Prof. Dr. Funda (Erdoğan) TELATAR

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Economic Development and International Economics

 

CONTACT : 

Office: Department of Economics, Hacettepe University  06530 Beytepe/Ankara

Phone : (direct) 2978665  and    2978650/18

Email:   ftelatar@hacettepe.edu.tr

URL:    

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: 

Undergraduate : 1982-1987 Hacettepe University, Department of Economics

 

Graduate/Masters’ Degree : 1988-1990 Hacettepe University, Department of Economics

 

Graduate/ PH.D: 1990-1996 Hacettepe University, Department of Economics

Dissertation: Time-Inconsistency and Credibility Problems of Monetary Policy: The Case of Turkey

 

Foreign Languages: English

ACADEMIC AREAS OF INTEREST: 

  • Macro Economics, Applied Economics, Financial Economics, New Political Economy

CURRENT TEACHING ASSIGNMENT / COURSES TAUGHT:

  • Undergraduate :     Macroeconomic Theory
  • Graduate-Master:  Monetary Theory and Policy
  • Graduate-Ph.D.:    Monetary Theory and Policy, Finance Theories

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE: 

  • 1989-1996                      Research Assistant

                                                 Hacettepe University, Department of Economics

  • 1993-1994                      Academic Visitor

                                                 University of Tennessee, USA                                   

  • 1997-1999                      Assistant Professor

                                                 Hacettepe University, Department of Economics

  • 1999-2000                      Assistant Professor

                                                 Gazi University, Department of Economics

  • 2000-2004                      Associate Professor

                                        Gazi University, Department of Economics

  • 2005-                              Professor

                                         Hacettepe University, Department of Economics

  • 2005-2006                      Visiting Professor

                                         Portland State University, USA

 

ACADEMİC RESEARCH/ PUBLICATIONS : 

 

Journals: 

 

Articles in SSCI Refereed Journals:

 

1. “Political Business Cycles in the Parliamentary Systems: Evidence From Turkey” (2003), Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 39 (4): 24-39.

 

2. “The Relationship between Inflation and Different Sources of Inflation Uncertainty in Turkey” (2003), (with E. Telatar),  Applied Economics Letters, 10 (7): 431-435.

 

3. “On The Predictive Power of the Term Structure of Interest Rates for Future Inflation Changes in the Presence of Political Instability: The Turkish Economy” (2003),(with E. Telatar and R. Ratti), Journal of Policy Modeling, 25 (9): 931-946.

 

4. “A New Approach on Testing the Behavior of the Governments Towards Sustainability of Fiscal Policy in a Small-Open and Politically Instable Economy” (2004), (with E. Telatar and N. Bolatoğlu), Applied Economics Letters: 333-336.

 

5. "A regime switching Approach to the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle" (2007), (with E. Telatar and N. Bolatoğlu), Journal of Policy Modeling, 29: 523-533.

 

6. "Stochastic Behavior of the Real Exchange Rate for Jordan: A Re-Examination", (with E. Telatar and N. Bolatoğlu), forthcoming.

 

 

 

Articles in Non-SSCI Refereed Journals:

 

1. “Analysis of Joining Monetary Union with respect to Monetary Policy”, (with Erdinç Telatar and Hasan Kazdağlı) (in Turkish), METU Studies on Development, 23(2): 293-311, 1996.

 

2. “Recent Developments in the Theory of Monetary Policy”, (in Turkish), Hacettepe Üniversitesi İİBF Dergisi, 15(1):1-51, 1997.

 

3. “The Relationship Between Inflation and Real Stock Returns in Turkey” , (in Turkish), İktisat İşletme ve Finans Dergisi, 13: 37-46, 1998.

