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MUHSİN KAR’s CV
Surname
Name
Title
Birth Date and Place
EDUCATION
Undergraduate
: KAR
: Muhsin
: Associate Prof. (Dr.)
: 10. 07.1968, Pazarcık-K.Maraş/ TURKEY
: Ankara University (Turkey), Faculty of Political Sciences,
Department of Economics, 1992
MA
: Leicester University (UK), Department of Economics, MA in
Economic Development, 1995
Ph.D.
: Loughborough University (UK), Department of Economics,
Ph.D. in Economics, 2000.
Title: “An Empirical Investigation of Financial Liberalization
in Turkey”.
Mother Tongue
Foreign Language
: Turkish
: English
WORK EXPERIENCE
Institution
Associate Professor :Çukurova University
Faculty of Economics and Administrative
Sciences, Department of Economics, April
2009-.
Associate Professor :Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University
Faculty of Economics and Administrative
Sciences, Department of Economics, 2005April 2009.
Assistant Professor :Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University
Faculty of Economics and Administrative
Sciences,
Department of Economics, 2000 - 2005.
Research Assistant :Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University
Department of Economics, Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences, 19932000.
Position in the Faculty
Çukurova University
Vice Head of the Department (Feb. 2010- )
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University
Head of the Department (June 2005-Sep. 2007 )
Vice-Dean (October 2005 – March 2009)
Member of the Faculty Board (2002- 2009)
Vice Head of the Department (2001-June 2005)
Other Position Held
Vice head of the Institution of Social Sciences
(Graduate School) (2001-2005, 2007 –2008)
Memberships
Royal economic Society (1997-2000)
Turkish Economic Association (May 2004- )
Economic Research Forum (December 2005 -)
International Economic Society (January 2008- )
Research Fields
Financial Development; Financial Markets; Economic Growth;
Foreign Capital flows; European Integration and Turkey; Savings,
Investment and Growth.
Telephone
+90 (322)-338 72 54 -60 /137
Fax
+90 (322)-338 72 83
Address
Çukurova University
Department of Economics
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Bacalı, Adana,
TURKEY
E-mail
[email protected] and [email protected]
Publications
I. Articles in SSCI or Internationally Refereed Journals
1. Ulussever, T., Yumuşak, İ.G. and Kar, M., 2011, “The Day-of-the-Week Effect in
the Saudi Stock Exchange: A Non-Linear GARCH Analysis”, Journal of Economic
and Social Studies, 1(1), 9-23.
2. Kar, M., Ş. Nazlıoğlu and Ağır, H., 2011, “Financial Development and Economic
Growth Nexus in the MENA Countries: Bootstrap Panel Granger Causality
Analysis”, Economic Modelling, 28 (1-2), 685-693 (SSCI).
3. Kar, M., O. Peker ve Kaplan, M., 2008, “Trade Liberalization and Financial
Development and Economic Growth in the Long Run: the Case of Turkey”, South
East European Journal of Economics and Business, 3(2), 25-38.
4. Sağbaş, İ., Kar, M. and Şen, H., “Fiscal Decentralisation, the Size of Public Sector
and Economic Growth in Turkey”, Environment and Planning C: Government and
Policy, Vol.23, No.1, 3-19 (SSCI).
II. International Conferences
1. Kar, M., B. Güloğlu, Ş. Nazlıoğlu and Ağır, H., (2010), “Financial Development and
Poverty Reduction in the MENA Countries: Panel Data Analysis”, Economics of the
Mediterranean and the Euromediterranean Process, CREMed and European Institute,
16-17 July, Barcelona, Spain.
2. Ağır, H., M. Kar and Peker, O., (2010), “Financial Development and Poverty
Reduction in Turkey”, Warsaw International Economic Meeting, University of
Warsaw and National Bank of Poland, 2-4 July, Warsaw, Poland.
3. Ulussever, T., İ. G. Yumuşak and Kar, M., (2010), “The Day of the Week Effect in
the Saudi Stock Exchange: A Non-linear GARCH Analysis”, Second International
Symposium on Sustainable Development, International Burch University, 8-9 June,
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
4. Kar, M., H. Ağır and O. Peker, 2010, “Financial Development and Poverty
Reduction in Turkey”, The First Turgut Özal International Conference on Economics
and Politics, İnönü University, 15-16 April, Malatya, Turkey.
