Associate Professor Bilgehan Karabay

I am primarily a trade theorist but also interested in other applied theory work. I am also a researcher at CERGE-EI, Prague. Previously, I was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland and before that I was an Economist at the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. I got my PhD from the University of Virginia (go Wahoos!) in 2006.

For further information see http://bilgehan.karabay.googlepages.com/

Research Interests

My main research area is international trade, with a specific focus on the political economy of trade policy and international agreements. I am also interested in the economics of information and uncertainty, and in development economics and industrial organisation with particular reference to the effects of globalisation.

Grants and Awards

• Early Career Researcher International Travel Award, RMIT University [AU$ 4,000] April 2014
• Faculty Research Development Fund, University of Auckland [NZ$ 24,000] [I DECLINED] November 2013
• Czech Science Foundation Grant, Czech Republic [NZ$ 105,731.91] January 2012
• Annual Research Excellence Award (Lecturer – Senior Lecturer), University of Auckland July 2011
• Faculty Research Development Fund, University of Auckland [NZ$ 12,649.15] November 2010
• Faculty Research Development Fund, University of Auckland [NZ$ 14,291] November 2009
• TUBITAK-BIDEB International Scientific Activities Support Program [NZ$ 1,900] April 2008
• 1st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings on Economic Sciences, Lindau, Germany August 2004
• Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Bankard Fund for Political Economy [NZ$ 12,800] 2003 – 2004
• President’s Fellowship, University of Virginia [NZ$ 91,600] 2000 – 2003

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Virginia, August 2006
• M.A. in Economics, University of Virginia January 2002
• B.A. in Economics (Valedictorian), Marmara University, Istanbul/Turkey June 2000