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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Economics

Teaching areas

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

Research areas

Applied Economics, Macroeconomics and Economic Development, Managerial Economics

Education

PhD, Economics, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, United States, 2009
BA, Business Administration, Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Turkey, 2000

Professional experience

Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2022 - Present
Associate Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2015 - 2022
Assistant Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2009 - 2015
Faculty/instructor, University of Georgia, GA, United States, 2007 - 2009

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2607

Dr. Ilker Kaya

Professor
PhD, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, United States

Ilker Kaya is a professor of economics whose research is concentrated in the areas of foreign aid effectiveness, business networks, managerial economics and selected international finance and labour issues. He taught several economics and finance courses at the University of Georgia (USA) between 2006 and 2009 before joining American University of Sharjah. Since 2009, he has taught a variety of courses at AUS. During that time, he has received two awards for his graduate and undergraduate teaching.

Publications

Benjamin Artz, Ilker Kaya And Ozgur Kaya. Gender role perspectives and job burnout, Review Of Economics Of The Household, June 2022
Volkan Yeniaras And Ilker Kaya. Customer prioritization, product complexity and business ties: Implications for job stress and customer service performance, Journal Of Business & Industrial Marketing, 5 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Davide Contu, Ozgur Kaya And Ilker Kaya. Attitudes towards climate change and energy sources in oil exporters, Energy Strategy Reviews, 1 November 2021
Volkan Yeniaras And Ilker Kaya. Relational governance, strategic planning and firm performance, Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 25 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021
Volkan Yeniaras, Anthony Di Benedetto, Ilker Kaya And Mumin Dayan. Relational governance, organizational unlearning and learning: implications for performance, Journal Of Business & Industrial Marketing, 14 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020
Ilker Kaya And Ozgur Kaya. Foreign aid, institutional quality and government fiscal behavior in emerging economies: An empirical investigation., The Quarterly Review Of Economics And Finance, May 2020
Volkan Yeniaras, Ilker Kaya And Nicholas Ashill. The effects of social ties on innovation behavior and new product performance in emerging economies: evidence from Turkey, Journal Of Business & Industrial Marketing, 8 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2020
Ilker Kaya, Volkan Yeniaras And Ozgur Kaya. Dimensions of religiosity, altruism and life satisfaction, Review Of Social Economy, 21 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020
Volkan Yeniaras, Ilker Kaya And Mumin Dayan. Mixed effects of business and political ties in planning flexibility: Insights from Turkey, Industrial Marketing Management, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020
Ozgur Kaya And Ilker Kaya. Aid to Agriculture and Aggregate Welfare, The Singapore Economic Review, 2019
Michael Malcolm And Ilker Kaya. Selection works both ways: BMI and marital formation among young women, Review Of Economics Of The Household, 2016
Hamid Baghestani And Ilker Kaya. Do financial indicators have directional predictability for US home sales?, Applied Economics, 27 March 2016
Hamid Baghestani, Mohammad Arzaghi And Ilker Kaya. On the accuracy of Blue Chip forecasts of interest rates and country risk premiums, Applied Economics, 2015
Benjamin Artz And Ilker Kaya. Job insecurity and job satisfaction in the United S tates: the case of public sector union workers, Industrial Relations Journal, 2014
Benjamin Artz And Ilker Kaya. The impact of job security on job satisfaction in economic contractions versus expansions, Applied Economics, 2014
Hamid Baghestani And Ilker Kaya. An evaluation of New Zealand macroeconomic survey forecasts, New Zealand Economic Papers, 2013
Hamid Baghestani, Ilker Kaya And Samer Kherfi. Do changes in consumers' home buying attitudes predict directional change in home sales?, Applied Economics Letters, 2013
Ozgur Kaya, Ilker Kaya And Lewell Gunter. Foreign aid and the quest for poverty reduction: Is aid to agriculture effective?, Journal Of Agricultural Economics, 2013
Ozgur Kaya, Ilker Kaya And Lewell Gunter. Development aid to agriculture and economic growth, Review Of Development Economics, 2012
Ilker Kaya, Konstantin Lyubimov And Mihail Miletkov. To liberalize or not to liberalize: Political and economic determinants of financial liberalization, Emerging Markets Review, 2012
Santanu Chatterjee, Paola Giuliano And Ilker Kaya. Where has all the money gone? Foreign aid and the composition of government spending, The Be Journal Of Macroeconomics, 2012
Ismail Genc, Ilker Kaya And Mehmet Gumus. Is Inflation Targeting A Necessary Condition for Anchoring Expectations?, International Research Journal Of Finance And Economics, 2011

Conference Presentations

Factors influencing public energy preference for climate change mitigation in the United Arab Emirates., Paper Presented At The 2023 Eastern Economic Association Meetings In New York, Ny, Usa February 23-26, 2023., 26 February 2023
Business and Political Networks, Strategic Planning and Firm Performance: Evidence from Turkey., Western Economic Association International 97th Annual Conference In Portland, Oregon, Usa June 29- July 3, 2022., 3 July 2022
Gender role perspectives and job burnout, Midwest Economics Association's 86th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Usa March 25-27, 2022., 25 March 2022
The Effects of Business and Political Ties on Firm Performance: Role of Strategic Planning and Flexibility., The 40th Middle East Economic Association (meea) Annual Meeting In Conjunction With The Allied Social Sciences Associations (assa), 3 January 2020
Social Ties, Innovation and Performance: The Role of Market and Institutional Environments, 45th Eastern Economics Association Annual Conference, 3 March 2019

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Faculty Research Grant (FRG23), 1 June 2023
Grant, Faculty Research Grant (FRG20), 1 March 2020 - 31 May 2023
Grant, Faculty Research Grant (FRG20), 1 March 2020 - 31 March 2022
Grant, Enhanced Faculty Research Grant (EFRG), 1 March 2018 - 30 August 2020
Grant, Faculty Development Center: peer teaching observation initiative grant., 31 May 2013 - 31 May 2013
Grant, Faculty Research Grant, American University of Sharjah., 16 February 2010 - 16 February 2010
Grant, Faculty Seed Grant, 31 October 2009 - 31 October 2009

Awards and Honors

MBA Award for Teaching Excellence 2014/15 , School of Business Administration, American University of Sharjah, 17 September 2015
Teacher of the Year Award 2014-2015 for Excellence in Teaching, School of Business Administration, American University of Sharjah, 16 April 2015
Best Paper Award in International Finance, Annual Meetings of the Southern Finance Association, 17 November 2007

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