5. Nazlıoğlu, Ş., Kar, M. and Ağır, H., 2009, “Financial Development and Economic
Growth in the MENA Countries”, the Tenth Mediterranean Research Meeting of the
Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at
the European University Institute, Montecatini Terme, 25 – 28 March, Italy.
6. Kar, M. and Taban, S., 2005, “Human Capital Accumulation Policy in Turkey in the
Eve of the EU Accession”, Presented at the 2005 Conference on Medium Term
Economic Assessment (CMTEA), “Labour Market Transformation Towards
Knowledge Based Economy”, Agency for Economic Analysis and Forecasting, 2930 September, Sofia, Bulgaria.
7. Kar, M. and Elveren, A.Y., 2005, “Turkey’s Economic Integration into the EU:
Opportunities and Challenges”, European Union Studies Association (EUSA) Ninth
Biennial International Conference, March 31-April 2, Austin, Texas, USA.
8. Alkan, H. and Kar, M., 2005, “Places of the Businessmen Organizations in Turkey in
the Era of the EU Accession”, Paper presented at the Sixth Mediterranean Social and
Political Research Meeting of the Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman
Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, Montecatini
Terme, 16-20 March, Italy.
9. Sağbaş, İ., Kar, M. and Şen, H., 2004, “Fiscal Decentralisation, the Size of Public
Sector and Economıc Growth in Turkey”, the 24th conference of the European
Public Choice Society on April 15 -18, Berlin:Freie Universität Berlin, HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin and DIW, Germany.
10. Kar, M., Sağbaş, İ. and Şen, H., 2003, “The Impact of Fiscal Decentralisation on the
Size of Public Sector and Economic Growth in Turkey”, erc/Metu International
Conference in Economics VII, September 6-9, Ankara.
11. Kar, M. and Celik, A., 2003, “Retrospect and Prospects of Small and Medium Sized
Enterprises of Turkey in a Globalizing World” (New Version), presented in the
Second International Conference on Globalization and Entrepreneurship: Fears,
Challenges and Opportunities, organized by University of Rijeka (Crotia) and
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), April 24-26, Pula – Croatia.
12. Kar, M. and Celik, A., 2002, “Retrospect and Prospect of Small and Medium Sized
Enterprises of Turkey in a Globalizing World”, presented in the International
Scientific Conference: Globalization and Sustainable Development, organized by
Varna Free University (Bulgaria), Trakya University (Turkey) and State University
of Yaroslavl (Russia), 1-3 July, Festival Congress Center, Varna, Bulgaria.
13. Kar, M., 2000, “Human Capital Accumulation, Financial Development and
Economic Growth: Time Series Evidence for Turkey”, erc/Metu International
Conference in Economics IV, September 13-16, Ankara.
14. Kar, M., 1998, “The Impact of Financial Liberalisation on Domestic Savings and
Investment in Turkey”, erc/Metu International Conference on Economics II,
September 9-12, Ankara.
III. Working Papers
1. Elveren, A.Y. and Kar, M., 2005, “Turkey’s Economic Integration into the EU:
Opportunities and Challenges”, University of Utah, Department of Economics
Working Paper, No: 2005-10.
2. Kar, M. and Pentecost, E., 2000, A System Test of McKinnon’s Complementarity
Hypothesis with an Application to Turkey, Loughborough University, Department of
Economics, Economic Research Paper No: 00/26, December.
3. Kar, M. and Pentecost, E., 2000, The Direction of Causality Between Financial
Development and Economic Growth in Turkey: Further Evidence, Loughborough
University, Department of Economics, Economic Research Paper No: 00/27,
December.
IV. Chapters in the Edited Books (in English)
1. Kar, M., B. Güloğlu, Ş. Nazlıoğlu and Ağır, H., (2011), “Financial Development and
Poverty Reduction in the MENA Countries: Panel Data Analysis”, in J. Ccota-Font
and J. Montalvo (editors), Europe and the Mediterranean Economy, Routledge,
ISBN: 978-0-415-66765-4 (forthcoming).
2. Elveren, A.Y. and Kar, M., 2008, “Turkey’s Economic Integration into the EU:
Opportunities and Challenges”, in Preeti Phuskele (editor), Economic Integration New Global Dynamics, Icfai Books, India, ISBN: 978-81-314-1951-9.
V. Articles in the Nationally Refereed Journals (in English)
1. Kaplan, M. and Kar, M., 2006, “The Empirical Analysis of Economic Integration: A
Literature Survey”, Marmara Journal of European Studies, 14(2), 45-76.
