Environmental Policy and Productivity: A Micro Data Analysis with New Measures OTHER PUBLICATIONS Yeni Türkiye: Tüketim Kültürünün Ramazan Sofrası, İktisat ve Toplum, No. 57, Efil Yayınevi, July 2015. (U)mutsuzluğumuzun Kışı ve Sardunya, İktisat ve Toplum, No. 56, Efil Yayınevi, June 2015. Hizmet Ticaretinde Ampirik Çalışmalar Çalıştayı, with Nergiz Dinçer, İktisat ve Toplum, No. 46, Efil Yayınevi, August 2014 Al Hançeri, Kadınım, Vur Ben Öleyim, İktisat ve Toplum, No. 42, Efil Yayınevi, March 2014 3
Denizkızları Ve Kibirden Küfelikler, İktisat ve Toplum, No. 37, Efil Yayınevi, November 2013 Eğitim Politikasının Üvey Evladı: Yetişkin Eğitimi, with Nergiz Dinçer, İktisat ve Toplum, No. 36, Efil Yayınevi, October 2013 Susar Kadın Ünzile: Susar Çünkü Okuyamaz Yazamaz, with Nergiz Dinçer, İktisat ve Toplum, Efil Yayınevi, No. 29, March 2013 Tüketimin Ayak İzleri: Dünyaya Bakış, İktisat ve Toplum, Efil Yayınevi, No. 24, October 2012 (Cover Piece) GRANTS and AWARDS 2014-2015: Adult Education: Determinants and Economic Impacts, TUBITAK 1001 Grant, Advisor. 2014: Services Trade and Product Quality, TED University Research Grant, Principal Investigator. 2013-2014: Services Trade in Turkey: A Firm-Level Analysis, TUBITAK 1001 Grant, Principal Investigator. 2011-2012: Environmental Policy and Productivity: A Microdata Analysis with New Measures, TUBITAK Reintegration Grant, Scholar. 2005-2007: The Effects of Economic Developments and Policies in Host Countries on Workers Remittance Receipts of Developing Countries: The Case of Turkey in Comparison to Mexico, Global Development Network Research Grant, Co-Principal Investigator. 2004-2005: Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment, Oregon State University Research Office Grant, Principal Investigator. 2004-2005: Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment, Oregon State University Valley Library Travel Grant, Principal Investigator. 2001: Cross Border Acquisitions versus Greenfield Investment, Purdue University CIBER International Travel Award. 2000-2001: Cross Border Acquisitions versus Greenfield Investment, Purdue Research Foundation Doctoral Fellowship. 1997-2001: Turkish Inter University Council Scholarship for Graduate Study Abroad. 4
INVITED PRESENTATIONS Aggregation Issues of FDI Estimation in an Interdependent World, with Helen Naughton and Pehr-Johan Norbäck 2014 Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey Tüketimin Ayak İzleri 2013 Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi, Ankara, Turkey Foreign Direct Investment and Plant Divestiture, with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Andreas Waldkirch 2012 Workshop on Globalization, Organization and the Ownership of Firms, RIIE, Stockholm 2011 Globalization: Strategies and Effects Conference, Aarhus University Asymmetric Effects of Trade Costs on Entry Modes: Firm Level Evidence 2009 Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey The Effect of Tax Treaties on Multinational Firms: New Evidence from Microdata, with Ronald B. Davies and Pehr-Johan Norbäck 2008 Empirical Investigations in Trade and Investment, Tokyo, Japan The Effects of Economic Developments and Policies in Host Countries on Workers Remittance Receipts of Developing Countries: The Cases of Turkey and Mexico Compared (with Serdar Sayan) 2007 Global Development Network Conference, Beijing, China 2006 Global Development Network Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia 2005 Global Development Network Conference, Dakar, Senegal 2004 Global Development Network Conference, Beirut, Lebanon Foreign Entry Deterrence by the Dominant Local Firm in the Existence of Rent Seeking Bureaucracy, with Andrew Stivers and Andreas Waldkirch 2006 Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey 2006 TOBB University, Ankara, Turkey 2006 Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey Corruption and the Ownership Composition of the Multinational Firm at the Time of Entry: Evidence from Turkey 2005 Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Florence, Italy North American Integration and the Location of Foreign Direct Investment, with Andreas Waldkirch 2005 University of Oregon. 2004 Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey 5
