University of Massachusetts Amherst

BILGE ERTEN

Ph.D Candidate
Department of Economics
University of Massachusetts
804 Thompson Hall
Amherst, MA  01003
Tel:  (413) 478-2004
Fax: (413) 545-2921
berten@econs.umass.edu

Curriculum Vitae
Papers

EDUCATION
University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
Ph.D. in Economics, expected April 2010
(Major Fields: Development Economics, Political Economy)
Dissertation Title: "Uneven Development and the Terms of Trade"
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
B.A. in Economics, 2004
(Major Field: Economics; Minor Fields: Political Science)
Sirri Yircali Anatolian High School, Balikesir, Turkey
Diploma, June 2000

FIELDS OF RESEARCH
Development Economics, International Trade Theory, Applied Time-Series Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Environmental Economics, Political Economy

ACADEMIC PAPERS
"Trends in North-South Terms of Trade from 1960 to 2006", July 2009, forthcoming in International Review of Applied Economics; Chapter in Doctoral Thesis.
"Delinking through Integration: A Dependency Analysis of Regional Financial Integration" (with Luis D. Rosero), October 2009, forthcoming in Critical Sociology 35(6), 01-22.
"Casting Radical Uncertainty on the Precautionary Principle: Shackle and Foucault Revisited", 2008, European Journal of Economic and Political Studies (EJEPS) 1(1), 1-18.

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
Teaching Assistant to Professors Richard D. Wolff, Gerald Friedman, Donald W. Katzner, James Heintz and Lecturers Kevin J. Crocker, Valerie Voorheis, September 2004 - May 2009
Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
Research Assistant to Professor James Crotty, September - January 2006
Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Teaching Assistant to Professors Onur Yildirim and Sheila Pelizzon, September-December 2003 and 2004, respectively.
State Institute of Statistics, Ankara, Turkey
Research Intern, International Relations Department, June 2003