SELAMI SEZGIN

Pamukkale University,

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Department of Public Finance

20070, Kinikli, Denizli, TURKEY

Tel: (+90 258) 296 2663 - 296 2808    e-mail: ssezgin@pau.edu.tr

Date of Birth: 2 April 1964

Nationality: Turkish

Place of Birth:  Kavak, Samsun Turkey

EDUCATION:

D.Phil (2000): University of York, Department of Economics and Related Studies,  York, UK.

M.A. (1995): University of Leicester, Department of Economics, Leiecester, UK.

B.A. (1985): Uludağ University, Department of Public Finance, Bursa, Turkey.

PUBLICATIONS:

Referred Journals

·         Feridun, Mete and Sezgin, Selami (2008), “Regional Underdevelopment and Terrorism: The Case of South Eastern Turkey”, Defence and Peace Economics, 19 (3), 225-233

·         Yildirim Julide, Sezgin Selami &  Ocal Nadir  (2005) “Military Expenditure and Economic Growth in Middle Eastern Countries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis” Defence and Peace Economics, 16 (4), 283-295

·         Yildirim J. &  Sezgin, S. (2005) “Democracy and Military Expenditure: A Cross-Country Evidence”, Transition Studies Review, 12 (1), 93-100

·         Karagol Erdal & Sezgin Selami (2004) Do Defence Expenditures Increase Debt Rescheduling in Turkey :  Probit Model Approach” Defence and Peace Economics, 15 (5) 471-480

·         Sezgin, Selami (2004) “A Empirical Note on External Debt and Defence Expenditures in Turkey” Defence and Peace Economics, 15 (2), 199-203

·         Sezgin, S. and Yildirim, J. (2003) "Introduction" Defence and Peace Economics, Special Issue (Symposium on Defence Economics) 14 (2), 105-106.

·         Yildirim J and Sezgin, S. (2003) “Military Expenditure and Employment in Turkey” Defence and Peace Economics, 14 (2), 129-139.

·         Yildirim Julide and Sezgin Selami (2002) “Defence, Education and Health Expenditure in Turkey (1924-1998),” Journal of Peace Research 39 (5) 569-580.

·         Yildirim Jülide and Sezgin, Selami. (2002) "Introduction" Defence and Peace Economics, Special Issue on Military Affairs in Turkey and Greece, 13 (2) 81-83.

·         Sezgin, Selami and Yildirim, Jülide. (2002) "The Demand for Turkish Defence Expenditure," Defence and Peace Economics, Special Issue on Military Affairs in Turkey and Greece, 13 (2) 121-128.

·         Sezgin, Selami. (2001) "An Empirical Analysis of Turkey's Defence-Growth Relationship with a Multi Equation Model (1956-1994)," Defence and Peace Economics, 12 (1), 69-86.

·         Sezgin, Selami and Hartley, Keith. (2001) "Introduction" Defence and Peace Economics, 12 (1), 1-3.

·         Sezgin, Selami. (2000) "Defence Expenditure and Economic Growth in Turkey: A Disaggregated Analysis," Yapi Kredi Economic Review, 11, (2) 67-78

·         Sezgin, Selami. (2000) "A Note on Defence Spending in Turkey: New Findings," Defence and Peace Economics, 11, (4), 427-435.

·         Sezgin, Selami. (1997) "Country Survey X: Defence Spending in Turkey," Defence and Peace Economics, 8 (4), 381-409

Book Chapters

·         Yildirim Julide, Sezgin Selami, & Ocal Nadir (2006) The Demand for Military Spending in Middle Eastern Countries and Turkey, in Ott, A. and Cebula, R. (eds),   Empirical Public Economics Elgar Publishers,

·         Sezgin Selami (2004) “Avrupa Birliği, Türkiye ve Savunma Harcamaları”, Avrupa Birliği Üzerine Yazılar Editörler: T. Berksoy, A. Işık SPK yayın No:177 417-436

·         Sezgin Selami. (2003) “A Disaggregated Analysis of Defence-Growth Relation in Turkey and Greece,” in Christos Kollias and Gülay Günlük-Senesen (eds), Greece and Turkey in the 21st Century: Conflict or Cooperation The Political Economy Perspective. Nova Science Publishers, New York, 243-257.

