Alumni

MA

Ahmet Gülek

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

Gülnihal Tüzün

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

Verda Öztürk

MA Department of Economics, 2019

Thesis Tile: Economic Value of Leverage Effect
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D. , Duke University, Economics

Uluç Şengil

MA Department of Economics, 2019

Thesis Tile: Ordinal Efficiency of the Random Priority Rule

Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., University of Toronto, Economics

İhsan Furkan Kılıç

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

Melih Can Fırat

MA Department of Economics, 2017

Thesis Tile: Borrowing Constraints and Savings in Türkiye

Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., John Hopkins University , Economics

Oğuzhan Çelebi

MA Department of Economics, 2017

Thesis Tile: Tie-Breaking for Affirmative Action
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., MIT, Economics

Oğuz Bayraktar

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

Beril Ünal

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

Gökçe Gökkoca

MA Department of Economics, 2017

Thesis Tile: Motivating Through Competition
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., Toulouse School of Economics

Serap İnci Özyer

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

Kaan Kurt

MA Department of Economics, 2017

Thesis Tile: Assets, Counterparty Risk and Bank Networks
Placement after Graduation: Associate Consultant at Strategy

Süleyman Faruk Gözen

MA Department of Economics, 2016

Thesis Tile: Linking Real and Financial Connectedness
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Economics

Gizem Aydın

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

Rüveyda Nur izgi (Gözen)

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

Furkan Karaca

MA Department of Economics, 2016

Thesis Tile:
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., Michigan State University, Economics

Gizem Işıkdemir

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

Cavit Baran

MA Department of Economics, 2015

Thesis Title: Sovereign Default Risk And Ambiguity Aversion
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., Princeton University, Economics

Alexandr Capsuc

MA Department of Economics, 2015

Thesis Title: Information and efficiency in debt restructuring offers
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., CalTech, Economics

Görkem Bostancı

MA Department of Economics, 2015

Thesis Title: Estimating Global Sovereign Credit Risk Connectedness
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Economics

Engin İyidoğan

MA Department of Economics, 2015

Thesis Title: Financial Crises and Connectedness of European Banks
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., Imperial College London, Economics

Deniz Gök

MA Department of Economics, 2014

Thesis Title: Understanding the Connectedness of Short Term Interest Rates
Placement after Graduation: Investigator, İş Bank

Mehmet Can Işıkdemir

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

Vyacheslav Arbuzov

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

İpek Mumcu

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

Arda Gitmez

MA Department of Economics, 2014

Thesis Title: Are search equilibria competitive?
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., MIT, Economics

Mert Demirer

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

Melisa Şaylı

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

Duygu Özdemir

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

Serhat Uğurlu

MA Department of Economics, 2013

Thesis Title: Greece vs. the Eurozone: The exit puzzle
Placement after Graduation: Ph.D, Norweigian School of Economics

Gözde Çörekçioğlu

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

Mehmet Onur Ezer

MA 2012

PhD in Economics, Boston College (full scholarship)

Thesis Title: Money and Output in a Heterogeneous Cash-in-Advance Economy

Neslihan Sakarya

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

Kerem Tuzcuoğlu

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

Neslihan Dinçbaş

MA 2011 HEC

Thesis Title: Do financial markets react to the Central Bank of Türkiye’s communication?

Anıl Aba

MA 2010

PhD in Economics, University of Utah (full scholarship)

Ramazan Bora

MA 2010

PhD in Economics, Penn State University (full scholarship)

Thesis Title: Communication and allocation of decision rights in multi-agent environments

Fatih Tuluk

MA 2010

PhD in Economics, University of Washington (full scholarship)

Thesis Title: A choice model with the deadline frame

Meltem Poyraz

MA 2010

PhD in Economics, University of Virgina (full scholarship)

Thesis Title: Interest rate shocks, labor market search and emerging market business cycles

İlhan Güner

MA 2010

PhD in Economics, University of Iowa (full scholarship)

Thesis Title: A real business cycle model with loan securitization

Metin Uyanık

MA 2010

PhD in Economics, Johns Hopkins University (full scholarship)

Thesis Title: Volatility spillovers in the foreign exchange market

Kerem Tuzcuoğlu

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

Selcen Çakır

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

Sinem Hacıoğlu

MA 2010

PhD in Economics, University of Bonn (full scholarship)

Thesis Title: Central government debt and economic growth: Evidence from 94 countries

Engin Duran

MA in Economics, 2010

Thesis Title: “Analyzing the contagion effect of current financial crisis on repo spreads”

Alumni

PhD

Dr. Nergis Zaim

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

Dr. Elif Kubilay

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

Dr. Gökhan Şahin Güneş

Economics Ph.D., 2019

Placement After Graduation: Post Doctoral Researcher, ODTÜ

Thesis Title: Three Essays on Monetary Policy Implementation

Dr. Barış İnce

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?”

Burcu Ustabaş

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

Nurbahar Hanife Kurtlu

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.

Hasret Kılıçoğlu

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.

Beste Kahveci

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