Ayça Tekin-Koru

Biographical Information

Ayça Tekin-Koru, Assistant Professor of Economics, received her Ph.D. from Purdue University in December 2001. She joined the OSU Economics Department in September 2003. To go to Professor Tekin-Koru's web page click here. To view Professor Tekin-Koru's curriculum vitae click here.

Research Interests

Ayça Tekin-Koru's research is in international economics, with particular emphasis on the international factor movements. Her recent research focuses on the exploration of deriving forces behind the diverse market entry strategies employed by multinational corporations both theoretically and empirically and the effect of corruption on foreign direct investment. Parallel to these, she has a newly emerging research agenda on the role of economic integration in multinational firm activity, particularly in North America. Professor Tekin-Koru has so far published in such journals as Applied Economics and Journal of Economics and Finance.

Teaching

Professor Tekin-Koru teaches courses in international economics (trade and finance) and introductory macroeconomics. She has also taught at Purdue University as a visiting assistant professor from 2001 to 2003.

Selected Papers

"Corruption and the Ownership Composition of the Multinational Firm at the Time of Entry: Evidence from Turkey", Journal of Economics and Finance, 2006, 30(2), 251-69.

"Budget Deficits, Money Growth and Inflation: The Turkish Evidence", Applied Economics, 2003 35(5) 591-96, with Erdal Özmen.

"Turkey's Changing Nature of Liquidity", METU Studies in Development, 1994 21-4, 557-78, with Nur Keyder