2. Taş, S. and Kar, M., 2002, “A Critical Survey of the Empirical Studies on Financial
Libarelization in Turkey”, Gaziantep University, Journal of the Social Sciences,
Vol:5, No:1, pp.29-45.
3. Kar, M., 2001, “A Critical Review of The Theory of Financial Liberalization”,
Atatürk University, Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative
Sciences, Vol:15, No:3-4, pp.81-96.
VI. Articles in the Nationally Refereed Journals (in Turkish)
1. Ağır, H. and Kar, M., 2010, “Relationship Between Electricity Consumption and
Level of Economic Development in Turkey: A Cross-section Analysis”,
Sosyoekonomi, 6(12), 149-175
2. Ağır, H. and Kar, M., 2010, “An Evaluation on the Macroeconomic Consequences of
Terrorism”, Finans Politik ve Ekonomik Yorumlar, 47(539), 13-32.
3. Ağır, H., O. Peker and Kar, M., 2009, “An Evaluation on the Determinants of
Financial Development: A Literature Survey, BDDK Bankacılık ve Finansal
Piyasalar Dergisi, 3(2), 31-62.
4. Öz, B., S. Taban and Kar, M., 2009, “A Cluster Analysis for a Comparison of
Human Capital Indicators of Turkey with the EU”, Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi
Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 10(1), 1-29.
5. Kar, M. and Kınık, E., 2008, “An Econometric Analysis Between the Types of
Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth in Turkey”, Afyon Kocatepe
Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 10 (2), 333-353.
6. Kar, M. and Tatlısöz, F., 2008, “An Econometric Analysis of the Determinant of
Foreign Direct Investment in Turkey”, Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey Üniversitesi,
İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 10(14), 436-458.
7. Kar, M. and Elveren, A.Y., 2008, “Gender-based Earnings Differentials in Private
Pension System: The Case of Turkey”, TİSK Akademi, 3(5), 68-100.
8. Cömertler, N. and Kar, M., 2007, “Economic and Social Determinants Of the Crime
Rate in Turkey: Cross-Section Analysis”, Ankara University, Journal of the Faculty
of Political Sciences, 62(2), 37-57.
9. Kar, M., H. Ağır and Gök, E., 2006, “A Comparison of the Central and Eastern
European with Commonwealth of Independent States Countries in Terms of
Macroeconomic Performances”, Journal of Strategic Research, Year:4, Issue:8, 6385.
10. Taban, S. and Kar, M., 2006, "Human Capital and Economic Growth: Causality
Analysis, 1969-2001”, Anadolu University, Journal of Social Sciences, Year: 6,
Issue:1, 159-181.
11. Kar, M. and Ağır, H., 2006, "Capital Markets, Financial Development and Economic
Growth: The Case of Turkey”, İstanbul University, Journal of the Faculty of
Economics, 56(1).
12. Kar, M. and Ağır, H., 2005, “An Examination of Financial Development Indicators
in Turkey”, Finans-Politik ve Ekonomik Yorumlar Dergisi, Year:42, No:496, July.
13. Kara, M. A. and Kar, M., 2005, “The Impacts of the Types of the Foreign Capital
Flows on Savings and Investment in Turkey”, İktisat İşletme Finans, Vol: 20,
No:228, 93-108.
14. Kar, M. and Günay, E., 2004, “Basic Requirements for Financial Stability”, FinansPolitik ve Ekonomik Yorumlar Dergisi, Year: 41, No. 487, 50-69.
15. Kar, M. and Kara, M., 2004, “Capital Flows to The Developing Countries and
Crisis”, Finans-Politik ve Ekonomik Yorumlar Dergisi, Year: 41, No:481, April, 7084.
16. Kar, M., E. Zorkirişçi and Yıldırım, M., 2004, “An Empirical Investigation on the
Contribution of Tourism to the Economy”, Akdeniz University, Journal of the
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, No:8.
17. Kar, M. and Kara, M., 2003, “Capital Flows Towards Turkey and Crisis”, Journal of
Foreign Trade, July, Year:8, No:29, 46-80.
18. Kar, M. and Taban, S., 2003, “The Impacts of the Disaggregated Public Expenditure
on Economic Growth in Turkey”, Ankara University, Journal of the Faculty of
Political Sciences, Vol. 58, No. 3.
