Industrial Organization, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Financial Econometrics
Education
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), School of Economics and Business, Ph.D Candidate in Economics, autumn 2018 (expected)
- Dissertation Topic: Essays in Industrial Organization and Corporate Governance
University of Kiel, Quantitative Economics Program, 2014
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Advanced Studies Program, 2014
Bilkent University, Faculty of Business Administration, M.Sc. in Finance, 9/24/2012
METU, B.Sc. in Food Engineering, 1/23/2010
Working Papers
“Value of Director Networks for Firms” [Job Market Paper]
“Are Women Better Directors in the Boards?”, with O. Bergland, H. Berglann
“Board Control: Inside vs Outside Directors”, with O. Bergland, H. Berglann
“Concentration, Market Size and Barriers: An Empirical Investigation”
“Proportional Random Growth with a Barrier: Case of Norway”, with O. Bergland
Conference/Seminar Presentations
2017: European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, 44th Annual Conference in Maastricht (EARIE 2017)
Western Economic Association International, 92nd Annual Conference in San Diego (WEAI 2017)
Society for Institutional & Organizational Economics, 21st Annual Conference at Columbia University, NY (SIOE 2017)
Canadian Economics Association, 51st Annual Conference at St Francis Xavier University (CEA 2017)
CCSBE/CCPME 2017 Conference at Laval University, Quebec City
Global Finance Conference 2017 - Hempstead, NY
Eastern Economic Association, 43rd Annual Conference in New York City
Frisch Center Seminar at University of Oslo
2016: Forskermøtet: 38th Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association of Economists at NTNU, Trondheim
FIBE Conference at NHH, Bergen
NFB Conference in Oslo
European Economics and Finance Society 15th Annual Conference
Previous Research Positions
- Early Stage Researcher, Jaume I University, Spain, EU FP7-ICT Project, 2014
- Research Assistant, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany, 2013
- Teaching Assistant, Bilkent University, 2010-2012
Teaching Assistantship
MAN 256: Introduction to Management Science, 2012
MBA 553: Data Models and Decisions, 2011
Affiliations
Western Economic Association International | Society for Institutional & Organizational Economics | Western Finance Association | Agricultural and Applied Economics Association | Samfunnsøkonomene | American Economic Association | American Finance Association
Skills
- Computer: STATA, MATLAB, R, SAS, Latex
- Languages: English, Turkish, Norwegian, Spanish, German
