An article by our faculty member, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erdem Kılıç, titled “Institutional and macroeconomic determinants of defense spending: evidence from a global panel,” has been published in Applied Economics, a prestigious economics journal indexed in SSCI.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Guido Neidhöfer, a faculty member at Turkish-German University, visited the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub together with students. During the visit, UNDP's work was presented in detail. International opportunities such as the United Nations Volunteers programme were discussed, and a range of topics including the Human Development Report were examined in depth.
The study, titled “The Endogeneity of Money Supply in Developing Economies,” challenges the conventional view that money supply in developing countries is exogenously controlled by central banks and demonstrates that it is largely determined by bank lending. The study suggests that monetary policy should focus on credit conditions and financial structures rather than targeting monetary aggregates.
Assoc. Prof. Erdem Kılıç, a faculty member of our department, delivered a presentation titled “Financial Crises and International Contagion Mechanisms” at Istanbul Gelişim University on March 6, 2026, as part of the Financial Crises course.
Research Assistant Nur Banu Kartal from the Department of Economics at our Faculty has been awarded the title of Doctor (PhD) with her dissertation entitled “Essays on Behavioral Economics: Non-Cognitive Skills, Relative and Environmental Concerns” The dissertation was prepared within the English Economics PhD program of the Institute of Social Sciences at Yıldız Technical University, under the su…
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Semih Emre Çekin, member of the Economics Department in our faculty, delivered a presentation titled "Theoretical Examination of the Relationship Between Economic Development and Development Aid" on February 26, 2026, within "360° Perspective on Global Development Training Program" of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA).
