Full CV in pdf Format [Vitae]
Current Position
Professor of Economics
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Brown University, USA, 2004
M.A. in Economics, Bilkent University, Turkey, 1999
B.S. in Engineering, Bilkent University, Turkey, 1997
Employment
Professor, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University, 2019--Present
Consultant, TreviPay & Baton Financial Services, 2020-2022
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University, 2012--2019
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Florida, Fall 2013
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University, 2006--2012
Visiting Faculty, Department of Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 2004--06
Economist, Asia Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund, Summer 2002
Honors & Awards
Research Excellence Award, E. J. Ourso College of Business, 2012, 2019
Outstanding Teaching Award, E. J. Ourso College of Business, 2011, 2020
Outstanding Teaching Award, Dept. of Economics, 2009, 2012, 2018, 2020
Jill and Roger Jenkins Energy Research Grant, 2018
Research Grants, Department of Economics, 2007-2009, 2023, 2024
K. Alghanim Dissertation Fellowship, Brown University, 2002--2004
Departmental and University Service
Tenure & Promotion Committee, E. J. Ourso College of Business, LSU, 2019-Present
College of Business Representative at LSU Energy Initiative, 2021–Present
Director of Graduate Studies, Economics Department, 2016-2023
Dean-search Recruitment Committee, E. J. College of Business, LSU, 2020-2021 & 2024-2025
Macro Recruitment Committee Head/Member, Economics Department, 2008, 2013, & 2018
PhD Students Supervised (Main Advisor)
Jiantao Ma (2024): Southwestern University of Finance & Economics, China
Peter Gingeleskie (2020): Federal Communication Commission
Fan Duan (2019): Sallie Mae Corp. [now at Goldman Sachs]
Anindo Sarker (2019): Wells Fargo [now at J.P. Morgan]
Xianliang Tian (2014): Dongbei University, China [now at South Coast AQMD, USA]
Selected Publications
"Tariff Wars, Unemployment, and Top Incomes," with E. Dinopoulos and G. Heins, 2024. Journal of Monetary Economics, 148:103616.
"Do Attitudes Toward Risk Taking Affect Entrepreneurship? Evidence from Second-generation Americans," with A. Chanda, 2021. Journal of Economic Growth, 26: 385-413.
"Effects of FDI on Entrepreneurial Activity: Evidence from US States," with O. Eren and M. Onda, 2019. Labour Economics, 58: 98-109.
"Politics and Entrepreneurship in the U.S.,'' with L. Beland, 2019. Canadian Journal of Economics, 52: 33-57 [Lead Article].
"Offshoring and Unemployment in a Credit-Constrained Economy," 2018. Journal of International Economics, 111: 21-33.
"Entrepreneurs, Jobs, and Trade," with E. Dinopoulos, 2015. European Economic Review, 79: 93-112.
"A Simple Model of Quality Heterogeneity and International Trade," with E. Dinopoulos, 2013. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 37: 68-83.
"Firm Heterogeneity, Trade, and Wage Inequality," 2010. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 34: 1369--79.
"The Dynamics of Provincial Growth in China: A Nonparametric Approach," with H. Zebregs, 2009. IMF Staff Papers, 56: 239-62 [Lead Article].
"Voluntary Association in Public Goods Experiments: Reciprocity, Mimicry, and Efficiency," with T. Page and L. Putterman, 2005. Economic Journal, 115: 1032-53.