CURRICULUM VITAE Professor Rıfat Barış Tekin
Marmara University, Department of Economics, Kuyubaşı Kampüsü, Göztepe/İstanbul
Email: rbtekin@marmara.edu.tr
EDUCATION
2001-2005 PhD in Economics, MARMARA UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey
Title of the PhD Thesis: “Exchange Rate Pass-through in Prices of Internationally Traded Goods: New Evidence from Turkey”
1999-2000 MSc in Economics, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
Title of the MSc Dissertation: “International Illiquidity and Financial Crises in Emerging Economies”
1992-1997 BA in Economics, BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey.
1984-1992 Middle and High school Diploma, GALATASARAY LİSESİ, Istanbul, Turkey
LANGUAGES SPOKEN Turkish (Native) French (C1 – KPDS 94) English (C1 – KPDS 93)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, MARMARA UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics, September 2020 – Present
Associate Professor, MARMARA UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics, October 2013 – August 2020
Assistant Professor, MARMARA UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics, June 2011- October 2013
Lecturer Dr, MARMARA UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics, September 2005- May 2011
Research and Teaching Assistant, MARMARA UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics, December 1997- September 2005
VISITING AND ADJUNCT POSITIONS
Visiting Fellow, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, LSE Research on South East Europe, (LSEE). September 2013 – August 2014
Visiting Fellow, UNIVERSITE PARIS 1 PANTHEON-SORBONNE, Maison des Sciences Economiques, June 2007 – September 2007
Visiting Fellow, UNIVERSITE PARIS 1 PANTHEON-SORBONNE, Maison des Sciences Economiques, Laboratoire Matisse, September 2005- March 2006
Adjunct Professor, BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics, September 2012 - Present
Adjunct Professor, IŞIK UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics, September 2015 - Present
AWARDS AND GRANTS
TÜBİTAK International Postdoctoral Research Scholarship, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, December 2013 - August 2014
YÖK Grant for Overseas Research, Council of Higher Education, September 2013 - December 2013
TÜBİTAK Publication Grants, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2009 and 2012
TÜBİTAK International Postdoctoral Research Scholarship, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, September 2005 - March 2006
Jean Monnet Scholarship, European Commission, September 1999 - September 2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Undergraduate courses taught:
- Comparative Industrial Policies (Elective)
- Economic Development and Social Change (Elective) - Economic Policy (Elective)
- Economics of the European Union (Elective) - Global Political Economy
- History of Economic Thought - International Economics - Introduction to Economics
- Trade Policy and the New Global Economic Order (Elective) Graduate courses taught:
- Advanced International Trade (MA)
- Topics in International Trade and Finance (PhD)
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
International and Development Economics
- Trade and industrial policy in developing countries, with a particular focus on Turkey
- Development assistance, economic growth and development in Least Developed Countries
- Foreign direct investment, openness-to-trade and technological change in developing countries
Political Economy of International Migration and Refugee Movements
- Global governance of international migration; Global Migration Compact, Global Compact on Refugees
- Remittances, economic growth and institutional quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
Tekin, R. B. (2015). The Limits, Dilemmas, and Paradoxes of Turkish Foreign Policy: A Political Economy Perspective, London: LSEE, London School of Economics and Political Science. (with Beyza Ç. Tekin).
Tekin, R. B. (2005). Türkiye’nin Komşu ve Çevre Ülkeleriyle Sınır Aşan Ticaretinin Geliştirilmesine Yönelik Bir Strateji Denemesi. İstanbul: İstanbul Ticaret Odası.
Articles in Refereed Journals
Tekin, R. B. (2012) Economic growth, exports and foreign direct investment in Least Developed Countries: A panel Granger causality analysis, Economic Modelling, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 868–878.
Tekin, R. B. (2012) Economic determinants of technological progress in G7 countries: A re-examination, Economics Letters, Vol. 116, No. 3, pp. 604- 608. (with Bülent Güloğlu and Ercan Sarıdoğan)
Tekin, R. B. (2012) A Panel Causality Analysis of the Relationship among Research and Development, Innovation and Economic Growth in High Income OECD Countries, Eurasian Economic Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 32-47. (with Bülent Güloğlu)
Tekin R. B. (2012) Development aid, openness to trade and economic growth in Least Developed Countries: bootstrap panel Granger causality analysis, Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 62 (2012 ): 716 – 721.