19. Kar, M., 2001, “Financial Development and Economic Growth in Turkey: The
Causality Issue”, Dokuz Eylül University Journal of the Faculty of Business, Vol:2,
No:2, pp. 150-169.
20. Kar, M., 2001, “The Role of Financial Sector in Economic Development”, Seminar
organized and published by Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University, Publication
No: 89, pp.3-12.
21. Kar, M. and Kara, M. A., 2001, “Financial Integration and Capital Mobility: The
Case of Turkey”, İktisat İşletme ve Finans, Vol:16, No:180, pp.62-71.
22. Kar, M. and Balcı, A., 1999, “Corruptions and Economic Development: Causes,
Impacts and Challenges”, Journal of Turkish Administration, Vol:71, No.423.
23. Kar, M. and Tuncer, M., 1999, “Financial Development and Economic Growth”,
Uludağ University, Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative
Sciences, Vol.17, No.3.
VII. Chapters in the Edited Books (in Turkish)
1. Kar, M., 2010, “European Monetary Union and Monetary Policy”, in Muhsin Kar
(editor), European Integration and Turkey: Emergence of Common Policies and
Harmonization, Bursa: Ekin Publications, 269-308.
2. Kar, M. and Acar, M., 2010, “Turkey-EU Relations”, in Muhsin Kar (editor),
European Integration and Turkey: Emergence of Common Policies and
Harmonization, Bursa: Ekin Publications, 55-95.
3. Kar, M. and Taban, S., 2008, “Bulgaria”, in İ. Örnek, S. Taş and M. Yıldırım
(editors), Transition Economies, Bursa: Ekin Kitabevi, ss.191-236.
4. Kar, M., 2008, “A Comparison of Turkish Banking Sector with the EU”, in S.
Bekmez (editor), Turkey –EU Relations: Sectoral Analysis, Ankara: Nobel
Yayınları, ss.629-664.
5. Günsoy, B. and Kar, M., 2008, “Globalization and Development”, in Sami Taban
and Muhsin Kar (Editors), Development Economics: Selected Issues, 2. edition,
Bursa: Ekin Kitabevi
6. Kar, M., Taş, S. and Ağır, H., 2008, “Financial System and Development”, in Sami
Taban and Muhsin Kar (Editors), Development Economics: Selected Issues, 2.
edition, Bursa: Ekin Kitabevi.
7. Kar, M. and Kara, M.A., 2007. “Goods and Money Markets”, in Ö.F. Çolak (editor),
Introduction to Economics, Ankara: Gazi Kitabevi, ss. 541-565.
8. Şen, H., Yardımcıoğlu, M. and Kar, M., 2007, “Development and Management of
Domestic Debt in Turkey”, in Ahmet Ay (editor), Turkish Economy:
Macroeconomis Issues and Policy Recommendations, Konya: Çizgi, 227-268.
9. Kar, M., 2006, “Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA)”, in Şaban Çalış,
Birol Akgün and Önder Kutlu (Editors), International Organizations and Turkey,
Konya:Çizgi.
10. Kar, M. And Taban, S., 2006, “An Investigation of Real Economic Indicators as a
Early Warning Indicator in Turkey”, in Halil Seyidoğlu and Rıfat Yıldız (eds), Early
Warning Systems Before Economic Crisis, İstanbul: Arıkan Publications.
11. Kar, M. and Taban, S., 2005, “World Bank and Turkey”, in O. Küçükahmetoğlu, H.
Çeştepe and Ş. Tüylüoğlu (eds), Economic Integration: Global and Regional
Approach, Bursa:Ekin.
12. Mercül, A., Kar, M. and Ağır, H, 2005, “Maastricht Convergence Criteria and A
Comparison of EU Enlargement and Turkey”, in Harun Arıkan and Muhsin Kar
(eds), Turkey – EU Relations:Political, Regional and Economic Dimensions, Ankara:
Seçkin publications.
13. Kar, M. and Taban, S., 2005, “Sources and Dynamics of Economic Development”,
in Muhsin Kar and Sami Taban (eds), Role of Social, Political and Economic Factors
in Economic Development, Bursa: Ekin.
14. Arikan, H. and Kar, M., 2005, “Economic and Politic Integration of the Central
European and Baltic Countries into the EU”, in Saniye Dedeoğlu and Turan Subaşat
(editors), Development and Globalization, İstanbul: Bağlam Publications.
15. Kar, M. and Taş, S., 2004, “The role of Money and Capital in Economic
Development”, in Sami Taban and Muhsin Kar (editors), Development Economics:
Selected Issues, Bursa: Ekin Kitabevi.
