Associate Prof. Burak GÜNALP

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Economic Theory

 

CONTACT : 

Office:

Phone : 0312 297 86 61

Email: gunalp@hacettepe.edu.tr

URL:

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: 

Undergraduate: Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Graduate/Masters’ Degree: Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Graduate/ Ph.D: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA

Foreign Languages: English

ACADEMIC AREAS OF INTEREST: 
  • Microeconomics
  • Industrial Organization
  • Labor Economics
  • Applied Econometrics

CURRENT TEACHING ASSIGNMENT / COURSES THOUGHT:
  • Eco 323 Econometrics I
  • Eco 324 Econometrics II
  • Eco 329 Industrial Organization
  • Eko 651 Mikro İktisat I
  • Eko 652 Mikro İktisat II
  • Eko 765 Endüstriyel Organizasyon

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE: 

05/05 -                         Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

                                   Associate Professor, Department of Economics

                                   (The General Secretary of the Turkish Economic Association since May

                                   2005)

01/97- 05/05                 Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

                                   Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

                                   (Vice Chair of the Department during the period between April 1997 and

August 1999.)

09/87-06/91                  Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

                                   Research Assistant, Department of Economics

ACADEMİC RESEARCH/ PUBLICATIONS : 

 

Conferences:

Dinçer, O. C. and Günalp, B. (2005), “Corruption, Income Inequality and Growth: Evidence from U.S. States”, paper presented at The Economic Society of Australia 34th Conference of Economists, University of Melbourne, Australia, 26-28 September 2005.

 

Dinçer, O. and Günalp B. (2005), “Corruption, Income Inequality and Growth: Evidence from U.S. States”, paper presented at 2005 First Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), The University of the Balearic Islands, Spain, Palma de Mallorca, 20-22 July, 2005.

 

Dinçer, O. C. and Günalp, B. (2005), “Corruption, Income Inequality and Growth: Evidence from U.S. States”, paper presented at The First International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Yaşar University, Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey, 16-19 June 2005.

 

Günalp, B. and Cılasun, S. M. (2004), “Entry Behavior in Turkish Manufacturing Industries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis”, paper presented at 2004 International Industrial Organization Conference, Chicago, USA, 23-24 April, 2004.

 

Günalp, B. and Gür, T. H. (2002), “Government Size and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: A Panel Data Analysis”, paper presented at International Economic Association 13th World Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, 9-13 September, 2002.

 

Günalp, B. (1999), “A Simultaneous Equations Analysis of Advertising Intensity, Concentration and Profitability: A Contestable Markets Approach”, paper presented at METU International Conference on Economics III, Ankara, Turkey, 8-11 September, 1999.

 

Günalp, B. (1998), “Male-Female Earnings Differentials and the Extent of Wage Discrimination in Professional Employment: Evidence from the United States”, paper presented at METU International Conference on Economics II, Ankara, Turkey, 9-12 September, 1998.

 

Journals: 

A. Publications in Refereed Journals:

 

Günalp, B. and Dinçer, O. (2005), “Optimal Government Size in Transition Countries”, (under review).

 

Dinçer, O. and Günalp B. (2005), “Corruption and Growth: Evidence from U.S. States” (under review).

 

Günalp, B. and Cılasun, S. M. (2005), “Determinants of Entry in Turkish Manufacturing Industries”, (under review).

 

Günalp, B. and Çelik, T. (2005), “Competition in the Turkish Banking Industry”, Applied Economics, (accepted for publication).

 

Özel, H. and Günalp, B. (2005), “Guidelines for Competition Policy in Transition Economies”, Haberler, (accepted for publication).

 

Günalp, B. and Özel, H. (2005), “Rekabet Politikalarının Esasları (Guidelines for Competition Policies)”, Siyasa, 1(1), 63-84.

 

Günalp, B. and Çelik, T. (2004), “Türk Bankacılık Sektöründe Piyasa Yapısı ve Performans İlişkilerinin Etkinlik İçin Doğrudan Bir Ölçüt Kullanılarak Test Edilmesi (Testing the Market Structure and Performance Relationships in Turkish Banking Using a Direct Measure of Efficiency)”, Gazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 6(3), 31-57.

 

Günalp, B. (2003), “Gelişmekte Olan Ülkelerde Optimal Devlet Hacmi (The Optimal Government Size in Developing Countries)”, Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 21(2), 1-20.

 

Günalp, B. and Cılasun, S. M. (2002), “Türk İmalat Endüstrilerinde Piyasaya Giriş Davranışı (Entry Behavior in Turkish Manufacturing Industries)”, Ege Akademik Review, 2(2), 41-51.

 

Günalp, B. and Gür, T. H. (2002), “Government Expenditures and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Panel Data Analysis”, METU Studies in Development, 29(3-4), 311-332.

 

Günalp, B. (2002), “Yarışabilir Piyasalar Yaklaşımı ve Rekabet Politikaları (The Theory of Contestable Markets and Competition Policies)”, Gazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 4(3), 49-65.

 

Günalp, B. (2000), “Male-Female Earnings Differentials and the Extent of Wage Discrimination in Professional Occupations”, Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 18(2), 283-303.

 

Günalp, B. (1998), “The Concentration-Labor Earnings Hypothesis: New Evidence from the US Manufacturing Industries”, Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 16(1-2), 103-120.

 

 

B. Other Publications:

 

Günalp, B. and Cılasun, S. M. (2004), “Türk İmalat Endüstrilerinde Piyasaya Giriş ve Piyasadan Çıkış: Bir Dinamik Panel Veri Analizi (Entry and Exit in Turkish Manufacturing Industries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis)”, in: 2004 Turkish Economics Congress: Presentations on Development Strategies in Economic Sectors–I, Volume 4. Ankara, Turkey: State Planning Organization, pp. 341–367.

 

Günalp, B. (2004), “Devletin Ekonomideki Rolü (The Role of State in Economy)”,  Asomedya, March, 49-72.

 

Günalp, B. (2001), “Bulgaristan’ın Para Kurulu Deneyimi (The Currency Board Experience of Bulgaria)”, Asomedya, July, 28-38.

 

Günalp, B. (2001), “Brezilya’nın Real Düşü (The Real Dream of Brasil)”, Asomedya, April, 18-34.

 

Günalp, B. (1999), “Dünyada ve Türkiye’de Esnek Çalışma (Flexible Working in Turkey and in the World)”, Asomedya, March, 25-40.

 

Günalp, B. (1998), “Uluslararası Çalışma Standartları ve Sosyal Damping Sorunu (International Labor Standards and the Issue of Social Dumping)”, Asomedya, September, 33-48.

 

Günalp, B. (1998), “Türkiye’de Kıdem Tazminatı ve Uygulaması (Seniority Payment and its Application in Turkey)”, Asomedya, June, 27-42.

 

AFFILIATIONS/ MEMBERSHIPS:

Turkish Economic Association

Competition Association