 

4. “The Relationship Between Macroeconomics and Politics: The Political Business Cycles”, (in Turkish), (Ekonomik Yaklaşım, 9: 37-60, 1998)

 

5. “Testing the Credibility of Turkish Policy Announcements”, (Hacettepe Üniversitesi İİBF Dergisi, 16 (1-2): 129-140, 1998)

 

6. “Macroeconomic Performance Indexes for the Selected Turkish Governments, 1950-96”, (in Turkish), (İktisat İşletme ve Finans Dergisi, 175: 55-69, 2000)

 

7. “On The Relationship Among Democracy, Politics, and Economy in Light of the Political Business Cycles Theory: A Case Study for Turkey”, (in Turkish), (İktisat, İşletme ve Finans, 187: 57-66, 2001)

 

8. “Political Business Cycles in the Parliamentary Systems: Theory and the Turkish Case”, (in Turkish), (Gazi Üniversitesi İİBF Dergisi, 2(4): 127-132, 2000)

 

9. “Frisch Demand Functions and Intertemporal Behaviour in Consumption: The Turkish Case”, (with E. Telatar and Ş. Türkmen), (The Pakistan Development Review, 39(3):235-246, 2000)

 

10. “Inflation-Forecast Targeting in Turkey: Comparison Between The Performance of Constant Coefficient and Time-Varying Markov Switching Variance Models”, (with E. Telatar), (in Turkish), (İktisat, İşletme ve Finans, 16(189): 76-91, 2001)

 

11. “Causality Relationships Between Inflation, Inflation Uncertainty, and Political Uncertainty”, (in Turkish), (İktisat, İşletme ve Finans, 18 (203):42-51, 2003)

 

12. “Causality Relationships Between Policy Volatility and Economic Growth in Turkey, 1986-2001”, (in Turkish), (İktisat, İşletme ve Finans, 211, 2003)

 

13. “Standard IMF Stabilization Policies: As a Mediating Channel for Political Instability”, (with E. Telatar), (in Turkish), (İktisat, İşletme ve Finans, 19(215): 53-65, 2004)

 

Articles in Non-Refereed Journals and Book Chapters:

 

1. “Privatization in the Eastern European Countries”, (translation, in Turkish), (Bulletin of International Economic Research Center, September 1995)

 

2. “The Role of the Credibility and Reputation in Coping with the Inflation Problem”, (with E. Telatar), (in Turkish), (Asomedya :12-18, 1997)

 

3. “Institutional Structure of the Turkish Economy”, (in Turkish) in Türkiye Ekonomisinin Sektörel Analizi, Şahinöz, A. (Ed.), Ankara: Turhan Kitabevi: 45-65., 1998)

 

4. “Institutional Structure of the Turkish Economy”, (in Turkish) in Sectoral Analysis of Turkish Economy, Şahinöz, A. (Ed.), Ankara: Turhan Kitabevi: 51-71, 2001)

 

5. “Dynamics of Domestic Borrowing and Its Effects on the Economy in Turkey, 1980-2001”, (in Turkish), in Economics: Selected Papers, Ş.Yılmaz ve H. Çermikli (eds.), Ankara: G.Ü. İİBF Yayınları, 2003)

 

 

Conference Papers:

 

1) "Choosing Among Alternative Inflation Targeting Models for Turkey" (with E. Telatar), September 2001, Turkish Economic Association.

 

2) "Current Account and Monetary Policy" (with E. Telatar), December 2007, Pamukkale University.

 

 

 Books:

1. Time-Inconsistency and Credibility Problems of Monetary Policy: The Case of Turkey. (Ph.D. Dissertation) (in Turkish), (Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Publication Number:63, 1997)

 

2. Reputation in the Monetary Policy Game. (with E.Telatar), (in Turkish) (Hacettepe University İİBF, Publication Number: 25, 1997)

 

3. Political Economic Policy. 2004. Ankara: İmaj Publishing Co.

 

AFFILIATIONS/ MEMBERSHIPS:

Turkish Economic Association

AWARDS:

The Turkish Economic Association Young Turkish Economist Award for 1990.

The Turkish Economic Association Young Turkish Economist Award for 1996.