CURRICULUM VITAE

1.     Name                         : Onur ÖZSOY

2.     Date of birth             : 16/02/1965

3.     Title                            : Prof. Dr.

4.     Education                 :

5.     Academic Titles

6.     Graduate Theses Supervised

6.1 M.Sc. Thesis Supervised

1. “Impact of Military Expenditures of Selected Middle Eastern Countries on Economic Growth”.

2. “Impact of Market Structure of Banking Sector on its Performance in Turkey”.

3. “Impact of Military Expenditures on the Economic Growth of Turkey”.

4. “The Impact of Privatization on Efficiency: An Empirical Investigation of Turkish Electricity Industry”.

5. “The Importance of Regional Trade Agreements on Turkish Foreign Trade Policies”.

6. “Impact of Government Spending on Turkish Economy”.

7.     Publications

7.1 Articles published in SCI/SSCI/SCI Expanded/SSCI Expanded Journals

1.      Ozsoy, O. (2011). "Small Business Growth Intentions in Turkey: Effects of Owner Characteristics and Firm Size, and  Age,"International Journal of Business. Vol. 16, No. 2 issue due 2011. (Forthcoming). (With K. Kozan and D. Oksoy).         

2.      Ozsoy, O. (2009). “Housing Price Determinants in Istanbul, Turkey: An Application of Classifiction and Regression Tree Model”, International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis. 2(2), pp.167 – 178. (With H. Sahin).

3.      Ozsoy, O.  (2009). “Small Business Owners’ Motives, Age, Education and Experience and Firms’ Size and Age as Predictors of Growth Intentions in Turkey”. International Journal of Family Business. 6(1), pp. 1-20 (This article was voted by the referees of the journal to be the best article of 2009) (With K. Kozan and D. Oksoy).         

4.      Özsoy, O., “Arms Race Between Greece and Turkey: A Markov Switching Approach”, Defence and Peace Economics, 19(3), pp.209 – 216, (2008d).  (With H. Şahin). (SSCI).

5.      Özsoy, O., “Defence Spending and The Macroeconomy: The Case of Turkey”, Defence and Peace Economics, 19(3), pp. 195–208, (2008b). (SSCI).

6.      Özsoy, O., “Defence Economics Perspectives From Turkey: Introduction”, Defence and Peace Economics, 19(3), pp.191 – 193, (2008c). (SSCI).

7.      Özsoy, O., “Government Budget Deficits, Defense Expenditure and Income Distribution: The Case of Turkey”, Defence and Peace Economics, 19(1), pp. 61–78, (2008a). (SSCI).

8.      Özsoy, O., “Direct and Indirect Effects of Terrorism on the Turkish Economy”, International Journal of Business, Economics    and Management, 2(7), pp. 59-74, 2006. (With H. Şahin).

9.      Özsoy, O., “Growth Plans of Small Business in Turkey: Individual and Environmental Influences”, Journal of Small Business Management, 44(1), pp. 114–129. 2006. (With D. Oksoy and K. Kozan). (SSCI).

10.  Özsoy, O., “Budgetary Trade-offs Between Defense, Education and Health Expenditures: The Case of Turkey”, Defence and Peace Economics, 13(2), pp. 129–136, 2002. (SSCI).

7.3 Papers delivered in international conferences and printed as proceedings

11.  Özsoy, O., “Strategy and Cognitive Scripts as Predictors of Growth in Small Business” 4th International Strategic Management Conference, June 19-21, 3-10, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2008. (With K. Kozan and D. Oksoy).

12.  Özsoy, O., D. Oksoy and K. Kozan, “The Characteristics of Turkish entrepreneurship and their enterprises”, In Nejdet Delener and Chiang-Nan Chao (Eds.), Economies and Business in Transition: Facilitating Competitiveness and Change in The Global Environment, Global Business and Technology Association: An International Conference, July 11-15, 2001, Istanbul-Turkey.

13.  Özsoy, O., “Efficient Pricing and its Impact on Social Welfare: The Case of Local and Long Distance Telephone Markets”, Presented at the Midwest Economic Association annual meeting in Nashville, TN on March 26^th – 28^th 1999.

14.  Özsoy, O., “The Demand for Military Expenditures: The Case of Turkey, 1970 1995”, Midwest Economic Association annual meeting, Nashville, TN, March 26^th – 28^th, 1999.

      7.4 Books and chapters in books published internationally

15.  Özsoy, O., “The Defense-Growth Relation: Evidence From Turkey”, In Jurgen Brauer and Keith Hartley (Eds.), The Economics of Regional Security: NATO, the Mediterranean, and Southern Africa, Harwood Academic Publishers: New York and London. 2000.

       7.5 Articles published in peer reviewed national journals

16.  Özsoy, O., “The Place of Institutional Economics in Economics”, Ankara University, Journal of Faculty of Political Sciences, 53, 251-259, (1998).

17.  Özsoy, O., “Productive Efficiency of Privatized Cement Plants in Turkey”, H.Ü. İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 27(1), 259-277, (2009).

