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
- 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
- 1993-1998: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
- 1992-1993: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
- 1993-2016 (Winter): Visiting Professor, Department of Economics,Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Paris
- 2013-2014 (Spring): Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, Bordeaux
- 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
- 2010-2014: Vice President, Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus
- 2005-2006: Advisor, The Central Bank of Turkey
- 2001-2004: Advisor, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
- 1999-2000: Advisor, State Institute of Statistics, Turkey
- 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 353 International Economics I
- 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
- 2011-Present: Associate Editor, Journal of Productivity Analysis
- 1997-Present: Research Associate, Economic Research Forum, Cairo
- 2011-2015: Associate Editor, İktisat, İşletme ve Finans
- 2006-2010: Member of the Board of Management, International J.A.Schumpeter Society
- 1993-2002: Member of the Editorial Board, Toplum ve Bilim
- 1993-1995: Editor, METU Studies in Development