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Erol Taymaz

Department of Economics
Middle East Technical University
Ankara 06531 Turkey
Tel: (90 312) 210 3034
Fax: (90 312) 210 1244
Home page: http://www.metu.edu.tr/~etaymaz/
e-mail: etaymaz@metu.edu.tr


    Research interests

  • Technology, innovation and development

  • Industrial policy, technology policy, enterprise policy

  • Regulation and competition policy

  • Policy evaluation

  • Industrial dynamics

  • Entrepreneurship and small business economics

  • Education and training

  • Labor demand and flexibility

  • Evolutionary economics

  • Micro-simulation modeling


Education

  • 1989 Ph.D., Department of Economics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
    Thesis: Technological Capabilities and International Competitiveness: A Study on the Machine Tool Industry

  • 1985 M.S., Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
    Thesis: The Role of the Machine Tool Industry in Industrial Development with Special Reference to Turkey

  • 1982 B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara


    Experience

  • 1998-Present: Professor, Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

  • 2001-2004: Advisor, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)

  • 1999-2000: Advisor, State Institute of Statistics, Turkey

  • 1993-2008 (Winter): Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Paris

  • 2005 (Summer): Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Universidad de Deusto, San Sebastián

  • 1996-1997 (Summer): Visiting Scholar, Department of Industrial Economics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

  • 1993-1998: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

  • 1992-1993: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

  • 1989-1992: Research Fellow, Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research (IUI), Stockholm

  • 1985-1989: Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

  • 1982-1985: Research Engineer, Aselsan Military Electronics Industries, Inc., Ankara


    Awards and scholarships

  • 1998 Research and Encouragement Award, Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA)

  • 1994 Research and Encouragement Award, METU Mustafa Parlar Research and Education Foundation

  • 1989 Graduate Alumni Award, Case Western Reserve University

  • 1978 Young Scientist Scholarship, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey

  • 1975 Young Scientist Scholarship, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey


    Courses taught

  • ECO 280 Engineering Economics

  • ECON 411 Economics of Networks and the Internet

  • ECON 444 Economics of Innovation

  • ECON 448 Technology and Industrial Dynamics

  • ECON 451 Industrial Economics

  • ECON 498 Labor Economics

  • ECON 651 Advanced Industrial Organization

  • ECON 683 Applied Econometrics I

  • ECON 691 Economics of Technology Policy

  • ECON 692 Evolutionary Economics


    Professional activities

  • 2002-Present: Member of the Executive Board, the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, METU

  • 2001-Present: Member, Advisory Board of the National Metrology Institute, Turkey

  • 2001-Present: Member of the Executive Board, Research Center for Science and Technology Policies, METU

  • 1999-Present: Member of the Editorial Board, the Electronic Journal of Evolutionary Modeling and Economic Dynamics

  • 1997-Present: Research Associate, Economic Research Forum, Cairo

  • 1996-Present: Treasurer, Economic Research Center, METU

  • 2002-2004: Program Committee Member, Research for Policy Support, EU 6th Framework Programme

  • 2001-2004: Member of the NATO Advisory Panel of Science and Technology Policy and Organization (STP) Sub-Programme

  • 2000-2004: Member of the Advisory Committee on Humanities, Social and Administrative Sciences, the Council of Higher Education (Sosyal, Beşeri ve İdari Bilimler Temel Alan Danışma Komisyonu)

  • 2003-2004: Member of the Steering Group, Futures Enlargement Project, JRC-IPTS, EU

  • 1997-2003: Member of the Organization Committee, International METU Conference on Economics

  • 1993-2002: Member of the Editorial Board, Toplum ve Bilim, Ankara, Turkey

  • 1998-2002: Member of the Board of Management, International J.A.Schumpeter Society

  • 1997-2001: Assistant Chair, Science and Technology Policy Studies Program, METU

  • 1999-2001: Chairman, Department of Economics, METU

  • 1997-1998: Member of the Faculty Board, the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, METU

  • 1996-1998: Secretary, the Union of Academic Personnel, METU Branch

  • 1996-1997: Assistant Chair, Department of Economics, METU

  • 1993-1995: Editor, METU Studies in Development

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