OYA PINAR ARDI

 

BOĞAZİİ UNIVERSITY ● DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS ●

BEBEK 34342, ISTANBUL ● TURKEY

PHONE: +90(212)359-7650 ● FAX: +90(212)287-2453

E-MAIL: pinar.ardic@boun.edu.tr ● URL: http://www.econ.boun.edu.tr/ardic

 

 

EDUCATION

 

University of Wisconsin – Madison

            Ph.D. Economics, May 2003

            MS Economics, August 2000

 

Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

            MA Economics, August 1998

            BA Economics, June 1997

 

TED Ankara Koleji, Ankara, Turkey

            High School Diploma, 1993

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

Current Position

Assistant Professor      Department of Economics, Boğazii University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2003 – present

Research Affiliate        Center for Economics and Econometrics, Boğazii University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2005 – present

Visiting Scholar            Department of Economics, University of Maryland – College Park, January 2008 – present

 

Previous Positions

 

Program Assistant        Business Learning Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, August 2002 – June 2003

 

Research Intern            Department of Research, The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, July 2002 – August 2002

 

Lecturer                       Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, January 2002 – June 2002, January 2001 – August 2001

 

Teaching Assistant       Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, August 2001 – January 2002, August 1998 – January 2001

 

Graduate Assistant        Department of Economics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, August 1997 – August 1998

 

 

RESEARCH

 

Research Interests        Macroeconomics, international finance, applied econometrics, economic growth and development, socio-economics

 

Publications              -  Alper, C.E., O.P. Ardic, and S. Fendoglu (2008) The Economics of the Uncovered Interest Parity Condition for Emerging Markets, Journal of Economic Surveys, Forthcoming.

 

                                 -  Adaman, F. and O.P. Ardic (2008) Social Exclusion in the Slum Areas of Large Cities in Turkey, New Perspectives on Turkey, 38 (Spring 2008), Special Issue on Social Exclusion, Forthcoming.

 

                                 -  Alper, C.E., O.P. Ardic, A. Mumcu and I. Saglam (2008) The Welfare Effects of Governments Preferences Over Spending and Its Financing, Economic Modelling, 25, 1-12.

 

                                 - Ardic, O.P. and H.E. Damar (2007) Financial Sector Deepening and Economic Growth: Evidence from Turkey, Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies, MEEA Online Journal, Volume IX.

 

                                 -  Seluk, F. and O.P. Ard (2006) Learning to Live with the Float: Turkeys Experience 2001-2003, in G. Severov (ed.), International Finance and Monetary Policy, Nova Science Publishers Inc., NY, 61-85.

 

                                 - Alper, C.E. and O.P. Ard (2006) Exchange Rate Forecasting: An Application to Turkey During the Floating Regime Period, International Economics and Trade Policy, 1, 1, 49-67 – In Turkish (Turkish Version: Serbest Kur Rejimi Dneminde Dviz Kuru ngrs: Trkiyeye Uygulama, Uluslararas Ekonomi ve Dş Ticaret Politikalar, 1, 1, 49-67.)

 

                                 -  Ardic, O.P. (2006) Output, the Real Exchange Rate, and the Crises in Turkey, Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies, MEEA Online Journal, Volume VIII.

 

                                 -  Ardic, O.P. and F. Seluk (2006) The Dynamics of a Newly Floating Exchange Rate: The Turkish Case, Applied Economics, 38, 931-941.

 

                                 - Ardic, O.P. (2006) The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: Patterns of Heterogeneity in the Cross-Country Data, Economic Modelling, 23, 538-555.

 

Work in Progress       -  How Do Individuals Choose Banks? An Application to Household Level Data from Turkey, with U. Yzereroğlu, Boğazii University Working Paper No: ISS-EC-07-26. (Current Version: November 2007) (Earlier version titled A Multinomial Logit Model of Bank Choice: An Application to Turkey, Boğazii University Working Paper No: ISS-EC-06-02, 2006) – Under Review.

 

                                 - Hospital Choice: Survey Evidence from Istanbul, with F. Adaman, B. Erus and D. Tuzemen, Boğazii University Working Paper No: ISS-EC-07-25. (Current Version: October 2007) – Under Review.         

