CURRICULUM VITAE ISMAIL SAGLAM - EAF

ISMAIL SAGLAM
CURRICULUM VITAE
ISMAIL SAGLAM
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Bilkent University, 1997, Economics
M.A., Bilkent University, 1993, Economics
B.Sc., Bilkent University, 1991, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
Professor of Economics 2008-
Associate Professor of Economics, 2008
Bogazici University:
Associate Professor of Economics, 2002-2007
Assistant Professor of Economics, 1998-2002
Bilkent University:
Research Assistant of Economics, 1992-1997
State Institute of Statistics, Turkey:
Research Analyst, 1992
VISITING POSITIONS:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visiting Scholar, 2006-2007
Bilkent University, Visiting Faculty, Spring 2005
Sabanci University, Network Faculty, 2001-2003
Princeton University, Visiting Research Fellow, 1997-98
University of Michigan, Visiting Research Fellow, 1997
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES:
Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, TOBB University of
Economics and Technology, 2009-
Chair, Economics Department, TOBB University of Economics and
Technology, 2008-2009
Member, University Senate, TOBB University of Economics and Technology,
2009-
Member, University Executive Board, TOBB University of Economics and
Technology, 2008-
Chair, Regulations Committee, TOBB University of Economics and
Technology, 2009-
Chair, Registration Affairs Committee, TOBB University of Economics and
Technology, 2009-
Member, Executive Board, Institute of Social Sciences, TOBB University of
Economics and Technology, 2008-
Member, Executive Board, Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences,
TOBB University of Economics and Technology, 2008-
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Member, Academic Board, Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences,
TOBB University of Economics and Technology, 2008-
Vice Dean, Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences, Bogazici University,
2002-2005
Member, Executive Board, Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences,
Bogazici University, 1998-1999, 2000-2005
Member, Academic Board, Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences,
Bogazici University, 2002-2005
Member, Budget Coordination Council, Bogazici University, 2005-2007
Member, Faculty Development Program (OYP) Committee, Bogazici
University, 2005-2007
Member, Research Encouragement Rewards Committee, Bogazici University,
2003-2007
Member, Teaching Awards Committee, Bogazici University, 2003
ACADEMIC SERVICES:
Affiliate, Economic Research Forum, TÜSİAD/Koç University, 2010-
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Economic Cooperation and Development,
2009-
Editorial Board Member, Review of Economic Design, 2008-
Editorial Board Member, Telecommunications Policy, 2009-
Program Committee Member, (Association of Southern European Economic
Theorists) ASSET Annual Meeting 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, October 30-31,
2009
Scientific Committee Member, International Telecommunications Society 4th
Africa-Asia-Australasia Regional Conference, Perth, Western Australia, August
16-18, 2009
Organization Committee Member and Program Committee Member, SED
Conference on Economic Design, Bodrum, Turkey, July 19-21, 2006
Commission Member for the Foresight of the Future of Economics in Turkey,
Turkish Academy of Sciences, 2005-2007
Organization Committee Member, the International Mathematics Olympiad,
Istanbul, 1993
Past Referee of:
Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology; Bogazici Journal;
Economic Design; Economic Modelling; Economic Theory; European Physical
Journal; International Journal of Industrial Organization; Journal of Artificial
Societies and Social Simulation; Journal of Economic and Social Research;
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control; Journal of Economy; Business and
Finance; Journal of International Trade & Economic Development; METU
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Studies in Development; Review of Economic Design; Telecommunications
Policy
ACADEMIC AWARDS/GRANTS:
Turkish Academy of Sciences Distinguished Young Scientist Award (TUBA-
GEBIP), 2004-2007
Bogazici University Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching, 2003
Bogazici University Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research, 2001
NATO-B1 Science Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Research, Turkish Science and
Technology Foundation (TUBITAK), 1997
Integrated Doctoral Programme Scholarship, TUBITAK, 1997
Bilkent University Fellowship, 1986-1997
ISBANK Award for Outstanding Performance in the University Entrance
Examination, 1986
TUBITAK Individual/Team Awards in Physics/Chemistry, Central Anatolian
High School Competition, 1986
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW OF REFEREED JOURNALS:
“Sticky Rents and the Stability of Housing Cycles” (with E. Basci), 2009
“The Possibility of Housing Bubbles in a Model with No Speculation” (with E.
Basci), 2009
“Optimal Timing of Self-Protective Investment” (with H. Ogut and S.
Raghunathan), 2008
“Characterizing Stable One-to-One Matchings under Interdependent
Preferences” (with A. Mumcu), 2008
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES:
“Games of Capacity Allocation in Many-to-One Matching with an
Aftermarket” (with A. Mumcu), Social Choice and Welfare, 33:3, 383-403,
2009.
“Marriage Formation/Dissolution and Marital Distribution in a Two-Period
Economic Model of Matching with Cooperative Bargaining” (with A. Mumcu),
The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 11:4, 3, 2008
“Rationalizability of One-to-One Matchings with Externalities” with A.
