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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”

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Doktora

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