Levent Bulut

Levent Bulut

Clinical Assistant Professor of Data Analytics

University of North Texas

Biography

Dr. Levent Bulut joined the Advanced Data Analytics Department of University of North Texas in 2021. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from University of Houston, a Master of Science in Analytics from Georgia Institute of Technology, a Master of Arts in Economics from Marmara University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Bilkent University. He previously taught at Valdosta State University, Ipek University, 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

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • MA in Economics, 2002

    Marmara University

  • BA in Economics, 2000

    Bilkent University

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Clinical Assistant Professor of Data Analytics

University of North Texas

Aug 2021 – Present Denton, TX
 
 
 
 
 

Lecturer

Valdosta State University

Aug 2017 – Jul 2021 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

The University of North Texas (2021-Present)

  • Applications & Deployment of Advanced Analytics (with R)
  • Data Anlaytics-I (with SAS)

Valdosta State University (2017-2021)

  • Data Visualisations and Analytics (with SAS)
  • Business Analytics
  • Current Issues in Economics (with SAP)
  • International Economics
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Principles of Microeconomics
  • Survey of Economics

Ipek University (2014-2016)

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

University of Georgia (2012-2014)

  • International Trade
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Principles of Macroeconomics (Honor Section)

Georgia State University (2011-2012)

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

Emory University (2007-2011)

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

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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.

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