Education
Ph.D., Duke University, 1984
M.S., Bogazici University, 1974
B.A., Bogazici University, 1972

Courses Taught
BADM 7200 - Economic Environment of the Firm
ECON 4550 - International Finance

Teaching and Other Awards:
Department of Economics, Excellence in Teaching Award, Graduate Category, 1998
Department of Economics, Excellence in Teaching Award, Undergraduate Category, 2000

Interests
Teaching Interest: International Finance, Macroeconomics, Money and Banking

Research Interest: Macroeconomics, International Economics

Selected Research Publications
''Real Exchange Rate Volatility and Bilateral Trade under Alternative Exchange Rate Regimes: A VAR Analysis.'' Review of Economics and Statistics, November 1989: 708-712. with William D. Lastrapes.

''Inflation Variability and the Turkish Economy.'' Applied Economics, 1993: 787-93

''Uncertainty in Sales and Inventory Behavior in the U. S. Trade Sectors.'' Canadian Journal of Economics, February 1994: 129-142. with Tae-Hwy Lee.

''Stochastic Trends and Fluctuations in National Income, Wages, and Profits.'' Southern Economic Journal, April 1996: 873-88. with Tae-Hwy Lee and Ted Palivos.

''Monetary Shocks, the Exchange Rate, and the Trade Balance.'' Journal of International Money and Finance, 18, (December 1999): 925-940. with W. Douglas McMillin.

''Are Some Taxes Different Than Others? An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Tax Policy in Canada,.'' Empirical Economics, March 2006: 183-193. with K. Peren Arin.

Professional Activities:
Co-editor, Eurasian Review of Economics and Finance
Member, American Economic Association, Southern Economic Association

Employed by LSU since
8/22/1984