Mumcu), Economics Bulletin, 4:33, 1-8, 2008
“A Note on Jackson's Theorems in Bayesian Implementation”, Economics
Bulletin, 3:55, 1-8, 2008
“Impacts of the Tax System on Poverty and Social Exclusion: A Case Study on
Turkey” (with F. Gökşen, G. Özertan and Ü. Zenginobuz), New Perspectives on
Turkey, Special Issue on Poverty and Social Exclusion, 38, 159-179, Spring
2008
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“The Welfare Effects of Government's Preferences over Spending and Its
Financing” (with E. Alper, O.P. Ardic and A. Mumcu), Economic Modelling,
25:1, 1-12, 2008
“The Core of a Housing Market with Externalities” (with A. Mumcu),
Economics Bulletin, 3:55, 1-5, 2007
“A Unified Theory of Implementation”, Economics Bulletin, 4:20, 1-10, 2007
“Learning in Bayesian Regulation: Desirable or Undesirable?” (with S. Koray),
Economics Bulletin, 3:12, 1-10, 2007
“Monetary Policy Determines the Long-Run Phillips Curve: an OLG Model of
Production with Cash-in-Advance Constraints” (with A.M. Erdogan), Economic
Modelling, 23:2, 308-315, 2006
“Patience Extracts Sugar from a Lemon: Buy and Hold with a Classifier System
in the Istanbul Stock Exchange” (with H. Aksoy), Emerging Markets Finance
and Trade, 42:1, 50-61, 2006
“The Need for Regulating a Bayesian Regulator” (with S. Koray), Journal of
Regulatory Economics, 28:1, 5-21, 2005
“Optimal Money Growth in a Limited Participation Model with Heterogeneous
Agents” (with E. Basci), Review of Economic Design, 9:2, 91-108, 2005
“Bertrand-Edgeworth Equilibrium in a Cash-in-Advance Economy” (with E.
Basci), Oxford Economic Papers, 55, 679-659, 2003
“The Transmission of a Sudden Capital Outflow: Evidence from Turkey” (with
C.E. Alper), Eastern European Economics, Vol. 39, No. 2, 29-48, March-April
2001
“Managerial Defections, Promotion Criteria and Firm Growth”, (with M.
Bac), International Journal of Industrial Organization, 17, 917-940, 1999
“Cash-in-Advance Constraints in Production and the Functional Distribution of
Income” (with E. Basci), METU Studies in Development, 25, 1-12, 1998
“Quality and Quantity Regulation under Asymmetric Information”, METU
Studies in Development, 24, 429-439, 1997
REFEREED ARTICLES in BOOKS/VOLUMES:
“On the Importance of Sequencing of Markets in Monetary Economies” (with
E. Basci), in Advances in Economic Design, Semih Koray and Murat Sertel
eds., Springer-Verlag, Vol. 4, 297-316, 2003
“Does Money Matter? A Deterministic Model with Cash-in-Advance
Constraints in Factor Markets” (with E. Basci), in Current Trends in
Economics: Theory and Applications, A. Alkan, C.D. Aliprantis and N.C.
Yannelis eds., Springer-Verlag, 107-117, 1999
“Bayesian Regulatory Mechanisms: Corruption and Learning” (with S. Koray),
in Contemporary Economic Issues: Economic Behaviour and Design, Volume
4, Michael Kaser and Murat Sertel eds., MacMillan Press, 30-48, February 1999
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OTHER PUBLISHED ARTICLES:
“The Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate: Evidence from Turkey” (with C.E.
Alper), Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies, Middle East
Economic Association and Loyola University Chicago Electronic Journal, Vol.
2, 2000
“An Empirical Examination of the Transmission of Financial Crises in Turkey”
(with C. E. Alper), Bogazici Journal: Review of Social, Economic and
Administrative Studies, 14, No. 1, 61-76, 2000
“İktisat Kuramında Gelişen Yeni Alanlar”, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi İktisat
Öngörü Çalışması 2003-2023, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Raporları Sayı 17,
112-117, Ankara, 2007
BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS:
“Export Outlook 97/99” (with C.E. Alper), Turkish Exporters Assembly,
Istanbul, 1999
“Linear Algebra with Applications in Economics” (with F. Aleskerov and H.
Ersel), draft
WORKING PAPERS:
“Sticky Rents and the Stability of Housing Cycles” (with E. Basci), TOBB
University of Economics and Technology Department of Economics Working
Papers No: 09-01, 2009
“Optimal Timing of Self-Protective Investment” (with H. Ogut and S.
Raghunathan), TOBB University of Economics and Technology Department of
Economics Working Papers No: 08-16, 2008
“Games of Capacity Allocation in Many-to-One Matching with an
Aftermarket” (with A. Mumcu), MPRA Paper 9239, University Library of
Munich, Germany, 2008
“On Roots of Housing Bubbles” (with E. Basci), TOBB University of
Economics and Technology Department of Economics Working Papers No: 08-
01, 2008
“A Monetary Union Model with Cash-in-Advance Constraints” (with G.