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS The Effect of Network Services Trade Barriers on Goods Trade with Nergiz Dincer 2015 European Trade Study Group Conference, Paris, France Employee Training and Export Performance with Nergiz Dincer and Seda Köymen- Özer 2015 European Trade Study Group Conference, Paris, France Services Trade and Firm Productivity: Evidence from an Economy in Transition with Nergiz Dincer and Derya Fındık 2015 European Trade Study Group Conference, Paris, France The Relationship between Adult Education and Poverty Alleviation in Turkey, with Seyit Cilasun, Sırma Demir-Şeker and Nergiz Dincer 2015 Türkiye Nufusbilim Konferansı, Ankara, Turkey A League of Their Own: Services Exporters with Nergiz Dincer 2015 ERF 21 st Annual Conference, Tunis, Tunisia 2014 Empirical Investigations in Services Trade Worksop, Ankara, Turkey 2013 Econ Anadolu 3 rd Annual Conference, Eskişehir, Turkey 2013 European Trade Study Group Conference, Birmingham, UK Transportation Services in Turkey: A Firm Level Analysis with Nergiz Dincer and Subidey Togan 2014 Empirical Investigations in Services Trade Worksop, Ankara, Turkey Gender Inequality in Adult Education in Turkey with Nergiz Dincer 2013 Middle East Economic Association 13 th Annual Meeting, Speyer, Germany 2013 Econ Anadolu 3 rd Annual Conference, Eskişehir, Turkey Foreign Direct Investment and Plant Divestiture, with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Andreas Waldkirch 2013 European Trade Study Group Conference, Birmingham, UK 2012 International Conference on Econometrics, Operations Research, and Statistics, Famagusta, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 2010 Western Economic Association Annual Conference, Portland Aggregation Issues of FDI Estimation in an Interdependent World, with Helen Naughton and Pehr-Johan Norbäck 2012 International Conference on Economics by the Turkish Economics Association, Izmir, Turkey 2010 Western Economic Association Annual Conference, Portland The Effect of Tax Treaties on Multinational Firms: New Evidence from Microdata, Ronald B. Davies and Pehr-Johan Norbäck 2008 Econometric Society Winter (ASSA) Meetings, New Orleans 2007 Midwest International Economics Meetings, Ann Arbor 6
North American Integration and the Location of Foreign Direct Investment, with Andreas Waldkirch 2007 Western Economic Association Annual Conference, Seattle 2005 Empirical Investigations in International Trade, West Lafayette Unexplained Differences in the FDI Receipts of the Middle East and North Africa 2007 Middle East Economic Association Annual (ASSA) Meeting, Chicago 2006 International Conference in Economics of TEA, Ankara, Turkey Dynamic FDI Effects of Integration, with Andrew Stivers and Andreas Waldkirch 2006 European Trade Study Group Conference, Vienna, Austria 2006 Western Economic Association Annual Conference, San Diego Cyclical Properties of Workers Remittances: The Cases of Turkey and Mexico Compared, with Serdar Sayan 2006 Middle East Economic Association Annual (ASSA) Meeting, Boston Multinationals and Corruption: Business As Usual? 2005 Midwest International Economics Meetings, Nashville. 2005 Middle East Economic Association Annual (ASSA) Meeting, Philadelphia Is FDI Indeed Tariff-Jumping? Firm Level Evidence 2004 European Trade Study Group Conference, Nottingham, UK 2002 International Atlantic Economic Conference, Washington D.C. REFEREEING Economic Journal, Economic Inquiry, Economica, European Economic Review, Review of Development Economics, Research Policy, Journal of World Economy, Journal of International Trade and, Economic Development, German Economic Review, International Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Journal, Journal of Policy Modeling, Bulletin of Economic Research, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, International Migration, Business and Society, Economics Bulletin, Research in Business and Management Journal, Iktisat, Isletme ve Finans, Perspectives on Economic Education Research, Purdue Press, Prentice-Hall TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate International Trade and Economic Growth, International Trade Theory and Policy, International Finance Theory and Policy, Multinational Corporations, Undergraduate Game Theory, International Economics, International Trade, International Finance, Economics of Social Issues, Intermediate Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics 7
