Faculty

College / Department

Teaching areas

International Finance, Money and Banking, Business Statistics, Macroeconomics, International Monetary Economics, Managerial Economics, International Trade

Research areas

International Finance, Financial and Economic Forecasting, Banking, Macroeconomics and Economic Development

Education

BA, 2000, Business Administration, Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara, Turkey

PhD, University of Georgia, USA, 2009

Professional experience

American University of Sharjah, UAE, 2009-Current

University of Georgia, USA, 2007-2009

Memberships

American Economic Association - Southern Economic Association

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2607

Dr. Ilker Kaya

Associate Professor

PhD in Economics, University of Georgia, USA

Ilker Kaya taught several economics courses at the University of Georgia, USA, before joining AUS. His theoretical and empirical research is concentrated in the areas of economic growth, income inequality, poverty, international trade, international finance and financial liberalization.

Publications

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Conference Presentations

“Foreign Aid, Governance Quality and Government Spending” Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) 2010 Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 26-28 May, 2010

"To Liberalize or Not to Liberalize: Political and Economic Factors Affecting the Government's Decision to Allow Foreign Investors to Purchase Domestic Equity Securities", 2010 Eastern Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meetings, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, April 14 - 17 , 2010

“Development Aid to Agriculture and Economic Growth”, Accepted for presentation at the 2010 Midwest Economic Association (MEA) Annual Meeting, Evanston, Illinois, March 19-21, 2010.

“Where has All the Money Gone? Foreign Aid and the Quest for Growth”, 5th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, New Delhi, India, December 16-18 2009.

“Where has All the Money Gone? Foreign Aid and the Quest for Growth” Third Southeastern International/Development Economics Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, December 2009.

“Where has All the Money Gone? Foreign Aid and the Quest for Growth” International School of Economics at TSU, Tbilisi, Georgia, February 2009.

“The Impact of Agricultural Aid on Agricultural Sector Growth” Selected Paper for presentation at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, USA, February 2-6, 2008.

"Foreign Aid, Government Spending and Economic Growth” University of Georgia Department of Economics Seminar Series Spring 2007.

"Political and Economic Factors Affecting the Government's Decision to Allow Foreign Investors to Purchase Domestic Equity Securities" Selected Paper for presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Finance Association, 2007.

"Foreign Aid, Fungibility and Economic Growth" University of Georgia Department of Economics Seminar Series Fall 2006.

Awards and Honors

Faculty Development Center: peer teaching observation initiative grant

"MBA Award for Teaching Excellence 2014/15", School of Business Administration, American University of Sharjah

"Teacher of the Year Award 2014-2015" for Excellence in Teaching, School of Business Administration, American University of Sharjah

Faculty Research Grant, American University of Sharjah, 2010

Faculty Seed Grant, American University of Sharjah, 2009