Cengiz, D. Cicek, T.U. Kuzubas, and N.B. Olcay), MPRA Paper 4248,
University Library of Munich, Germany, 2007
“College Admissions under Early Decision” (with A. Mumcu), MPRA Paper
1906, University Library of Munich, Germany, 2007
“One-to-One Matching with Interdependent Preferences” (with A. Mumcu),
MPRA Paper 1908, University Library of Munich, Germany, 2006
“Marriage and Divorce in a Model of Matching” (with A. Mumcu), MPRA
Paper 1907, University Library of Munich, Germany, 2006
“Yurttaşların Cebinden Devletin Kasasına: Türkiye'de Kim Ne Kadar Vergi
Ödüyor? (From Taxpayers’ Pockets to State Coffers: Who Pays How Much
Taxes in Turkey?)” (with U. Zenginobuz, G. Özertan, and F. Göksen),
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Boğaziçi University Research Papers, ISS/EC 2006-18, İstanbul, November
2006
“Justifiability of Bayesian Implementation in Oligopolistic Markets” (with S.
Koray), MPRA Paper 4459, University Library of Munich, Germany, 1997
“A Unified Implementation Theory”, Bogazici University Working Paper,
ISS/EC-01-01, 2001
“Prediction of Systematic Risk: A Case from Turkey”, Economic Research
Forum Discussion Paper, 9407, Cairo, 1994
“Regulating an Exporting Monopolist with Unknown Costs”, Bilkent
University Discussion Paper, No: 94-14, 1994
UNPUBLISHED PAPERS:
“Optimal Import Policy in Monopoly Regulation”
“Renegotiation-Proof Revelation Mechanism for Multi-Period Monopoly
Regulation”
“Strategic Regulation of International Trade: A Case for Protection”
“Technology Lag, Patent Length and Monopoly” (with N. Dilek and S. Togan)
“Transnational Pollution, Regulation and Technology Transfer” (with S. Alpay)
TEACHING AND RESEARCH FIELDS:
Microeconomics, Dynamic Macroeconomics, Game Theory, Industrial
Organization
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Ph.D. Courses Taught:
Advanced Macroeconomics I-II (Bogazici University)
Advanced Microeconomics I (Bogazici University)
Special Topics in Industrial Organization (Bogazici University)
M.A. Courses Taught:
Macroeconomics I-II (Bogazici University and Sabanci University)
Microeconomics II (Bogazici University)
Mathematics for Economists (Bogazici University)
Industrial Organization I (Bogazici University)
Theory of Finance (Bogazici University)
Seminar in Economic Design (Bilkent University)
B.A. Courses Taught:
Introduction to Economics (TOBB ETU)
Introduction to Macroeconomics (TOBB ETU)
Introduction to Microeconomics (TOBB ETU)
Advanced Macroeconomics I (Bogazici University and TOBB ETU)
Advanced Macroeconomics II (Bogazici University)
Intermediate Microeconomics I (Bogazici University)
Mathematics for Economists I-II (Bogazici University)
Mathematical Statistics I (Bogazici University)
Special Topics in Game Theory (Bogazici University)
Advanced Economic Theory (Bilkent University)
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PARTICIPATION AT ACADEMIC MEETINGS:
“One-to-One Matching with Interdependent Preferences” (with A. Mumcu),
18th International Game Theory Festival, SUNY at Stony Brook, July 2007
“College Admissions under Early Decision” (with A. Mumcu), Econometric
Society North American Summer Meeting, Duke University, June 2007
“Increasing Returns and Competitive Equilibrium” (with E. Basci), ASSET
2003 Conference, Bilkent, November 2003
“Increasing Returns and Competitive Equilibrium” (with E. Basci), SED 2002
Conference, New York, July 2002
“Bertrand-Edgeworth Equilibrium in a Cash-in-Advance Economy” (with E.
Basci), ASSET 2001 Euroconference, Rethymno, Crete, October 2001
“Bertrand-Edgeworth Equilibrium in a Cash-in-Advance Economy” (with E.
Basci), the 2001 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society,
Maryland, June 2001
Attended to the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Game Theory, Stony
Brook, July 1997
“Justifiability of Bayesian Implementation in Oligopolistic Markets” (with S.
Koray), the Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory
and Applications, Antalya, Turkey, June 1997
“Corruption and Learning in Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Costs”
(with S. Koray), the Econometric Society European Meeting, Istanbul, August
1996
“A Renegotiation-Proof Revelation Mechanism for Multi-Period Monopoly
Regulation”, the European Economic Association Conference, Istanbul, August
1996
“Corruption and Learning in Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Costs”
(with S. Koray), the Eastern Economic Association Conference, Boston, March
1996
“Corruption and Learning in Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Costs”
(with S. Koray), the 1995 ASSET Meeting, Istanbul
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