Faculty

Profile

College / Department

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

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+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

Madalina Vlasceanu, Kimberly Doell, Ilker Kaya, Ozgur Kaya And Jay Van Bavel, Et Al.. Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries, Science Advances, February 2024

Volkan Yeniaras, Ismail Golgeci And Ilker Kaya. Exploring the dark side of managerial upselling emphasis: Exploratory and exploitative learning's moderating roles in salesperson emotional exhaustion and performance., Industrial Marketing Management, February 2024

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

Foreign Aid, Institutions, and Sectoral Fiscal Response in Developing Economies, Econtr2024 V. International Conference On Economics, 17 May 2024

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

Behavioral Science & Policy Association Publication Award for Innovation in Behavioral Policy for “Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries.”, Behavioral Science & Policy Association, May 2024

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