FATMA PINAR ERDEM

FATMA PINAR ERDEM TCMB Isci Dov.Gn.Md. Izleme ve Iletisim Md., Ulus, 06100, Ankara, TURKEY Phone: (work) +90 507 7079 Fax: +90 312 311 2956 E-mail: pinar.erdem@tcmb.gov.tr EDUCATION Sep. 2004 – June. 2010 (Expected) PhD. in Economics, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey Aug. 2002 – May 2004 M.S. in Economics, Department of Economics, College of Social Sciences, Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee, FL, USA Sep. 1995 – June 1999 B.S. in Statistics, with Honors, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, METU, Ankara, Turkey EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Nov. 2005 – Present Expert (Full-Time), Workers’ Remittances Department, The Central Bank of the Republic Of Turkey (CBRT), Ankara, Turkey Aug. – Sep. 2005 Assistant Expert (Full-Time), Frankfurt Representative Office, CBRT, Frankfurt, Germany Nov.1999– Nov. 2005 Assistant Specialist (Full-Time), Workers’ Remittances Department, CBRT, Ankara, Turkey TEACHING EXPERIENCE Feb. – June 2010 Instructor (Part-Time), Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Jan. – May 2004 Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA PUBLICATIONS • “Reevaluating the Link Between Volatility and Growth of Output: The Robustness of the Link” VDM Verlag, 2009, with Stefan C. Norrbin (Book- published Master Thesis). • “Time Series Evidence on the Linkage between the Volatility and Growth of Output”, 2008, Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 15 (1), pages 45-48, with Paul M. Beaumont and Stefan C. Norrbin. • “Behavior of Remittances from Turkish Workers in Germany over Business Cycles in Turkey and Germany: An Econometric Analysis”, 2007, International Economics and Foreign Trade Policies, vol. 2 (3), pages 103-130, with Serdar Sayan (in Turkish). • “The Robustness of the Link Between Volatility and Growth of Output”, July 2005, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer, vol. 141 (2), pages 343-356, with Stefan C. Norrbin. THESIS and DISSERTATION • “Business Cycles in Emerging Market Economies: The Role of External Factors”, PhD. Dissertation, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, METU, Ankara, Turkey, June 2011 (Expected) • “The Relationship between Workers’ Remittances Cycles and Business Cycles”, Specialist Thesis, CBRT, Ankara, Turkey, November 2005. • “Reevaluating the Link between Growth and Volatility”, Master’s Thesis, Department of Economics, College of Social Sciences, FSU, Spring 2004. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS • “Reevaluating the link between Growth and Volatility", Eastern Economic Association Conference, Washington, D.C., USA. 19–21 February 2004. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING • Training for Trainers, CBRT, Ankara, Turkey. 13–17 September 2010. • EcoMod, International Conference on Economic Modeling, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 7-10 July 2010. • TAIEX Study Visit On Money Laundering, Organized in co-operation with Bank of Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, 14-18 September 2009. • Course on Anti-Money Laundering for Trainers: New Regulations, The Financial Crimes Investigation Board and The Banks Association of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey. 13–14 April 2009. • Seminar on The Fight Against Financial Delinquency and Money Laundering for Trainers, International Banking and Finance Institute, Banque de France, Paris, France. 15–19 December 2008. • Course on Anti-Money Laundering for Trainers, The Financial Crimes Investigation Board, Ministry of Finance, Ankara, Turkey. 22–26 October 2007. • Course on Anti-Money Laundering, CBRT, Ankara, Turkey. 8–10 October 2006. • Training Session on Econometric Models, CBRT, Ankara, Turkey. 18–26 July 2005. • Training Session on International Migration in Euro Mediterranean Area & Enlarged EU, Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. 13–18 December 2004. • METU Conference in Economics, METU, Ankara, Turkey. 10–13 September 2001. • Symposium of New Economy, CBRT, Ankara, Turkey. 04–08 June 2001. • Symposium of Statistical Research, State Institute of Statistics, Ankara, Turkey. 27–29 November 2000. • Seminar on Money Theory and Politics, CBRT, Ankara, Turkey. 12–16 June 2000. • Conference on Core Inflation and Country Experiences, CBRT, Ankara, Turkey. 6–7 December 1999. COMPUTER SKILLS Programming Languages: Fortran, Pascal Packages: Eviews, Rats, Stata, LimDep, Minitab Other Applications: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, BusinessObjects LANGUAGE SKILLS Turkish (native), English (fluent), French (beginner),Spanish (beginner)

RESEARCH INTERESTS Macroeconomics, International Economics, Macroeconometrics, Applied Econometrics