       7.6 Papers delivered at national conferences and printed as proceedings

18.  Özsoy, O., “Residential Electricity Demand Forecasting for the USA: A Comparison of Forecasting Methods”, In Proceedings of Turkish State Institute of Statistics Research Symposium ’98 between November 23 and 25. Ankara – Turkey. 1998.

       7.7 Books and chapters in books published nationally

19.  Ozsoy, O., Statistics for Business and Economics, Turhan Press: Ankara-Turkey. 2002.

20.  Ozsoy, O., Statistics with Questions and Answers, Turhan Press: Ankara-Turkey. 2004.

21.  Ozsoy, O., Statistics for Business and Economics, Third edition, Siyasal Press: Ankara-Turkey. February, 2010.

22.  Ozsoy, O., “Using Microeconomics Techniques to Solve Problems Faced by Business Firms ”, In Recep Varçın (Eds.), Fundamentals of Managerial Economics, Siyasal Publishers: Ankara. April 2000.

23.  Ozsoy, O., “Organizations of Business Firms”, In Recep Varçın (Eds.), Fundamentals of Managerial Economics, Siyasal Publishers: Ankara. April 2000.

24.  Ozsoy, O., “Human Resources Management”, In Recep Varçın (Eds.), Fundamentals of Managerial Economics, Siyasal Publishers: Ankara. April 2000.

25.  Ozsoy, O., “Fundamental terms in Managerial Economics”, In Recep Varçın (Eds.), Fundamentals of Managerial Economics, Siyasal Publishers: Ankara. April 2000.

26.  Özsoy, O., “Statistics”, Y. Koç Yalkın (Eds.), Preparation for Public Jobs, Turhan Kitabevi: Ankara. Ocak 2000.

       7.8 Other publications (Periodical or non-periodical)

27.  Özsoy, O., “Economic Growth Proposals for Erzurum, Turkey and the Possible Macroeconomic Impact of 2011 Universidad on Erzurum and Surrounding Region”,   Invited Speaker for conference on Economy of Erzurum, Ankara, 2007.

8.     Projects directed and participated

1. The Characteristics Of Entrepreneurs and Their Enterprises: Family Dynamics In The Development Of Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises. Supported by the Emerson Foundation of Alfred University, Alfred, New York, USA. (2000-2002). (Duty: Administrator).

2. United Nations Development Project, for Turkish Labor Department, Ankara – Turkey, (2000-2001). (Duty: Assistant to the administrator).

3. Strategic Analysis of Greek Economy, The Higher Education Board of Turkey, Center for Strategic Research, (1999-2000). A book Published by the Higher Education Board of Turkey (Duty: Administrator).

4. The Family Characteristics of SMEs and Their Impact on Economic Development and The Role They Play in European Union Membership Procedure in Turkey. Supported by Ankara University Research Fund. (2007-2009). (Duty: Administrator).

9.     Administrative designations

1. 2007- Current: Ankara University, The Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Economics and Financial Analysis, Chair Person.

2. 2003-2009: Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Board Member.

3. 1997–2000: Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Member of Scholarship Assessment Committee

10. Membership in scholarly institutions

Member of Turkish Economic Association since 2000

11. Honors and Awards

1. A scholarship by The Turkish Ministry of Education to study for MA and Ph.D. in economics in the USA (1989-1996) (The scholarship was given as a result of an examination which was held by the Turkish Ministry of Education all over Turkey and I received the highest score).

2. Teaching Assistantship from State University of New York-Binghamton (1994-1996).

3. The Turkish Science Academy, International Scientific Publications Encouragement Award (one), 2006.

4. TUBITAK-ULAKBIM International Scientific Publications Encouragement Award (four), (2008).

12. Courses Taught

13. Other Work

Sessions Arranged in International Conferences:

1. Third International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Organized by the Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey, 15-18 June 2006.

2. Second International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Organized by the Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey, 15-18 June 2006.

3. First International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Organized by the Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey, 15-18 June 2006.

4. Midwest Economic Association annual meeting in Nashville, TN on March 26^th – 28^th 1999.

Session Chairs in International Conferences:

1. Third International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Organized by the Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey, 15-18 June 2006.

2. Second International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Organized by the Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey, 15-18 June 2006.

3. First International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Organized by the Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey, 15-18 June 2006.

4. Midwest Economic Association annual meeting in Nashville, TN on March 26^th – 28^th 1999.

Referee and Editorial Duties for Journals:

1. Third International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Organized by the Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey, 15-18 June 2006. Five articles reviewed.

2. Second International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Organized by the Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey, 15-18 June 2006. Five articles reviewed.

3. First International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Organized by the Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey, 15-18 June 2006. Five articles reviewed.

4. Defence and Peace Economics Guest Editor for a Special Issue (SSCI). (Defence and Peace Economics, 19(3)).

5. Electronic Markets. Two articles reviewed and my name was published on the editorial advisory board in the cover page of the journal). (Electronic Markets, 17(2)).

6. Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences Journal (six articles reviewed).

7. Erciyes University, Journal of Faculty of Administrative Sciences (one article reviewed).