 

                                 - Network Effects in Risk Sharing and Credit Market Access: Evidence from Istanbul, with F. Adaman and D. Tuzemen. Boğazii University Working Paper No: ISS-EC-06-17. (Current Version: December 2007)

 

                                 - Exchange Rate Forecasting: Evidence from Eastern European Economies, with O. Ergin and B. Senol (Current Version: December 2007)                      

 

 

Dissertation               - Essays on Empirical Growth, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, May 2003. Advisor: Steven Durlauf.

 

Other Research         - The Dynamics of the Distribution of Standard of Living Across Countries (February 2004)

 

                                       - An Analysis of Socioeconomic Growth Across Countries (March 2003)

 

                                       - Standard Living and Growth: Empirical Regularities in Sub-Saharan Africa (April 2003)

 

                                       - Does PPP hold for the case of Turkey? (May 1999)

 

                                       - A Time Series Analysis of Prices and Exchange Rates in Europe Towards the Third Stage of EMU (July 1998) – M.A. Thesis, Bilkent University, Department of Economics.

 

Conference                - Econometric Society - NAWM 2008, New Orleans, LA

Presentations                  Network Effects in Risk Sharing and Credit Market Access: Evidence from Istanbul (January 2008)

 

                                 - ASSET 2007, Padua, Italy

                                       Network Effects in Risk Sharing and Credit Market Access: Evidence from Istanbul (November 2007, Scheduled)

 

                                 - ESEM 2007, European Meetings of the Econometric Society, Budapest, Hungary

                                       Network Effects in Risk Sharing and Credit Market Access: Evidence from Istanbul (August 2007)

 

                                 - PET07, Public Economic Theory, Nashville, TN

                                       Network Effects in Risk Sharing and Credit Market Access: Evidence from Istanbul (July 2007)

 

                                 - MEEA 2007 Conference, Chicago, IL

                                       A Multinomial Logit Model of Bank Choice: An Application to Turkey (January 2007)

 

                                 -  ICE – TEA 2006 / International Conference on Economics – Turkish Economic Association, Ankara, Turkey

                                       Exchange Rate Forecasting and the Uncovered Interest Parity Condition in Turkey (September 2006)

 

                                 - CFS Summer School on Empirical Macroeconomic Modeling, Eltville, Germany

                                       Exchange Rate Forecasting and the Uncovered Interest Parity Condition in Emerging Markets (August 2006)

 

                                 -  10th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, Crete, Greece

                                       The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: Patterns of Heterogeneity in the Cross-Country Data (May 2006)

 

                                 -  MEAA 2006 Conference, Boston, MA

                                       Output, the Real Exchange Rate and the Crises in Turkey (January 2006)

 

                                 -  EEA 2005, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

                                       The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: Patterns of Heterogeneity in the Cross-Country Data (August 2005)

 

                                 - ASSET 2004, Barcelona, Spain

                                       The Dynamics of a Newly Floating Exchange Rate: The Turkish Case (November 2004)

 

                                 - ASSET 2003, Ankara Turkey

                                       The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: Patterns of Heterogeneity in the Cross-Country Data (November 2003)

 

Invited Seminars       - The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey

                                       Network Effects in Risk Sharing and Credit Market Access: Evidence from Istanbul (April 2007)

                                 - Boğazii University, Istanbul, Turkey

                                       The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: Patterns of Heterogeneity in the Cross-Country Data (March 2003)

 

                                 - Singapore Management University, Singapore

                                       The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: Patterns of Heterogeneity in the Cross-Country Data (March 2003)

 

                                 - University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

                                       The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: Patterns of Heterogeneity in the Cross-Country Data (January 2003)

 

Other Presentations   - Boğazii University, Istanbul, Turkey

                                       Network Effects in Risk Sharing and Credit Market Access: Evidence from Istanbul (November 2007)

 

                                 -  Boğazii University, Istanbul, Turkey

                                    The Dynamics of a Newly Floating Exchange Rate: The Turkish Case (March 2004)