THESIS SUPERVISION and ADVISING Graduate Migration Prospect and Human Capital Accumulation, by Maya Sherpa, Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2011, (chair) Measuring Immigration s Effects on Labor Demand and Supply in the Oregon Nursery Industry, by Cheng Li, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University, 2012 (committee member) The Effects of Population Age on Trade, by Zack Peterson, Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2010, (committee member) Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity: Financial Openness Thresholds, by Maria Kabalyk, Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2009, (co-chair) "Trade Openness and Productivity in Latin American Countries: A DEA Approach" by Jeffrey McCarty, Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2008, (committee member) Do Parties Matter in FDI: How U.S. Political Parties Relate to U.S. FDI in a Gravity Model Setting, by Andrew Helm, Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2008, (committee member) Three Essays on Firm Heterogeneity and Regional Development, by Hisamitsu Saito, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University, 2008, (committee member) Impact of Corruption on Foreign Direct Investment at the Industry Level, by Ayesha Umar, Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2006, (chair) Essays in International Economics, by Karine Torosyan, Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2005, (committee member) Undergraduate NAFTA: Effects on Information Technology in Mexico, by Angelina Garbarino, Department of Economics, Oregon State University, 2006, (chair) SERVICES to PROFESSION Organizer Empirical Investigation in Services Trade (EIST) Conference, 2014-present Editorship and Editorial Board Editorial Board Member, İktisat ve Toplum, 2012-present Guest Editor, Dünya Kadına Karşı, İktisat ve Toplum, No. 42, Efil Yayınevi, March 2014 8
Member of the Scientific Program Committee Third Biannual ECON ANADOLU Conference, June 2013 Jury TÜBİTAK International Economics Panel Member, 2013/01, 2013/02, 2013/04, 2013/12, 2014/01, 2014/09 periods to evaluate 1001, 2223, 3001 and 3501 grant proposals. OTHER SERVICES TED University University Senate, 2012-present, (FEAS representative) Human Research Ethics Board, 2012-present, (member) FEAS Faculty Board, 2012-present, (member) FEAS Faculty Executive Board, 2012-present, (member) BA Department Erasmus Coordinator, 2012-present Undergraduate Advising, 2012-present YÖKSİS Girişimci Üniversite, 2012-present, (TEDU representative) MBA Work Group, 2013-present TEDU Promotion Days, 2012, 2013, 2014 TEDU EMC Advisor, 2013-present Ethics Commission, 2012-2014, (chair) Erasmus Commission, 2012-2013, (member) Ethics Seminar Series, 2012-2013, (co-organizer and co-instructor) Education Institutions Management Master Program Work Group, 2012-2013 Engineering Management Master Program Work Group, 2012-2013 TEDU Outcomes Work Group, 2012-2013 Oregon State University Undergraduate Advising, 2003-2010 Seminar Committee, Member, 2007-2008, (co-organizer) Department Search Committee, 2005-2006, (member) Trade Field Committee for the Graduate Economics Program, 2003-2010, (chair) Macroeconomics Curriculum and Comprehensive Exam Committee for the Graduate Economics Program, 2005-2010, (co-chair) Purdue University Coordinator of Principles of Macroeconomics Classes, 2002-2003 MEMBER American Economic Association, Econometric Society, Western Economic Association, International Economics and Finance Society, Middle East Economic Association REFERENCES Available upon request 9