·         Yildirim, Jülide and Sezgin, Selami. (2002) " Turkey: An Empirical Analysis of its Defense-Growth Relation ," in J. Paul Dunne and Jurgen Brauer (eds.) Arming the South: The Economics of Military Expenditure and Arms Production and Trade in Developing Countries, London, Palgrave 319-335.

·         Sezgin, Selami. (2000) "The Defense-Growth Relation: Evidence from Greece," in Jurgen Brauer and Keith Hartley (eds.) The Economics of Regional Security: NATO, the Mediterranean and South Africa, Amsterdam, Harwood Academic Publishers 113-137

Others

·         Sezgin Şennur, Gündüz Necmi and Sezgin, Selami (2008), “Güneydoðu Terör Olaylarının Ekonomik Sonuçları” Akademik İncelemeler Sakarya Üniversitesi SBE

·         Saruç, N.T., Karadeniz, O ve Sezgin, S. (2007) “Social Security Spending and Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation for Turkey Using Granger Causality Analysis” Sosyal ve Ekonomik Araştırmalar Dergisi, Selçuk Üniversitesi, I.I.B.F. 9, 171-182.

·         Sezgin Selami (2003) "Turkey: From Ottoman Art to Government Inefficiency" Small Arms Survey 2003 Development Denied, 31-32 Oxford Un. Press

·         Sezgin Selami and Sezgin Sennur. (2002) “Assessing the Impact of Privatization: A Comparative Case Study of The United Kingdom and Turkey” Maliye Araştırma Merkezi Konferansları Prof.Dr. Bora Ocakçiogluna Armağan, İstanbul Üniversitesi, İktisat Fakültesi Dergisi, 40 69-82

·         Sezgin Selami and Sezgin Sennur (2002) “Assess the Impact of New Public Management on the Public Organisations in the UK” Hacettepe Üniversitesi IIBF Dergisi 19 (1) 105-122

·         Sezgin Selami (2001) “Defence Expenditure and Economic Growth in Turkey and Greece: A Cointegration Analysis,” Muğla Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 1 (1) 191-202.

·         Sezgin, Selami. (2000) "A Causal Analysis of Turkish Defence-Growth Relationships," Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi , 55 (2), 113-123.

·         Sezgin Selami and Sezgin Sennur (2000) “Evaluation of Turkish Privatization Policy and Performance: A Case Study of the Turkish Cement Industry,” Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, İşletme Fakültesi Dergisi 1 (1), 23-47.

·         Sezgin Selami and Dursun, İbrahim (2000) “Teoride ve İngiltere Uygulamasında Maksimum Fiyat Yöntemi: British Telecom Örneği,” Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi IIBF Dergisi, 1 (1), 219-232.

·         Sezgin Selami (2000) “Türkiye’de Savunma Harcamaları: Bir Giriş”, [in Turkish: Defence Expenditure in Turkey: An Introduction] Türk Savunma Sanayii’nin Dünü, Bugünü Yarini, Savunma Sanayii Sempozyumu-2000, Yayın no: SSM-21 Ankara

Conference Presentations

·         Yıldırım Julide, Sezgin Selami, & Ocal Nadir (2005) The Demand for Military Spending in Middle Eastern Countries and Turkey Ninth Annual International Conference on Economics and Security 23th to 25th June 2005, Burwalls Centre, University of Bristol, Clifton, Bristol

·         Yıldırım Julide, Sezgin Selami, & Ocal Nadir (2005) “The Demand for Military Spending in Middle Eastern Countries and Turkey”, The First International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Cesme, Izmir , Turkey , 16-19 June 2005

·         Gündüz, Necmi & Sezgin Selami (2004) “Economic Consequences of Armed Conflict in South Eastern Turkey” WIDER Conference on Making Peace Work Helsinki, 4-5 June 2004

·         Çoban, Hilmi & Sezgin Selami, (2004) “Vergi Mükelleflerinin Davranışları Üzerine Ampirik Bir İnceleme: Denizli Örneği” 19 Maliye Sempozyumu 10-14 Mayıs 2004 Uludağ Üniversitesi Antalya.

