Alumni
MA
MA Department of Economics, 2019
Thesis Tile: Anatomy of Business Cycle Fluctuations Through the Lens of a Hierarchical Model
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., MIT, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2019
Thesis Tile: The Importance of External Shocks and Global Monetary Conditions for A Small-Open Economy
Placement after Graduation: Researcher, Central Bank of Türkiye
MA Department of Economics, 2019
Thesis Tile: Economic Value of Leverage Effect
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D. , Duke University, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2019
Thesis Tile: Ordinal Efficiency of the Random Priority Rule
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., University of Toronto, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2018
Thesis Tile: Financial Constraints, Asset Tangibility and Firm Investment: A Case Study for Russian Manufacturing Firms
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., University of Chicago, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2017
Thesis Tile: Borrowing Constraints and Savings in Türkiye
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., John Hopkins University , Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2017
Thesis Tile: Tie-Breaking for Affirmative Action
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., MIT, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2017
Thesis Tile: Affirmative Action in School Choice: Reserve Seats and Vouchers
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., London Business School, Finance
MA Department of Economics, 2017
Thesis Tile: Consumption in Action: Inflation Spillovers in the European Union
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., London Business School, Finance
MA Department of Economics, 2017
Thesis Tile: Motivating Through Competition
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., Toulouse School of Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2017
Thesis Tile: The Determinants of Short-term Deposit Rates in an Imperfectly Competitive Market
Placement after Graduation: Researcher, Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye
MA Department of Economics, 2017
Thesis Tile: Assets, Counterparty Risk and Bank Networks
Placement after Graduation: Associate Consultant at Strategy
MA Department of Economics, 2016
Thesis Tile: Linking Real and Financial Connectedness
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2016
Thesis Tile:Irreversible Investment and Political Risk: A Case Study of Russian Investment
Placement after Graduation: Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MA Department of Economics, 2016
Thesis Tile:International Business Cycles: An Investigation on China
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2016
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Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., Michigan State University, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2015
Thesis Title: Corporate Financial Policy and Value of Cash: The Case of Türkiye
Placement after Graduation: Credit Manager at Commercial Bank
MA Department of Economics, 2015
Thesis Title: Sovereign Default Risk And Ambiguity Aversion
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., Princeton University, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2015
Thesis Title: Information and efficiency in debt restructuring offers
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., CalTech, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2015
Thesis Title: Estimating Global Sovereign Credit Risk Connectedness
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2015
Thesis Title: Financial Crises and Connectedness of European Banks
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., Imperial College London, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2014
Thesis Title: Understanding the Connectedness of Short Term Interest Rates
Placement after Graduation: Investigator, İş Bank
MA Department of Economics, 2016
Thesis Title: Lines of Credit in Corporate Finance: The Case of Türkiye
Placement after Graduation: Treasury Analyst, Philip Morris International
MA Department of Economics, 2014
Thesis Title: Equilibrium Bidding in Common Value Auctions with ex-post Investment Decisions
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., Perm State University, Applied Mathematics
MA Department of Economics, 2014
Thesis Title: The Effect of School Start Age and Readiness for School on Verbal Ability Acquisition
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., University of Essex, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2014
Thesis Title: Are search equilibria competitive?
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., MIT, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2014
Thesis Title: Dynamic factor models and financial connectedness: An application to the major national banking systems around the World
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., MIT, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2013
Thesis Title: Tax advantage vs. contribution matching in Türkiye who benefits from the policy change in individual pension system
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D. University of Manchester, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2013
Thesis Title: Strategic transmission of interim performance feedback in a real-effort setting: Experimental evidence
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D. University of Essex, Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2013
Thesis Title: Greece vs. the Eurozone: The exit puzzle
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D, Norweigian School of Economics
MA Department of Economics, 2013
Thesis Title: Social ties and risk tolerance: Evidence from Turkish women
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D. European University Institute , Economics
MA 2012
PhD in Economics, Boston College (full scholarship)
Thesis Title: Money and Output in a Heterogeneous Cash-in-Advance Economy
MA 2011
PhD in Economics, Ohio State(full scholarship)
Thesis Title: Asymptotic properites of the QML estimator in linear and smooth transition autoregressive conditional duration models
MA 2011
PhD in Economics, Columbia University (full scholarship)
Thesis Title: Asymptotic properties of the QML estimator in a smooth transition GARCH (1,1) model
MA 2011 HEC
Thesis Title: Do financial markets react to the Central Bank of Türkiye’s communication?
