Department of Economics
Nichols College
131 Center Road
305 Conant Hall
01571, Dudley, MA, USA
Email:serkan.demirkilic@nichols.edu
Web:https://sites.google.com/site/serkandemirkilic
EMPLOYMENT
Nichols College, Dudley, MA, USA
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Fall 2023-present
Nichols College, Dudley, MA, USA
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Fall 2022-2023
Fenerbahçe University, Istanbul, Turkey
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Spring 2022-Fall 2022
Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of International Trade and Finance, Fall 2018-Spring 2022
Medical Leave, Turkey, Fall 2017- Fall 2018
Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Part-time Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Summer 2018
Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
Research Assistant, December 2011- September 2012
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
Instructor and Teaching Assistant, Fall 2009- Spring 2017
EDUCATION
University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
Ph.D. in Economics, September 2017
Dissertation Title: Currency Mismatch and Balance Sheet Effects of Exchange Rate in Turkish Non- Financial Corporations
University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
M.A. in Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009
Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
B.S. in Economics, 2005, Completed in 3 years with distinction
FIELDS
Primary: Macroeconomics, International Economics, Monetary Economics
Secondary: Development Economics, Time Series Econometric
PUBLICATIONS
Demirkılıç, Serkan, Gökhan Özertan and Hasan Tekgüç.2022. "The Evolution of Unprocessed Food Inflation in Turkey: an Exploratory Study on Select Products.” New Perspectives on Turkey. 1–26.
Demirkılıç, Serkan.2021.“Balance Sheet Effects of Foreign Currency Debt and Real Exchange Rate on Corporate Investment.” Emerging Markets Review, Volume 47.
Demirkılıç, Serkan, Gökhan Özertan and Hasan Tekgüç.2020. “Türkiye’de Gıda Enflasyonun Gelişimine Dair Kısa Bir Not.” İktisat ve Toplum. Sayı:118
Demirkılıç, Serkan, Gökhan Özertan and Hasan Tekgüç.2020. " Assessment of the Food Inflation in Turkey". (in Turkish, Denizbank Report)
PROJECT
The Effects of Female Smoking on Human Capital Through Fertility and Low-Weight Birth in Turkey (TUBITAK 3501 Grant - Career Development Program)
WORK IN PROGRESS
The smoking ban and health at birth: Evidence from Turkey, with Kübra Atik; Serra Dehen Kirsch; Hasan Tekgüç ( under review)
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Nichols College
Econ 221: Principles of Microeconomics, Fall 2022, Fall 2023
Econ 222: Principles of Macroeconomics, Spring 2023, Fall 2023
Econ307: Money, Banking and the Economy, Fall 2022
Fenerbahçe University
ECON204: Macroeconomics II, Spring 2022
ECON232 : Macroeconomics, Spring 2022
INTF304 : Money and Banking, Spring 2022
Kadir Has University
FB616: International Financial System, PhD Level, Fall 2018, Spring 2020
FB522: Capital Markets and Investments, Master Level, Spring 2019
IF409: International Trade Financing, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
IF305: International Trade Theory and Policy, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
IF204: Statistical Inference, Spring 2019, Spring 2020
FN404: International Finance, Spring 2021
Boğaziçi University
Econ 102: Principles of Macroeconomics, Summer 2018
University of Massachusetts at Amherst:
Main Instructor
Econ 311: Money, Banking and Financial Markets, Summer 2013, 2014, 2015,2016, online
Econ 204: Intermediate Macroeconomics, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012
Econ 104: Introduction to Macroeconomics, Fall 2014
Teaching Assistant
Econ 705: Macroeconomic Theory, PhD Level, Spring 2014
Econ 366: Development Economics Fall 2009
Econ 321: International Monetary Theory, Spring 2013
Econ 311: Money, Banking and Financial Markets, Fall 2012, Spring 2016
Econ 204: Intermediate Macroeconomics, Fall 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2015
Econ 104: Introduction to Macroeconomics, Fall 2016, 2017, Spring 2013, 2014, 2017
Econ 103: Introduction to Microeconomics, Spring 2010
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
European Union’s Marie Curie Career Integration Grants as a part of International Reintegration Grants-IRG: Financialization and European Union. Research Assistant for Assoc. Prof. Özgür Orhangazi, (December 2011- September 2012) Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey.
AWARD
Turkish Fulbright Commission Fulbright Scholarship, 2007-2009
Graduated Distinction in Economics, Anadolu University, 2005,
Chair’s Recognition in Excellence in Teaching, Spring 2015
GRANTS and FELLOWSHIP
Political Economy Research Institute Dissertation Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Spring2016
University of Massachusetts Graduate School Dissertation Travel Grant, 2015
Political Economy Research Institute, PERI, Dissertation Travel Grant, 2014, 2015
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Travel and Accommodation Grant, The Hyman Minsky Summer Seminar, NY, 2010,
Turkish Scientific Institution Travel and Accommodation Grant, The 1st Summer
School on Experimental Economics in Turkey, Koc University, Istanbul-Turkey, 2009
University of Missouri at Kansas City Travel and Accommodation Grant, Post Keynesian Summer School, 18-28 August, 2008
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
Şehir International Summer School (SISS), July 11-July 13, 2019, İstanbul, Turkey,
Çankaya University, Economics Department, May 15, 2018, Ankara, Turkey,
EconAnadolu Anadolu International Conference in Economics June 10-12, 2015, June 15-17, 2011, Eskişehir, Turkey,
The Hyman Minsky International Conference, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, New York, USA, June 26-29, 2010,
Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, February 26-28, 2010, New York City, February 27 - March 1, 2009
10th Post Keynesian Summer Conference, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Missouri, USA, 2008
WORKSHOPS, SUMMER SCHOOL, and CERTIFICATES
Turkish Central Bank Macro Workshop, 2-3 June 2014, İstanbul, Turkey
CAFCA/PERI-UMASS ECON Workshop on Financialization December 13-14, 2014, UMass Amherst
Structural Macro-econometrics, by Masao Ogaki, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, March 2012
The First Summer School on Experimental Economics in Turkey, Koc University, Istanbul Turkey, 2-9 August, 2009
The Hyman Minsky Summer Seminar, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, New York, USA, June 19-29, 2010
Post Keynesian Summer School, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Missouri, USA, 2008
Jean Monet European Union Program (certificates), Turkey, January- May 2005
LANGUAGE SCHOOL
OPIE, Ohio Program of Intensive English, Ohio University, June-August- 2007
SKILSS
Language: Turkish (native), English (fluent)
Statistical Tools: Stata, R, E-views, RATS, CATS