Tekin, R. B. (2009). “Exchange Rate Pass-through in Turkish Export and Import Prices”. Applied Economics, Vol. 41, No. 17, pp. 2221-2228(8). (with Ege Yazgan).
Tekin, R. B. (2018) International Trade and Economic Growth Nexus Revisited: the Case of Sub-Saharan African Countries, Journal of Research in Economics 2 (2), 208-223
Tekin, R. B. (2020) A Note on Causality Relations Among Economic Growth, Development Assistance and Trade Openness in Low Income Countries, Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi 41 (2), 503-515
Book Chapters
Tekin, R. B. (2015). “Political Economy of European Mobilizations: Why did the anti- austerity movements fail?,” in Waves of Social Movement Mobilizations in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges to the Neo-Liberal World Order and Democracy, (eds.) N. Konak and R. Dönmez, (pp. 129- 150), New York:
Lexington Books. (with Beyza Ç. Tekin).
Tekin, R. B. (2014). AKP Dönemi Türk Dış Politikasının Ekonomi Politiği: Neoliberal Dönüşüm Bağlamında bir Değerlendirme”, (ed.) Rasim Özgür Dönmez, Türkiye’de Politik Değişim ve Türk Dış Politikası: Neo-Osmanlıcılığın Sosyo- Politiği, pp. 35-77, Bursa: Dora Yayıncılık. (with Beyza Ç. Tekin).
Conference Presentations
Tekin, R. B. “"Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Hedefleri, Kalkınma İşbirliği ve Uluslararası Göç," 21.Yüzyılda Uluslararası Göç -IV” Konferansı Yeditepe Üniversitesi Küresel Eğitim ve Kültür Araştırmaları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (KEKAM) 10 – 11 Ekim 2019
Tekin, R. B. “Development Aid, Openness to Trade and Economic Growth in Least Developed Countries: Bootstrap Panel Granger Causality Analysis”, World
Conference on Business, Economics and Management, May 04-06, 2012, Antalya.
Tekin, R. B. and Gürbüz, B. “Development Aid and Economic Growth:
The Case of the Least Developed Countries” EconAnadolu 2011 Anadolu International Conference in Economics, 15-17 Haziran 2011, Eskisehir.
Tekin, R. B. “Economic Growth, Exports and Foreign Direct Investment in Least Developed Countries: A Panel Granger Causality Analysis”, 71. International Athlantic Economic Society Conference, 16-19 March 2011, Athens, Greece.
Tekin, R. B., Sarıdoğan, E. and Bülent Güloğlu. “An Econometric Analysis of the Relationship among Research and Development, Innovation and Economic Growth in High-income OECD Countries”, EBES 2010 International Conference, 26- 28 May 2010, İstanbul.
Tekin, R. B. “Trade Balance and the Terms of Trade: New Evidence from a Small Open Economy”, EBES 2009 Conference, 1-2 June 2009, İstanbul.
Research Projects and Reports
Senior Local Expert, “Technical assistance of Development of a Clustering Policy TR0502.07/Europe Aid/122678/D/SER/TR Central Finance and Contracts Unit” European Commission - DG EuropeAid, Project financed by the European Commission and executed by the United Nations Development Programme with the involvement of the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade, Turkey, 2008 - 2009.
Birleşmiş Millletler Kalkınma Programı (UNDP) GAP GİDEM Projesi Uluslararasılaştırma Nihai Değerlendirme Raportörü, Uzman, 2006.
Proje Yürütücüsü, "En Az Gelişmiş Ülkelerde Ekonomik Büyüme, İhracat ve Doğrudan Yabancı Yatırımlar: Bir Panel Granger Nedensellik Çalışması", Marmara Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Komisyonu Projesi, Proje No: SOSYAL-D-070211-0021.
Proje Yürütücüsü, "Birleşmiş Milletlerin En Az Gelişmiş Ülkeler için İstanbul Eylem Programı'nın Eleştirel bir Değerlendirmesi", Marmara Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Komisyonu Projesi, Proje No: SOSYAL-D-130-612-0254.
PEER REVIEWING SERVICES
Applied Economics, Development Studies Research, Economic Modelling, Economic Trends and Economic Policy, Information Technology for Development, Journal of Business Economics and Management, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Singapore Journal of Economics, Technological and Economic Development of Economy, The International Trade Journal, Third World Quarterly
