Shihomi ARA-AKSOY, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

 Economic Policy

 

CONTACT : 

Office: 

Phone : 297 86 50  ext 36

Email:   shihomiara@gmail.com

URL: http://www.shihomiaksoy.org

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: 

Undergraduate                    : AoyamaGakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, 2000

                                              : University of Washington, Seattle, USA, 1998-1999

Graduate/Masters’ Degree : Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, 2002

 

                                      : The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, 2003

 

Graduate/ PH.D                   : The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, 2007

 

Foreign Languages:  English, Japanese

ACADEMIC AREAS OF INTEREST: 
  • Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

[Environmental Evaluation, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Pollution Control, Management of Common Pool

              Resources, Environment in Developing Countries, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Tourism]

 

  • Urban Economics
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Development Economics
  • Applied Econometrics

CURRENT TEACHING ASSIGNMENT / COURSES THOUGHT:
  • ECO 448 Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
  • ECO 336 Urban Economics 

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE: 
  • 2008-current: Instructor, Department of Economics, Hacettepe University
  • 2001- 2006 Graduate Research Associate, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA 

ACADEMƯC RESEARCH/ PUBLICATIONS : 

 

Conferences:

·         Ara, S., Irwin, E., Haab, T., “The Influence of Water Quality on the Housing Price

                    Around Lake Erie.” American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Long 

                    Beach, CA, July, 2006.

 

·         Ara, S., Irwin, E., Haab, T., “Measuring the Effects of Lake Erie Water Quality in Spatial Hedonic Price Models.”  Environmental and Resource Economists, Third World Congress, Kyoto, Japan, July, 2006.

           

·         Ara, S., “Consumer Willingness to Pay for Multiple Attributes of Organic Rice: A case

    Study in the Philippines.”  25th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Durban,

    South Africa. August, 2003.

 

AWARDS:

·         OSU Research Assistantship 2001 – 2006

·         Environmental Policy Initiative Travel Fund, 2006

·         AAEA Graduate Student Travel Grant, 2006

·         Daniel G. Amstutz Scholarship Fund, 2003

·         Kobe University Research Fund for the Field Study in the Philippines, 2001

·         Association of International Education, Japan (AIEJ) Scholarship, 1998