Ozan Hatipoglu , PhD
Curriculum Vitae
CONTACT INFO
Address : Department of Economics, Bogazici University
Natuk Birkan Hall Bebek , Istanbul 34342
Telephone: +90 212-3597653 Fax : +90 212-3597653
Email : ozan.hatipoglu@boun.edu.tr
Web : http://www.econ.boun.edu.tr/hatipoglu
EDUCATION
PhD in Economics, New York University , New York June 2004.
BA in Economics, Bogazici University , Istanbul May 1996.
Abitur , Deutsche Schule , Istanbul May 1991.
EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor at Bogazici University , 2004 – Present
CURRENT AND PAST AFFILIATIONS
Editorial Board, Review of Middle Eastern Economics and Finance July 2007 – Present.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, North Carolina State University, September 2007 – January 2008
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, Political Economy of Development, Technological Change and Inequality.
DISSERTATION
Essays on Inequality and Growth
Committee: William Easterly (chair), Jess Benhabib , Pierpaolo Benigno .
RESEARCH
“Estimating Central Bank Behavior in Small Open Economies” (2008) in Central Banking in Middle East and North Africa , ed. David Cobham and Ghassan Dibeh , Routledge, New York, USA, 210-226. (with C.E, Alper) (Winner of Middle Eastern Economic Association's Ibn Khaldun Prize 2008 for the best paper on any subject in any North African or Middle Eastern country or countries)
“The Conduct of Monetary Policy in Turkey in the Pre- and Post-crisis Period of 2001 in Comparative Perspective: a Case for Central Bank Independence” (2009) in Turkey and the Global Economy: Neoliberal Restructuring and Integration in the Post-Crisis Era , ed. Fikret Senses and Ziya Onis, Routledge, Oxon, England, 50-72 . (with C.E, Alper)
“The Political Economy of Informal Sector and Income Redistribution ” (under review). (Selected among the best 5 papers among 116 submitted for the competition, SMYE Hamburg, 2007)( with G. Ozbek)
“An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Inequality and Innovation in a Schumpeterian Framework” (2008), MPRA Working Paper , (under review)
“Inequality and Growth: A Demand Perspective” SBE Working Paper , 07/07, 2007
“Inequality and Growth: Where Are We Headed?” SBE Working Paper , 07/07, 2007
“Complementary Shifts of Technology and Economic Development” SBE Working Paper , mimeo, New York University , 2001.
“Optimal Taxation in a Finite Horizon Model: Are Lump-Sum Taxes a Better Solution?” mimeo, New York University , 1999.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Director of Graduate Program: May 2008-present
HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH GRANTS
Ibn Khaldun Prize for the best paper on any subject in any North African or Middle Eastern country or countries, 2008
DPT ( State Planning Institute ) Research Grant of $50,000 ‘Effects of Kyoto Agreement on Sectoral Composition and Growth', 2009-2010( joint with Emre Alper, Oya Pinar Ardiç and Refik Erzan)
TUBITAK ( Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) Research Grant of $15,000 ‘Estimating the Effects of Performance Based Payment Systems on Efficiency', Grant Nr. 108K455, 2008-2010 (joint with Burcay Erus)
TUBITAK Research Grant of $20,000 ‘Estimating Central Bank Behavior in Small Open Economies', Grant Nr. 107K091, 2008-2010 (joint with Emre Alper)
BAP (Bogazici University Scientific Research Project) Research Grant of $11,000 , ‘Migration and Growth', Grant Nr. 06C103, 2005-2008.
POAS (Petrol Ofisi) Research Grant, $100,000, ‘Forecasting Interest Rates, Exchange Rates and Economic Crisis' , 2005-2007 ( joint with Pinar Ardic, Emre Alper, Burcay Erus and Refik Erzan.
New York University Teaching Fellowship, 1997-2004
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
University of Muenster, Shadow 2009: The Shadow Economy, Tax Evasion and Social Norms, July 2009 (Muenster, Germany)
European University Institute, Workshop on Monetary Policy and Financial Markets in MENA Countries, Medmeeting, March 2009 (Florence , Italy)
Invited Speaker, University of Ioannina, December 2008 (Ioannina, Greece)
Money, Macro and Finance Annual Conference, September 2008 (London, England)
Allied Social Sciences (ASSA) and Middle Eastern Economic Association (MEEA), January 2008 (New Orleans , USA)
SMYE Meeting, May 2007 (Hamburg , Germany)
Public Choice Society, World Meeting, March 2007 (Amsterdam , Netherlands)
European University Institute, Workshop on Central Banking in MENA countries, Medmeeting, March 2007 (Florence , Italy)
Allied Social Sciences (ASSA), January 2007 (Chicago , USA)
Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET), November 2006, Universidade Catholica Portuguesa (Lisbon , Portugal )
New Developments in Macroeconomics and Growth Dynamics (DMMG), September 2006, University of Algarve (Faro , Portugal)
Turkish Economic Association, Annual Conference, September 2006 (Ankara , Turkey)
International Conference on Human and Economic Resources, Izmir Ekonomi Universitesi,May 2006 ( Izmir , Turkey )
International Conference on Economics, Yasar University , July 2005 (Izmir , Turkey )
Invited Speaker, Koc University, September 2004 (Istanbul, Turkey)
Society for Economic Dynamics, June 2002, New York University (New York USA )
Interuniversity Conference, Yale University April 2002 (New Haven , USA )
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate Courses
Special Topics in Political Economy (2009)
Macroeconomics and Growth (2007- 2009)
Advanced Macroeconomics , Bogazici University (2006)
Mathematical Economics , Bogazici University (2005-2009)
Applied Econometrics, Bogazici University (2006)
Money and Banking, New York University (2001)
Financial Econometrics, Bogazici University (2007-2009)
Undergraduate Courses
Mathematics For Economists, Bogazici University (2005)
Mathematical Statistics, Bogazici University (2004 - 2009)
Advanced Macroeconomics , Bogazici University (2008)
Open Economy Macroeconomics, Bogazici University (2005, 2008)
Topics in Economics Research, New York University (2003)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Matlab , Gauss, Maple, Stata , Rats, Eviews
LANGUAGES
English, German, Turkish.
OTHER HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS
American Economic Association Member.
Turkish Economic Association Member
Econometric Society Member.
CMAS- Two Star Diver
REFERENCES
Prof. William Easterly (william.easterly@nyu.edu) Department of Economics, New York University
Prof. Jess Benhabib (jess.benhabib@nyu.edu) Department of Economics, New York University
Prof. Pierpaolo Benigno (pierpaolo.benigno@nyu.edu)