Akademik Personel | Economics

Prof. Levent AYDIN

Economic Theory

Economist known for his analyses of energy markets and policies within macro model frameworks.

levent.aydin@asbu.edu.tr

+90 312 596 46 99

Head of Energy Economics and Management Division
Member of Council of the Institute for Graduate Students in Social Sciences
Member of Economic Theory Division at Department of Economics
Editor, Turkish Journal of Energy Policy

"In the long run, we are all dead." from J.Maynard Keynes

He conducts policy analysis on the interaction of economy, energy and climate change.
He evaluates the global and national fluctuations in the economy through theoretical and experimental studies.
He analyzes the current economic and environmental problems with macroeconomic models such as general equilibrium, econometric and input-output models.

Curriculum Vitae and Publications

Biography

Dr Aydın, graduated from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Department at the Middle East Technical University in 1990. While continuing his professional life in energy sector, he received his Master degree in Economics from Hacettepe University and his Phd degree in Economics from Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University. He has been involved in post-doctoral research on global energy issues at GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Project), research center at Purdue University, USA. He worked at the General Directorate of Petroleum Affairs of the Ministry of Energy for many years as the Deputy of General Director. He has started his academic life in 2011 at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Kırıkkale University. He is currently a Professor of Economics at Social Sciences University of Ankara. He is married with two children.

Research Interests