Assistant Prof. LÜTFİ ERDEN

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Economic Development and International Economics

 

CONTACT : 

Office

Phone : 297 86 50 – ext 43

Email:   lerden@hacettepe.edu.tr

URL:     yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~lerden/

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: 

Undergraduate : Uludağ University, Department of Econometrics, 1993

Graduate/Masters’ Degree : University of Colorado at Denver, Department of Economics, 1997

Graduate/ PH.D: The Florida State University, Department of Economics, 2002

Foreign Languages:  English

ACADEMIC AREAS OF INTEREST: 

  • Applied Econometrics
  • Macroeconomics
  • International Trade and Finance

CURRENT TEACHING ASSIGNMENT / COURSES THOUGHT:

  • ECO-237 Macroeconomics I
  • ECO-238 Macroeconomics II
  • EKO-303 Econometrics I
  • EKO-304 Econometrics II
  • EKO-669 International Trade
  • EKO-658 International Finance

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE: 

  • 2005-current: Assistant Prof., Department of Economics, Hacettepe University, Turkey
  • Dec 2004 – Sep 2008: Assistant Chair, Department of Economics, H.U.
  • 2003 Spring – 2005: Instructor, Dr., Department of Economics, Hacettepe University, Turkey
  • 2003 Fall: Research Assistant, Dr., Department of Economics, Mersin University, Turkey

ACADEMİC RESEARCH/ PUBLICATIONS : 

 

Conferences:

1)    Erden, L. “The effects of financial markets on private capital formation: An empirical analysis of Turkish data over 1968-1998 period.” METU International Conference, Sep-2002, Ankara, Turkey.

2)    Çakmak-Karaçay, H. and Erden, L. “Yeni sanayi odakları ve sanayinin yeni mekan arayışları: Denizli ve Gaziantep Örneği.” Pamukkale Üniversitesi İ.İ.B.F Ekonomi Yaz Seminerleri, Temmuz-2004, Denizli, Turkey.

Journals

1) Çakmak-Karaçay, H. and Erden, L. (2004) “New regional development approaches and public policies: An empirical analysis of a regional panel from Turkey” Gazi Univ. Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 6 (3), 77-96. (in Turkish)

 

2) Erden, L. (2005) “Public and Private Investment in a Vector Error Correction Model: Empirical Evidence from Turkey”, Hacettepe Univ. Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 23(1), 17-27.

 

3) Erden, L. (2005) “Structural Adjustment and Domestic Private Saving and Investment Interaction in Turkey: A Cointegration Analysis”, Celal Bayar Üniv. Journal of Management and Economics,12(1), 95-106.

 

4) Erden, L. and R. G. Holcombe (2005) “The Effects of Public Investment on Private Investment in Developing Economies,” Public Finance Review, 33(5), 575-602.

 

5) Erden L. (2005) “The Effects of Financial Markets on Private Capital Formation: An Empirical Analysis of Turkish Data over 1968-1998 period” Yapı Kredi Economic Review, 16(2), 21-29.

 

6) Erden, L. and H. Çakmak-Karaçay (2005) “Local development and the changing role of government in Turkey: An analysis of Provincal Panel Data”  Hacettepe Univ. Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 23 (2) 13-32. (in Turkish)

 

7) Çakmak-Karaçay, H. and L. Erden (2005) “New Industrial Districts and Spatial Search: Cases of Denizli and Gaziantep”, Cumhuriyet Univ. Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 6, 111-129. (in Turkish)

 

8) Erden, L. (2005) “The Impact of Capital Account Liberalization on the Coefficient of Saving Retention in Turkey”, Erciyes Üniv. Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 25(2), 19-32.

 

9) Erden, L. and R. G. Holcombe (2006) “The Linkage between Public and Private Investment: A Cointegration Analysis of a Panel of Developing Countries,” Eastern Economic Journal, 32(3), 479-492.

 

10) Güven, A. and L. Erden (2007), “Foreign Aid in a Fiscal Response Model: Case of Turkey”, Hacettepe Üniv. Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 25(1), 21-37. (in Turkish)

 

11) Erden, L. and İ. Özkan (2007) “Country-size Argument as a Potential Explanation for the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle” The Empirical Economics Letters, 6(6), 501-507.

 

12) Özkan, İ. and L. Erden (2007) “Identifying the Turning Points in Turkish Business Cycles” Akdeniz Univ. Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 7(2), 1-19. (in Turkish)

ProjectsA”

1)    “An investigation of the effects of investment subsidies and public investment on provincial efficiency in Turkey: Provincial panel data applications” TUBITAK Research Grant, 2008. in AWARDS:

AWARDS:

  • Scholarship granted by the Ministry of Education for graduate studies abroad.

MEMBERSHİPS:

Turkish Economic Association

AWARDS:

REVIEWER FOR:

Hacettepe Univ. Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Vergi Raporu (Tax Report)

Business and Politics

Economic Modelling

Journal of Development Economics