16. Taban, S. and Kar, M., 2004, “Human Capital and Development”, in Sami Taban
and Muhsin Kar (editors), Development Economics: Selected Issues, Bursa: Ekin
Kitabevi.
17. Kar, M., 2003, “The European Monetary Union and Common Monetary Policy”, in
Arıkan, H. and Kar, M. (editors), The Common Policies of the EU and Turkey:
Harmonization of Economic, Political and Social Policies, İstanbul: Beta
Publications.
18. Kar, M. and Gunay, E., 2003, “Globalization and Regional Economic Integrations”,
in Arıkan, H. and Kar, M. (editors), The Common Policies of the EU and Turkey:
Harmonization of Economic, Political and Social Policies, İstanbul: Beta
Publications.
VIII. Edited Books in Turkish
1. Kar, M. (editor), 2010, European Integration and Turkey: Emergence of Common
Policies and Harmonization, Bursa: Ekin Publications.
2. Taban, S. and Kar, M. (editors), 2008, Development Economics: Selected Issues, 2nd
edition, Bursa: Ekin Publications.
3. Arıkan, H. and Kar, M. (editors), 2005, Turkey – EU Relations: Political, Regional
and Economic Dimensions, Ankara: Seçkin Publications.
4. Kar, M. and Taban, S. (editors), 2005, Role of Social, Political and Economic
Factors in Economic Development, Bursa: Ekin Publications.
5. Sami Taban and Kar, M. (editors), 2004, Development Economics: Selected Issues,
Bursa: Ekin Publications.
6. Arıkan, H. and Kar, M. (editors), 2003, The Common Policies of the EU and Turkey:
Harmonization of Economic, Political and Social Policies, İstanbul: Beta
Publications.
IX. Paper Presented in the National Conferences (in Turkish)
1. Kar, M. and Ağır, H., 2008, “Place of the EU in the Economic Integrations of
Turkey: Is There any Rational Alternative or Substitution?”, Küreselleşme Sürecinde
Türkiye: Fırsatlar ve Sorunlar Sempozyumu, 12-14 Kasım, Çağ Üniversitesi, TarsusMersin/Turkey.
2. Öz, B., S. Taban and Kar, M., 2008, “A Comparison of Human Capital Indicators of
Turkey with the EU: A Cluster Analysis” IX. Ekonometri ve İstatistik Sempozyumu,
28-30 Mayıs, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Kuşadası, İzmir/Turkey.
3. Kar, M. and Şimşek, N., 2007, “An Analysis of Export Performance for Firms in the
Organized Industrial Zone”, Organize Sanayi Bölgelerinin Sorunları ve Çözüm
Önerileri Sempozyumu, 29-30 Kasım, Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi, Dokuz Eylül
Üniversitesi, İzmir/Turkey.
4. Kök, R. and Kar, M., 2007, “Impact of the Incentive Policies on the Organized
Industrial Zones in Gaziantep”, 14. Ulusal İktisat Sempozyumu: Gaziantep
Sanayinde İhracat, Finansman ve İstihdam Sorunları, 25-26 Ekim, Gaziantep
Üniversitesi ve Türkiye Ekonomi Kurumu, Gaziantep/Turkey.
5. Kar, M. and Yardım, Ö., 2006, “Financial Innovation and Efficiency of Monetary
Policy”, 5. Bilgi Ekonomi ve Yönetim Kongresi, Kocaeli Üniversitesi, 3-5 Kasım,
Kartepe-Kocaeli/Turkey.
6. Kar, M. and Ağır, H., 2003, “Human Capital and Economic Growth in Turkey: A
Causality Test”, II. National Conference on Information, Economics and
Manegement, Kocaeli University, 17-18 May, Derbent-İzmit / Turkey.
7. Bedestenci, H. Çetin, Çelik, A. and Kar, M., 2002, “The Importance of the
Intellectual Capital for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises”, I. National
Conference on Information, Economics and Management, Kocaeli University, 10-11
May, Kocaeli / Turkey.
8. Çelik, A., Kar, M., Buyukbeşe, T. And Ağır, H., 2002, “An Investigation of the
Intellectual Capital for Small and Medium Sized Textile Enterprises in the City of
Kahramanmaraş”, II. National Central Anatolia Conference, Niğde University, 17-18
October, Niğde / Turkey.