Levent Bulut

Levent Bulut

Lecturer in Economics and Finance

Valdosta State University

Biography

Dr. Levent Bulut joined the Valdosta State University faculty in 2017. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in economics from the University of Houston, a Master of Arts in economics from Marmara University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Bilkent University. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in business analytics from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He previously taught at Ipek University in Turkey, the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, and Emory University.

Interests

  • Model Selection
  • Forecasting
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Exchange Rates
  • Machine Learning

Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2007

    University of Houston

  • MS in Analytics, 2020 (exp.)

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • MA in Economics, 2002

    Marmara University

  • BA in Economics, 2000

    Bilkent University

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Lecturer

Valdosta State University

Aug 2017 – Present Valdosta, GA
 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor of Economics

Ipek University

Jul 2014 – Jul 2016 Ankara, Turkey
 
 
 
 
 

Lecturer

University of Georgia

Aug 2012 – Jun 2014 Athens, GA
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

Georgia State University

Aug 2011 – May 2012 Atlanta, GA
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

Emory University

Aug 2007 – Aug 2011 Atlanta, GA

Teaching

Summer 2020

  • ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics (ONLINE)
  • ECON 4800 Current Issues in Economics (ONLINE, SAP Oriented)

Valdosta State University (2017-Present)

  • BUSA 3100 Business Analytics, Spring 2020
  • ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics (ONLINE), Summer 2018, Spring 2020
  • ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019
  • ECON 1500 Survey of Economics, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
  • ECON 1500 Survey of Economics (ONLINE), Summer 2019
  • ECON 4800 Current Issues in Economics (ONLINE, SAP Oriented), Summer 2019
  • ECON 2106 Principles of Microeconomics, Spring 2018, Spring 2020
  • ECON 3600 International Economics, Spring 2019

Ipek University (2014-2016)

  • Money and Banking
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • International Financial and Macroeconomic Policy
  • Advanced Macroeconomics-1 (Graduate Level)
  • Open Economy Macroeconomics

University of Georgia (2012-2014)

  • Principles of Macroeconomics (Enrollment: 300 Students, 10 sections)
  • Principles of Macroeconomics (Honor Section)
  • International Trade

Georgia State University (2011-2012)

  • The Global Economy
  • The Economy of Global Finance (Graduate Level)
  • International Monetary Economics (Ph.D. Level)
  • International Finance

Emory University (2007-2011)

  • Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Intermediate Microeconomics
  • International Trade
  • International Finance
  • Principles of Macroeconomics

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Publications

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Levent Bulut, Can Dogan (2018). Google Trends and Structural Exchange Rate Models for Turkish Lira–US Dollar Exchange Rate. In: Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, (14), 2, https://doi.org/10.1515/rmeef-2017-0026, https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/rmeef/14/2/article-20170026.xml.

Levent Bulut (2018). Google Trends and the forecasting performance of exchange rate models. In: Journal of Forecasting, (37), 3, pp. 303–315, https://doi.org/10.1002/for.2500, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/for.2500.

Levent Bulut (2017). Does Statistical Significance Help to Evaluate Predictive Performance of Competing Models?. In: Journal of Economics and Financial Analysis, (1), 1, pp. 1–13, https://econpapers.repec.org/article/trp01jefa/jefa0003.htm.

Levent Bulut (2013). Current account dynamics and degree of capital mobility. In: Applied Economics Letters, (20), 7, pp. 697–701, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2012.720008, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2012.720008.

Esfandiar Maasoumi, Levent Bulut (2013). Predictability and Specification in Models of Exchange Rate Determination. In: Recent Advances and Future Directions in Causality, Prediction, and Specification Analysis: Essays in Honor of Halbert L. White Jr, Springer, New York, NY, pp. 411–436.

Levent Bulut (2012). Market Disciplining of the Developing Countries' Sovereign Governments. In: Contemporary Economic Policy, (30), 4, pp. 463–488, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2011.00253.x, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2011.00253.x.

Levent Bulut (2011). External Debts and Current Account Adjustments. In: The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, (11), 1, https://doi.org/10.2202/1935-1690.2000, https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/bejm/11/1/article-1935-1690.2000.xml.xml.

Levent Bulut, Osman Nal (2009). Market Discipline in Turkey Before and After the 2001 Financial Crisis. In: Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, (5), 1, pp. 1–23, https://doi.org/10.2202/1475-3693.1183, https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/rmeef.2009.5.1/rmeef.2009.5.1.1183/rmeef.2009.5.1.1183.xml.

Contact

  • 229 219 13 85
  • Harley Langdale, Jr. College of Business Administration, Valdosta, GA 31698
  • Enter HSBA Building at North Campus and take the elevators to Office 3014 on Floor 3
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