·         Sezgin Selami & Karagol Erdal (2003) “How Could Defence Spending Affect Debt Service: A Case of Turkey” The ERC/METU International Conference on Economics VII, METU, Ankara, Turkey, 6-9 September

·         Sezgin Selami, Ocal Nadir & Yıldırım Julide (2003) “Military Expenditure and Economic Growth in Middle Eastern Countries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis” The ERC/METU International Conference on Economics VII, METU, Ankara, Turkey, 6-9 September

·         Sezgin Selami & Karagol Erdal (2003) “How Could Defence Spending Affect Debt Service: A Case of Turkey” 7th Annual Conference on Economics & Security, 26th - 28th June 2003 University of the West of England, Bristol

·         Sezgin Selami, Ocal Nadir & Yıldırım Julide (2003) “Military Expenditure and Economic Growth in Middle Eastern Countries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis” 7th Annual Conference on Economics & Security, 26th - 28th June 2003 University of the West of England, Bristol  

·         Sezgin, S. & Yıldırım J. “Military Expenditure and Democracy: A Cross Country Evidence”, International Conference on Conflict Management Peace Economics and Development, at Krakow University of Economics Krakow, Poland 18–20 October 2002.

·         Sezgin, S. & Yıldırım J. “Military Expenditure and Democracy: A Cross Country Evidence”, Sixth Annual Middlesex Conference on Economics and Security, London 21-22 June 2002.

·         Günlük-Senesen, G. & Sezgin, S. “Turkey’s Defence Expenditure and Debt Burden”, The ERC/METU International Conference on Economics VI, METU, Ankara, Turkey, 11-14 September 2002.

·         Günlük–Senesen, G. & Sezgin, S “External Debt and Military Expenditure in Turkey” 3rd International Conference on Defence Economics ISEG-Technical University Of Lisbon, Portugal 26-28 June 2002

·         Sezgin, S. & Yıldırım J. “Military Expenditure and Democracy: A Cross Country Evidence”, The ERC/METU International Conference on Economics VI, METU, Ankara, Turkey, 11-14 September (2002)

·         Günlük-Senesen G.& Sezgin, S. “Turkey’s Defence Expenditure and Debt Burden”, Sixth Annual Middlesex Conference on Economics and Security, London, 21-22 June 2002.

·         Yildirim Julide and Sezgin, Selami. (2001) "Military Expenditure and Employment in Turkey", Fifth Annual Middlesex University conference on Economics and security, Middlesex University, London, 15-16 Haziran 2001

·         Yildirim Julide and Sezgin, Selami. (2001) "Military Expenditure and Employment in Turkey ", Conference on Defence Economics and Arms Trade, Larissa, Greece, 23-24 Haziran 2001

·         Sezgin Selami and Yildirim Julide (2001) “Military Expenditure and Employment in Turkey” ERC/METU international conference on Economics V, METU, Ankara, Turkey, 11-13 September 2001.

·         Yildirim J and Sezgin, S. (2001) “Military Expenditure and Employment in Turkey”, V. Ulusal Ekonometri ve Istatistik Sempozyumu Çukurova Üniversitesi, Balcalı, ADANA 19-22 Eylül 2001

·         Yildirim, Julide and Sezgin, Selami. (2000) "The Demand for Turkish Defence Expenditure," paper presented at the international conference on 2nd Lisbon Conference on Defence Economics, Universidade Technical of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. 24-25 June 2000

·         Sezgin Selami and Yildirim Julide (2000) “Defence Spending and Welfare Spending in Turkey (1924-1998),” paper presented at the international conference on 2nd Lisbon Conference on Defence Economics, Universidade Technical of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. 24-25 June 2000

·         Sezgin Selami and Yildirim Julide (2000) “Defence Spending and Welfare Spending in Turkey (1924-1998),” paper presented for the ERC/METU international conference on Economics IV, METU, Ankara, Turkey, 13-16 September 2000

