Arhan S. Ertan

arhan.ertan@bogazici.edu.tr

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Department of International Trade, Hisar Kampüs, Boğaziçi University, Bebek, 34342, Istanbul

Assoc. Prof. Dr.

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Education

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

PhD in ECONOMICS

MA in ECONOMICS

Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

MA in ECONOMICS

BS in CIVIL ENGINEERING

PhD (coursework) in MANAGEMENT

Academic Awards:

'Most Cited Article Award' (European Economic Review)

Stephen R. Ehrlich Fellowship (Brown University)

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Fellowship (for the workshop in 'Trade, Technology Diffusion and Implications for Developing Countries' organized by University of Milan, Italy)

1st Prize in International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) Exam (Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Institution - TÜBİTAK)

Research

Research Areas:

Economic Development

Behavioral & Experimental Economics

International Trade & Finance

Migration

Efficiency of Financial Markets

Please see here for summary metrics of publications & citations:

https://exaly.com/author/2265478/arhan-ertan/where-cited

Publications:

Ertan, Arhan S., Akkemik, K. Ali (2023). Intertemporal and Cross-Sectional Contrasts in Effects of Trade: Significance of the Technology Content of Exports. The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development (SSCI), 32(2), 189-218. doi: 10.1080/09638199.2022.2092197

Ertan, Arhan S., H. Akın Ünver (2023). Democratization, state capacity and developmental correlates of international artificial intelligence trade. Democratization, 0, 1-31. doi: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2259318

Ertan, Arhan S., et al. (2023). Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries. Nature Scientific Data (SSCI), 10, 272. doi: 10.1038/s41597-023-02080-8

Ertan, Arhan S., Ünver, H. Akın (2023). The Strategic Logic of Digital Disinformation: Offense, Defence and Deterrence in Information Warfare. In Rubén Arcos, Irena Chiru, Cristina Ivan, Routledge Handbook of Disinformation and National Security (pp. chapter 14). https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Disinformation-and-National-Security/Arcos-Chiru-Ivan/p/book/9781032040509: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003190363

Kiratli, O.S., Ertan, S.A. (2023). When to Not Respond in Kind? Individuals’ Expectations of the Future and Their Support for Reciprocity in Foreign Policy. Political Behavior, 1, 1-23. doi: 10.1007/s11109-023-09857-y

Ertan et al. (2022). Predicting Attitudinal and Behavioral Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic Using Machine Learning. PNAS Nexus, 1(3), 1-15. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac093

Ertan, Arhan S., et al. (2022). National Identity Predicts Public Health Support during a Global Pandemic. Nature Communications (SSCI), 13(1), 517. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27668-9

Ertan, Arhan S., Ünver, H. Akın (2022). Politics of Artificial Intelligence Adoption: Unpacking the Regime Type Debate. In Filimowicz, Michael (editor), Democratic Frontiers: Algorithms and Society (pp. chapter 5). : Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003173427-5

Ertan, Arhan S. and Kıran, Gürbüz (2021). Global financial environment or monetary transmission mechanism? The (special) dynamics of Turkey's external deficit after 2002. International Journal of Finance & Economics (SSCI), 26(3), 4054-4076. doi: 10.1002/ijfe.2004

Ertan, A. and Musabeh, A. (2020). Foreign Direct Investment in North Africa: A Descriptive Analysis of the Performance, Policies, Challenges. In , Handbook of Research on Institutional, Economic, and Social Impacts of Globalization and Liberalization (pp. 446-471). : IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4459-4.ch025

Ertan, Arhan S., Karahan, Cenk C. and Temuçin, Teoman S. (2020). Estimating the Yield Curve for Sovereign Bonds: The Case of Turkey. Finans-Politik & Ekonomik Yorumlar Dergisi, 653, 137-159.

Ertan, Arhan S. and Kayhan, Fatih (2020). Differential Effects of Global Financial Crisis on Public and Private Bank Behavior: Literature Review and the Case of Turkish Banking Industry. Journal of Research in Economics, 4(1), 46 - 63. doi: 10.35333/jore.2020.149

Ertan, S. A., Karahan, C. C. and Köseli, M. (2020). Financial Value of Analyst Recommendations: Talent or Risk Factor?. Socioeconomy (ESCI), 28(46), 371 - 389. doi: 10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2020.04.17

Ertan, Arhan S. and Ersan, Ömer (2018). Estimating the Risk of Bankruptcy: An Analysis of Turkish Manufacturing Industry. Marmara University Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, 40(2), 181-207. doi: 10.14780/muiibd.511028

Ertan, Arhan S., Putterman, Louis and Fiszbein, Martin (2016). Who was colonized and when? A cross-country analysis of determinants. European Economic Review, 83, 165-184. doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.10.012 (SSCI)

Ertan, Arhan S., Putterman, Louis and Fiszbein, Martin (2012). Determinants and Economic Consequences of Colonization: A Global Analysis. SSRN Working Paper, -(#2129786), -. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2129786

Ertan, Arhan S.; Putterman, Louis and Page, Talbot (2009). Who to Punish? Individual Decisions and Majority Rule in Mitigating the Free Rider Problem. European Economic Review (SSCI), 53(5), 495-511. doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2008.09.007

Research Projects:

Digital Public Diplomacy of Armed Organizations – Syria and Iraq Cases

2021

Arhan S. Ertan (Boğaziçi University), H. Akın Ünver (Özyeğin University), Efe Tokdemir (Bilkent University), Belgin Şan Akça (Koç University), Mehmet Nafiz Aydın (Kadir Has University)

Financial Support: TÜBITAK (2021 - ongoing)

Economic Experiments on Threshold Public Goods: Analyzing the Roles of Time Inconsistency & Impatience, Risk Preferences, Network Structures, Communication among Subjects, and Beliefs about Others’ Behavior

2021

Arhan S. Ertan

Financial Support: Boğaziçi University BAP (2021 - ongoing)

Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic Related Uncertainties on Social, Economic and Political Preferences and Behavioral Patterns: Role of Risk Perception

2020

Arhan S. Ertan (Boğaziçi University), Osman S. Kıratlı (Boğaziçi University), H. Akın Ünver (Özyeğin University)

Financial Support: TÜBITAK (2020 - 2021)

Integrative Urban Planning In Communities Receiving Refugees: Case of Syrian Refugees in Turkey

2019

Arhan S. Ertan (Boğaziçi University), Başak Yavçan (TOBB-ETU), Fulya Memiş (Yıldız Technical University)

Financial Support: GIZ GmbH (2019 - 2020)

Courses

International Trade & Finance

Statistics & Econometrics

Economic Growth & Development

Financial Markets and Institutions

Research Methods

Experience

Full Time:

Associate Professor at Boğaziçi University, Department of International Trade (current)

Visiting Assistant Professor at Brown University, Economics Department (2018 – 2019)

Assistant Professor at Kadir Has University, Department of International Trade & Finance (2012 – 2018)

Visiting Assistant Professor at New York University, Economics Department & Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (2011 – 2012)

Visiting Assistant Professor at Boston University, Economics Department (2009 – 2011)

Visiting Assistant Professor at Tufts University, Economics Department (2008 – 2009)

Visiting Assistant Professor at Babson College, Division of Economics (2007 – 2008)

Research and Teaching Assistant at Brown University, Economics Department (2002 – 2007)

Part Time:

Adjunct Faculty at Harvard University, Economics Department (Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024)

Adjunct Faculty at Boğaziçi University (several semesters between 2007 – 2017)

Adjunct Faculty at Koç University, Economics Department (Summer 2014)

Adjunct Faculty at Özyeğin University, Faculty of Business (Summer 2013)

Adjunct Faculty at Boston College, Economics Department (2009)

Adjunct Faculty at Northeastern University, Economics Department (Fall 2008 & Fall 2010)

Adjunct Faculty at Sabancı University, Economics Department (Summer 2007)

Adjunct Faculty at University of Rhode Island, Economics Department (Fall 2006)

Teaching Assistant at Bilgi University, Economics Department (1999 ‐ 2001)

Experience Outside Academia:

Academic Consultant (data analytics / statistical analysis) @ Istanbul Economy Research, 2018 - current

Economist @ Finansbank Research Department, Istanbul, 1998

Academic Team Member for a research project conducted jointly by DPT (State Planning Organization) & Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 1997

Biography

Arhan S. Ertan is presently serving as an Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of International Trade at Boğaziçi University, where he specializes in Economics and Finance. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University and holds multiple Master's degrees in Economics from both Brown University and Boğaziçi University, in addition to a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Boğaziçi University. He also completed coursework in the Management Ph.D. program at Boğaziçi University.

Prior to joining Boğaziçi University's faculty in 2019, he worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Brown University. His academic interests are diverse, encompassing topics related to economic development with a long-term and institutional perspective, behavioral economics focusing on the influence of personal characteristics and institutions on cooperation, international economics with a concentration on trade and finance, as well as domestic and international migration. His research is predominantly empirical and interdisciplinary, aimed at offering fresh insights into the disparities and challenges seen worldwide. His academic contributions have been published in esteemed national and international journals, with one article published in the European Economic Review receiving the 'Most Cited Article Award.'

In the earlier stages of his career, he held full-time faculty positions at prestigious institutions in the United States, including New York University (2011-2012), Boston University (2009-2011), Tufts University (2008-2009), and Babson College (2007-2008). During his tenure at these institutions, he taught a wide array of courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Between 2012 and 2018, he served as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Management at Kadir Has University. In this role, he supervised the research and dissertations of nine Ph.D. and three master's students, contributed to organizing two international finance conferences, several workshops, and numerous economics and finance seminars.

Furthermore, as an adjunct faculty member, he imparted his knowledge to students at various other institutions, including Harvard University (summers of 2022 and 2023 and 2024), Boston College (2009), Northeastern University (2008), and the University of Rhode Island (2006) in the United States. In Turkey, he taught at Koç University (summer of 2014), Özyeğin University (summer of 2013), Sabancı University (summer of 2007), and Boğaziçi University (multiple semesters between 2007 and 2017).

His experience extends beyond academia. He has served as an academic consultant specializing in data analytics and statistical analysis at Istanbul Economy Research since 2018. In addition, he held the role of an economist at the research department of Finansbank in 2008 and worked as an academic team member on a research project jointly conducted by the State Planning Organization (DPT) and Boğaziçi University's Industrial Engineering Department in 2007.

Conferences & Seminars

Workshop: "COVID19 Related Social Science Studies"

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