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I. Name: Ahmet KaraAddress: Hasbahçe Sitesi, B1 Blok, A-Girisi, Daire 30,
Beylikdüzü 34900, Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, TurkeyTel: 90 212 889 0810 (ext. 5045)
II. Marital Status:Married, one child.
III. Ph.D. Education:
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1996
IV. Educational Record:Ph.D., Economics, G.P.A.: 4.00/4.00
M.A., Economics, : G.P.A.: 4.00/4.00
B.A., Economics, : High Honor G.P.A.V. Experience:
Associate Professor, Fatih University, 2000-present
Assistant Professor, Fatih University, 1997-present
Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, 1995-1997.
VI. Recognition, Awards and Honors :The Woodrow Wilson-Newcombe Fellowship, 1994.
Distinction, Doctoral Theory Comprehensive Exam, Department of Economics,
University of Massachusetts, 1991.Research Fellow, the Central Bank of Turkey, 1987.
Best Student Award, Department of Economics and Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1986.
Sabanci Fellowship, 1982-1986.
VII. Selected Publications:"A Paradox of Service Quality in Turkey" (with S. Lonial, M. Tarim and S. Zaim), European Business Review, forthcoming.
"A low Performance-Low Quality Trap in the Nonprofit Health-Care Sector in Turkey and a Solution" (with M. Tarim and S. Zaim), Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 14(10), pp. 1131-1141, 2003.
"On the Efficiency of the Financial Institutions of Profit and Loss Sharing: On the Efficiency of the Institutions of Venture Capital," Journal of Economic and Social Research 3(2), pp. 99-104, 2002 (Preliminary Issue).
"A Dynamic Model and Empirical Examination of Performance and Customer Satisfaction in a Non-profit Health-Care Sector in Turkey," (with Mehves Tarim and Selim Zaim), Proceedings of International Management Development Association Conference, pp. 519-526. 2002.
"Expectation and Performance-based Determinants of Service Quality: A Special Case at a Non-profit Hospital in Turkey," (with Mehves Tarim and Selim Zaim), IMDA Proceedings, pp. 556-562, 2002.
Iktisat Kuramynda Pozitivizm ve Postmodernizm, Vadi Yay., 2001.
"A sufficient Condition for the transitivity of Liberal Majority Decision," e- Journal of Social Studies, 2001 (1): 1-5.
"An Unconventional Case of Socially Rational Autonomy in Democratic Federations," Journal of Faculty of Business 2001 (2): 128-136.
"What Degree of Conflict in the Domain of the Individual Preferences Could Resolve the Paradox of the Democratic Majority Decision?" Journal of Qafqaz University 7:51-56, 2001.
"Reflections on the Economics of the Historic Great Depression of 1929," Journal of Economic and Social Research 2(1): 101-105, 2000.
"A Model and Empirical Test of the Strong-form Efficiency of the U.S. Capital Markets: More Evidence of Insider Trading Profitability." (with K.C. Denning), Applied Financial Economics, 8, 211-220, 1998.
"A Paradox of Social Rationality: Are There Contexts Where Individual Irrationality is More Conducive than Individual Rationality to Producing Rational Social Preferences," Rationality and Society 11(2):187-206, 1999.
"Futures Risk Premia and Futures Market Efficiency," Y.K. Economic Review 10(1): 35-43, 1999.
"A Simple Theorem on Minority Rights," Öneri: Marmara Universitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitusu Dergisi, 13: 73-75, 2000.
"Knowledge, Freedom and Pluralism." Journal of Economic and Social Research 1(1):1-3, 1999.
"On the Optimal Subsidy Rate." Journal of Economic and Social Research, forthcoming.
Essays on Selected Paradoxes in Economics, Fatih Universitesi Yay, 2000.
"A review of Yktisat Kuramynda Pozitivizm ve Postmodernizm," JESR, forthcoming.
"Democracy and Liberalism: Conditions for the Rationality of Liberal Majority Decision with Generalized Preferences," Bahcesehir Universitesi Ekonomi ve Yonetim Bilimleri Dergisi 1: 52-60, 1999.
"A Utilitarian Resolution of the Paretian Liberal Paradox," Oneri: Marmara Universitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitusu Dergisi 11: 101-103, 1999.
"Constitutional Rights and Pareto Efficiency", Journal of Economic and Social Research 1(1):109-117, 1999.
"A Mathematical Inquiry into the Perplexing Relations between Rationality and Morality," Akademik Arastirmalar Dergisi 1(1): 33-42, 1999.
"Equilibrium and Contradiction: A Paradox of Postmodern Political Economy." Akademik Arastirmalar Dergisi 3: 85-96, 1999.
"A Generalization of the Paretian Liberal Paradox," Oneri: Marmara Universitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitusu Dergisi 12: 139-149, 1999.
"The Liberal Paradox and the Extremal Restriction," Celal Bayar Universitesi Ekonomi ve Yönetim Dergisi, sayi 5, 1999.
"Iktisadyn Yöntem Bunalymy ve Rasyonalite," Akademik Arastyrmalar Dergisi 1(2): 33-43, 1999.
"Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Transitivity of Majority Decision with Generalized Preferences." University of Vienna W. Paper Series, 9709:1-32, 1997.
"A Paradox of Social Rationality: Are There Social Choice Contexts Where A Society of Irrational Individuals is More Rational Than A Society of Rational Individuals." University of Vienna W. Paper Series, 9708: 1-14. 1997.
"Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Transitivity of Majority Decision with Generalized Preferences." Paper presented in the Young Economists' Theory Conference. Abstract published in Book of Abstracts, p. 8. Munich, Germany, April 1997.
"Neo-Klasik Iktisatta Pozitivist Metodoloji." In Iktisatta Yontem Tarty?malary. O.Demir (ed.), Vadi Yay., ss.105-131, 1996.
"The Paretian Liberal Paradox With Intransitive Individual Preferences." The Third International Conference on Social Choice and Welfare. Abstract published in Book of Abstracts, p. 16. Maastricht, Netherlands, June 1996.
"Osmanli Uretim Biçimi Tarty?malary: Kuramsal Çerçvelere Ele?tirel Bir Yakla?ym.." Osmanly Üzerine Derleme. Selçuk Üni. Yay, ss. 101-113, 1996.
"Marksist Metodoloji." In Iktisatta Yontem Tarty?malary. O.Demir (ed.), Ankara: Vadi Yay. 1996, ss. 132-159, 1996.
(Dissertation, Microfilm version) "The Economic Self As A Multidimensional Complexity: Towards A Critique and Reconstruction of Economic Theory." UMI, 1996.
"Postmodern Epistemolojiler ve Modern Bilim," In Bilgi, Bilim ve Islam, A Tabakoglu (ed.) Istanbul: ISAV yayynlary, 153-167, 1992.
"Postmodernist Epistemolojiler Üzerine." Albatros, vol. 12. 1989.
"Iktisat Kurami ve Iktisat Ögretimi." (Economic Theory and Economics Education) Middle East Technical University Studies In Development 14 (1): 83-87, 1987.
"Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Transitivity of Majority Decision in Democratic Federations." W. Paper, All Academic, 2000.
" An Elementary Introduction to the Theory of Value with Multiple Preferences," W. Paper, All Academic,2000.
"An Expectation-based Measurement of Service Quality: A Special Case of a Non-profit Hospital in Turkey," (with M. Tarym and S. Zaim), work in progress.
"The Hypothesis of Stationary Performance in a Non-profit Organisation in the Health care Industry" (with M. Tarym and S. Zaim), WIP.
(Report) "The Effectiveness of the Exchange Rate Policy in Turkey," TCMB, 1987.
Y. Iktisadnyn Meseleleri Üzerine," Türkiye Yazarlar Birligi Kültür ve Sanat Yyllygy, 1986.
Conference/Seminar Presentations (papers):"A Dynamic Model and Empirical Examination of Performance and Customer Satisfaction in a Non-profit Health-Care Sector in Turkey," (with Mehves Tarim and Selim Zaim). To be presented at International Management Development Association Conference, Antalya, 10-14 July 2002.
"Expectation and Performance-based Determinants of Service Quality" (Mehves Tarim and Selim Zaim). To be presented at the International Management Development Association Conference, Antalya, 10-14 July 2002. (A Version of the paper is to be published in a journal).
"Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Transitivity of Majority Decision in Democratic Federations." Eastern Economic Association Conference, Boston, USA. February-March 1999
"The Conventional Notion of the Economic Self Reconsidered: A Critique in the Light of the Twentieth Century Psychology." EEA Conference, New York, USA, March 1998.
"Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Transitivity of Majority Decision with Generalized Preferences." The Young Economists' Theory Conference, Munich, Germany, April 1997.
"Social Choice Paradoxes with Generalized Preferences", Economic Theory Seminar, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, April 1997.
"The Paretian Liberal Paradox With Intransitive Individual Preferences." The Third International Conference on Social Choice and Welfare, Maastricht, Netherlands, June 1996.
"The Liberal Paradox Revisited", Economic Theory Seminar, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, December 1994.
"On the Semi Strong-form Efficiency of Capital Markets." (with K.C. Denning), The International Financial Management Association Conference, St. Louis, MO. U.S.A., October 1994.
"A Paradox of Rationality in a Pluralist Democracy," Political Philosophy Conference. Ford Foundation and CAS. Accepted for presentation. Beijing, China, April 2001.
"A Paradox of Diversity and Rationality," Eastern Economic Association Conference, New York, February 2001.
"Postmodernizm," ISAV Conference, 1989.
VII. Administrative Positions Held:Chair, Economics, Fatih Üniversitesi, 1997-present
Assistant Dean, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Fatih Üniversitesi, 2000-2002.VIII. Other Scholarly Activities
Coeditör, Journal of Economic and Social Research, 1999-present .
Refereed articles for Rationality and Society, Constitutional Political Economy, JESR, Turkish Studies and a number of other journals
IX. Committee Work:Member, Appointment Committee, Promotion Committee, Disciplinary Committee, 2001, Fatih University.
X. Membership:Member, American Economic Association, 2000.
Member, Eastern Economic Association, 2000,2001.