 

                                 - University of Wisconsin – Madison

                                    The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: Patterns of Heterogeneity in the Cross-Country Data (October 2002)

 

                                 - The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey

                                    Output, the Real Exchange Rate and the Crises in Turkey (August 2002)

 

                                 - Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

                                    A Time Series Analysis of Prices and Exchange Rates in Europe Towards the Third Stage of EMU (June 1998)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Bogazici University – Undergraduate level courses in introductory microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics, mathematics for economics, mathematical statistics, international trade, advanced international trade, advanced macroeconomics, econometrics. Graduate level courses in macroeconomics, international finance, econometrics. Executive masters level course in financial econometrics, theory of finance.

 

University of Wisconsin – Madison – Lecturer for undergraduate level introductory and intermediate macroeconomics. TA for undergraduate level introductory microeconomics.

 

 

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS

 

Boğazii University Award for Excellence in Research for Junior Faculty, 2007.

Boğazii University Foundation Academic Promotion Award, 2005, 2006.

Boğazii University Research Fund #07HC101, 2007, with C.E. Alper, A. Mumcu and İ. Sağlam.

Boğazii University Research Fund #06C102, 2006, with C.E. Alper and A. Mumcu.

Boğazii University Research Fund #05C103, 2005, with C.E. Alper, A. Mumcu and İ. Sağlam.

Boğazii University Research Fund #04C102, 2004, with C.E. Alper and A. Mumcu.

Board of Trustees Fellowship, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1993-1997

Deans List, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1994-1997

 

 

MA THESIS SUPERVISION

 

G.B. Şenol, The Kindergarten Rule of Sustainable Growth: A Schumpeterian Approach, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, in progress (Thesis Advisor).

 

A. Kabukuoğlu, A Small Open Economy Monetary Model with Generalized Taylor Rule, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, in progress (Thesis Advisor).

 

D. Tzemen, Network Effects in Risk Sharing and Credit Market Access: Evidence from İstanbul, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, 2006 (Thesis Advisor).

 

S.M. akc, Financial Liberalization, Fiscal Prudence and Growth, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, 2005 (Thesis Committee Member).

 

Z. B. Songur, Growth Performances of Micro and Small Enterprises in Turkey, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, 2005 (Thesis Committee Member).

 

E. Uluceviz, Effects of International Interbank Lendings on Twin Crises, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, 2005 (Thesis Committee Member).

 

U. Yzereroğlu, A Multinomial Choice Model of Bank Choice with Social Interactions, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, 2005 (Thesis Advisor).

 

İ. Zer, Money Demad Estimation and Currency Substitution: Evidence from Turkey, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, 2005 (Thesis Advisor).

 

M.O. Karahan, On Properties of Return Distributions in Istanbul Stock Exchange, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, 2004 (Thesis Committee Member).

 

A.M. Srel, An OLG Model of Production with Cash-in-Advance Constraints, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, 2004 (Thesis Committee Member).

 

C. Uz, Actual and Revealed Comparative Advantage in OECD Agriculture: 1986-2002, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, 2004 (Thesis Committee Member).

 

 

OTHER

 

Member, American Economic Association, Econometric Society, Middle East Economic Association, Turkish Economic Association

Referee, Boğazii Journal; METU Studies in Development; Applied Economics; İşletme, İktisat ve Finans.

Member, Ph.D. Program Revision Committee, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, September 2004 - present

Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences, Boğazii University, February 2006 – present

Member, Faculty Housing Committee, Boğazii University, November 2006 – present

Organizer, Applied Economics Seminar Series, Department of Economics, Boğazii University, September 2005 – August 2006

Associate Coordinator, Summer School, Boğazii University, November 2004 – October 2005

Certificate in French for Reading Knowledge, Advanced Level, University of Wisconsin – Madison, School of Continuing Studies, 2002

 

 

PERSONAL

 

Date and Place of Birth: 1976 – Ankara, Turkey

Gender: Female

Citizenship: Turkey

Marital Status: Married

Languages: Turkish (native), English (fluent), French (intermediate)