·         Yildirim, Julide and Sezgin, Selami. (2000) "The Demand for Turkish Defence Expenditure," paper presented for the ERC/METU international conference on Economics IV, METU, Ankara, Turkey, 13-16 September 2000

·         Sezgin Selami (2000) “Türkiye’de Savunma Harcamaları: Bir Giriş”, Türk Savunma Sanayii’nin Dünü, Bugünü Yarini, Savunma Sanayii Sempozyumu, Bilkent Hotel, Ankara, Turkey, 7-8 Kasim 2000

·         Sezgin Selami (2000) “Defence Expenditure and Defence Industry in Turkey and Greece: A Comparative Analysis,” conference on Overcoming Security Dilemma in the Aegean, Ankara Üniversitesi, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, 7-8 December 2000 Ankara, Turkey

·         Sezgin, Selami. (1999) "Defence Expenditure and Economic Growth in Turkey and Greece: A Disaggregated Analysis," paper presented at the international conference on The Arms Trade, Security and Conflict, Middlesex University, London, 11-12 June 1999

·         Sezgin, Selami. (1998) "An Empirical Analysis of Turkey's Defence-Growth Relationships with a Multi Equation Model (1956-1994)," paper presented at the ERC/METU international conference on Economics II, METU, Ankara, Turkey, 9-12 September 1998

·         Sezgin, Selami. (1998) "Analysis of Greece's Defence-Growth Relationship," paper presented at the international conference on Defence Economics and Security in Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Countries," Universidade Technical of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. 5-6 June 1998

·         Sezgin, Selami. (1998) "An Empirical Analysis of Turkey's Defence-Growth Relationships with a Multi-Equation Model (1956-1994)," paper presented at the international conference on The Economics of Military Expenditure in Developing and Emerging Economies, Middlesex University, London, 12-13 March 1998

Book Review:

Sezgin, Selami. (1997) "Book Review. Economics of Defense and Peace Dividend in Turkey: Süleyman Özmucur, 1997 Bogaziçi University Printhouse," Defence and Peace Economics, 8 (2), 243-245.

M.A. Thesis

“Price Cap Regulation in Theory and Practice: An Example of British Telecommunications," Leicester University, Leicester, UK 1995

D.Phil Thesis:

“An Empirical Analysis of Defence Expenditure and Economic Growth in Turkey and Greece," University of York, York, UK. 2000

Guest Editor:

Defence and Peace Economics Special Issue on Economics Aspects of Defence in Turkey and Greece, (2001) 12 (1).

Defence and Peace Economics Special Issue on Military Affairs in Turkey and Greece, (2002) 13 (2)

Defence and Peace Economics Special Issue (Symposium on Defence Economics) 14 (2)

Service to Profession:

Referee, Journal of Peace Research

Referee, Defence and Peace Economics

Referee, Telecommunications Policy

WORK EXPERIENCE :

2008- Professor, Pamukkale University, Department of Public Finance

2003–2008  Associate Professor, Pamukkale University, Department of Public Finance

2001-2003 Assistant Professor, Pamukkale University, Department of Public Finance

2000-2001 Teaching Assistant, Afyon Kocatepe University, Department of Public Finance

1993-2000: Research Assistant, Afyon Kocatepe University, Department of Public Finance

1988-1993 Budgeting and Financial Expert, Ministry of National Defence of Turkey

AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS:

1993 PhD-Scholarship of the Turkish Higher Education Council (YÖK), 1993-1999

2001 TUBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences) Talented Young Scientist Award (2001-2003).

RESEARCH VISITS:

September 2007-August 2008 Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University Bishkek Kyrgyzstan

Oct-Nov 2005  The School of Economic Disciplines, Universität Siegen, Siegen-Germany

July-August 2003 Centre for Defence Economics, University of York, York UK

July-August 2002 Centre for Defence Economics, University of York, York UK

July-August 2001 Centre for Defence Economics, University of York, York UK

July-August 2000 Centre for Defence Economics, University of York, York UK

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Econometrics : PC-Give, PC-Fiml, Microfit

Spreadsheet and Graphics : Excel, Quattro-Pro

Word Processor : MS Word, Word Perfect

LANGUAGES: Turkish (native language), English