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Ozlem Ozdemir, Ph.D. Texas Tech University

	Ozlem Ozdemir, Ph.D. Texas Tech University
	Research Associate
	Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group Kahlaische Straße 10 D-07745 Jena Germany
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Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, Texas Tech University (USA), 2000.
• Master in Business Administration, Texas Tech University (USA), 1996.
• BS in Business Administration, Middle East Technical University -METU, (Turkey), 1994

Academic positions

	Since 9/2005	Research Associate, Max-Planck-Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group.
	Since 2000	Assistant Professor in Economics, Yeditepe University, Istanbul.
	1996-2000	Instructor in Economics, Texas Tech University, USA.
	1997-2000	Research Fellow, Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University.

Awards and recognitions

	2005-2006	Research Grant from The Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey
	2000	Best Paper Award, American Marketing Association 2000, Winter Educators' Conference Proceedings.
	1999	Grant for dissertation, American National Institute of Standards and Structural Technology
	1999	Grant for dissertation, Paul Whitfield Horn Fellowship
	1998	Best Lecturer Award, Department of Economics, Texas Tech University.
	1996	Award for Top Graduate Paper, Student Competition, Advertising Division of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Anaheim, California.
	1997	Texas Tech University Department of Marketing Graduate Student Scholarship
	1993	Dean's Honor List, College of Business Administration, Texas Tech University

Teaching

• Undergraduate Introduction to Microeconomics, Introduction to Macroeconomics, Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Managerial Economics.
• Graduate Microeconomic Analysis

Research interests

• Survey and Experimental Methods to Detect Individual Decision Making,
• Choice under Risk and Uncertainty
• Firm Behavior

Publications

• "Market Forces and Price Ceilings: A Classroom Experiment" with Jamie Brown Kruse and Mark Thompson, International Review of Economic Education, 4 (2), 2005. Forthcoming.
• "Joint and Interactive Effects of Trust and (Inter) Dependence on the Emergence of Relational Behaviors in Long-Term Channel Dyads," with Cengiz Yilmaz and Bulent Sezen,Industrial Marketing Management, 34, 235-248 (2005).
• "Disaster Losses in the Developing World: Evidence from the August 1999 Earthquake in Turkey," with J. B. Kruse and B. Ewing, Economic Development - Issues and Policies, N. Narayana, editor, Serials Publications, New Delhi, 2004.
• "Risk Perception and the Value of Safe Rooms as a Protective Measure for Tornadoes: A Survey Method," Chapter 8 of Economics and Wind, B. T. Ewing and J. B. Kruse, eds. Nova Science Publishing, 2005.
• "Rekabet, Isletme Stratejisi ve Pazarlama: Tarihsel Bakis Açisiyla Kritik Bir Degerlendirme," with Cengiz Yilmaz, PI: Pazarlama ve Iletisim Kültürü Dergisi, 1, 1, 37-42, (2002).
• "Ormansizlasan Arazilerin Subjektif Degerleri: Istanbul Anadolu Yakasina Yönelik Ampirik Bir Çalisma" with Filiz Karaman, Iktisat, Isletme ve Finans Dergisi, 227, February, 2005.

Selected Working Papers

• Preference Reversal and Buying Protective Measures: Experimental Evidence for Low Probability and High Loss Risks- with Andrea Morone, Max Planck Institute of Economics, 2005
• Experimental Investigation of Outcome Ambiguity, Insurance Decisions, and Attitudes to Uncertainty- Max Planck Institute of Economics, 2005
• Earthquake Risk Mitigation and Perceptions: A Survey in Istanbul - sponsored by Research Grant from The Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey, 2005-2006
• Information Amount on Probability and Attitudes towards Risk and Uncertainty: Experimental Evidence- with Andrea Morone, Max Planck Institute of Economics, 2005
• Turkey-EU Relations and Industrial Competitions Measures- with Veysel Ulusoy, Yeditepe University, Istanbul- 2004

Selected Presentations

Jan. 2005	Max-Planck-Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany. "Market Forces and Price Ceilings: A Classroom Experiment"
June 2005	ECOMOD, Istanbul, Turkey, "Earthquake and Risk Mitigation In Turkey: A Preliminary Study"
May 2005	ATINER, Athens, Greece, "Trade Competitiveness and Productivity: Case of Turkey and EU Manufacturing" with Veysel Ulusoy.
Nov. 2003	Southern Economic Association Conference. San Antonio, USA. "Market Forces and Price Ceilings: A Classroom Experiment" presented in a sponsored session by ESA with Mark Thompson and Jamie Kruse.
July 2003	EURO/INFORMS, Istanbul, Turkey, "The Effects of Risk Perception on Individuals' Willingness to Pay for Self-Insurance: A Survey Study Based on the Expected Earthquake in Istanbul".
June 2002	Mannheim Empirical Research Summer School on Experimental Economics and Econometrics, Mannheim, Germany. "Beliefs and Behaviors in Low Probability, High-Consequence Risk Situations: A Laboratory Experiment".
Sept 2001	Erc/METU International Conference in Economics, Ankara, Turkey."Examining Credit Default Risk: An Empirical Study on Consumer Credit Client" with Levent Boran.
July 2001	Global Business and Technology Association Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. "Energy Consumption and GDP Relation in Turkey: A Cointegration and Vector Error Correction Analysis" with Ugur Soytas and Ramazan Sari.
Sept. 2000	Erc/ METU International Conference in Economics, Ankara, Turkey. "Implicit Value of Statistical Life: Literature Review and Empirical Estimation" with Cengiz Yilmaz.
March 2000	Southwestern Economics Association 80th Annual Meeting, Galveston, Texas. "Energy Consumption and GDP Relationship: Emerging Markets and G-7 Countries," with Ugur Soytas and Ramazan Sari.
Feb. 2000	Missouri Valley Economic Association 36th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO. " Beliefs and Behaviors Toward Risk Mitigation: Theory and Survey".
Feb. 2000	American Marketing Association 2000 Winter Educators' Conference Proceedings. "The Relationship Among Salesperson Performance and Job Attitudes in Commission-Based Selling: An Extended Model and Empirical Evidence," with Cengiz Yilmaz.
Nov. 1999	Southern Economics Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA. " Risk Perceptions and the Value of Safety: In-residence Storm Shelters in Tornado-prone Areas," with Jamie Brown Kruse.