MA 2010
PhD in Economics, University of Utah (full scholarship)
MA 2010
PhD in Economics, Penn State University (full scholarship)
Thesis Title: Communication and allocation of decision rights in multi-agent environments
MA 2010
PhD in Economics, University of Washington (full scholarship)
Thesis Title: A choice model with the deadline frame
MA 2010
PhD in Economics, University of Virgina (full scholarship)
Thesis Title: Interest rate shocks, labor market search and emerging market business cycles
MA 2010
PhD in Economics, University of Iowa (full scholarship)
Thesis Title: A real business cycle model with loan securitization
MA 2010
PhD in Economics, Johns Hopkins University (full scholarship)
Thesis Title: Volatility spillovers in the foreign exchange market
MA 2010
PhD in Economics, Ohio State (full scholarship)
Thesis Title: Asymptotic properties of the QML estimator in a smooth transition GARCH (1,1) model
MA 2010
PhD in Economics, University of Virgina (full scholarship)
Thesis Title: The importance of foreign shocks in a small open economy: The case of Türkiye
MA 2010
PhD in Economics, University of Bonn (full scholarship)
Thesis Title: Central government debt and economic growth: Evidence from 94 countries
MA in Economics, 2010
Thesis Title: “Analyzing the contagion effect of current financial crisis on repo spreads”
Alumni
PhD
Economics Ph.D., 2015
Current Position: Data Scientist at S.A.F.E at Apple San Francisco
Placement After Graduation: Consultant, Econ One Research, Berkeley San Francisco
Thesis Title: Essays on Gender Inequality and Child Development
Economics Ph.D., 2016
Current Position: Assistant Professor at University of Essex
Placement After Graduation: Post Doctoral Researcher, Università Bocconi
Thesis Title: Essays on Delegation of Sequential Decisions and Evolution of Leadership and Altruism: Theory and Experiments
Economics Ph.D., 2019
Placement After Graduation: Post Doctoral Researcher, ODTÜ
Thesis Title: Three Essays on Monetary Policy Implementation
Economics Ph.D., 2019
Placement After Graduation: Assitant Professor of Finance, Bilkent University
Thesis Title: Essays on Empirical Finance: “The Price of Regulations: Regulatory Costs and the Cross-section of Stock Returns”, “How Do Regulatory Costs Affect M&A Decisions and Outcomes?”
bustabas21@ku.edu.tr
Maritime Archaeology (MA)
Research interests: Amphoras, Amphora stamps, Ancient Trade and Economy, Maritime Archaeology, Mediterranean Archaeology, and Digital Archaeology.
Previous Education: BA degree in Classical Archeology at Ege University
hkurtlu15@ku.edu.tr
Archaeology (MA)
Research interests: Bronze Age in Central Anatolia; The Hittites; Underwater Archaeology; Economic Archaeology; Experimental Archaeology; Affordances; Microeconomics
Previous Education: BA in Archaeology and History of Art, BA in Economics (double major), certificate in Design Track, Koç University.
hkilicoglu17@ku.edu.tr
Art History/History of Art (MA)
Research interests: Artistic and Cultural interactions in Medieval Anatolia, Medieval Anatolian Numismatics, Art and Architecture of the Ilkhanids, and Turco-Mongol relationship.
Previous Education: BA in Archaeology and History of Art at Koç University, BA in History (Double Major) at Koç University.
bkahveci21@ku.edu.tr
Archaeology (MA)
Research interests: Western and Central Anatolia in Early Bronze Age, Stratified Societies, Trade routes
Previous Education: BA in Archaeology Department at Bilkent University