Degrees:
Ph.D., Istanbul Univ.
M.Sc., Istanbul Univ.
B.A., Istanbul Univ.
Betül Mutlugün received her Ph.D. in Economics from Istanbul University, Türkiye, in 2019, and began her academic career as a researcher and lecturer at Istanbul University in 2012. Between 2016 and 2018, she worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, CA. Her research interests cover macroeconomics, international finance, financialization, and income distribution. She adopts a theory-driven empirical approach and uses applied econometrics to shed light on macroeconomic issues, specifically in developing economies.
She has taught core courses such as Introduction to Economics and Macroeconomics, and at Trinity, Betül teaches International Finance, Intro Global Trade and Finance, and Time Series Analysis. Her educational principles are centered on long-term learning, skill development, and ‘putting theory into practice’ via in-class activities. Her goal in teaching is to help students become critical thinkers by providing a strong theoretical foundation and showing how it relates to real-life situations while incorporating pluralistic perspectives as needed. |
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Macroeconomics
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Economic Growth
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Globalization
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International Economic Policy
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Developing Countries and the New Global Economy
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Macroeconomic Crises
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Income distribution
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Heterodox growth models
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Turkish economy
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Financialization
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Developing countries
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Publications:
- Mutlugün B. (2024). Reducing income inequality in Türkiye: What has changed and what can be done? in: Pursuing Sustainable Development Goals: The Performance of Türkiye in the Centennial of the Republic, B. E. Balin, H. D. Mumcu Akan, F. Karagöz Özenç,Ö. Garan, (eds). Istanbul University Press, Istanbul.
- Mutlugün, B. (2023). Financialization and Finance-Driven Capitalism. In: Ari, A. (eds) Capitalism at a Crossroads. Springer Studies in Alternative Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23257-2_5
- Mutlugün, B. & Incekara, A. (2023). Estimation of the
distribution and demand dynamics in Turkey: Structural vector
autoregression approach to a post-keynesian model. Istanbul Iktisat Dergisi - Istanbul Journal of Economics, 73(1), 1-54. https://doi.org/10.26650/ISTJECON2022-1275817
- Mutlugün, B. & Eronal, Y. (2023). Financial Development and Income Inequality: New Findings for Turkey. In: Incekara, A. and Ates Oktar (eds) Turkish Economy at its 100th year. Istanbul University Press (https://iupress.istanbul.edu.tr/en/book/cumhuriyetin-100-yilinda-turkiye-ekonomisi/home).
- Mutlugün, B. (2022). Endogenous income distribution and
aggregate demand: Empirical evidence from heterogeneous panel structural
vector autoregression. Metroeconomica, 73(2), 583-637. https://doi.org/10.1111/meca.12376
- Mutlugün, B. (2020). Endogenous Income: Distribution and Aggregate Demand: A Proposal of a Dynamic Model from a Kaleckian Approach, The Journal of Humanity and Society, 10(4), 77-110. https://www.insanvetoplum.org/en/issues/10-4/m0529
- Mutlugün, B. (2014). The Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth for Turkey, Journal of Economic Policy Researches, 1(2), 85-115. http://iupress.istanbul.edu.tr/en/journal/jepr/article/the-relationship-between-financial-development-and-economic-growth-for-turkey
Presentations:
- Mutlugün, B. (2023, October). A Post-Keynesian-Structuralist empirical approach to inflationary pressures in Turkey. Paper presented at the 27th FMM Conference, Berlin, Germany. The draft of the presentation can be reached from https://www.imk-boeckler.de/data/downloads/IMK/FMM%20Konferenz%202023/v_2023_10_20_mutlugun.pdf
- Mutlugün, B. (2019, June). Estimation of the Distribution and Demand Dynamics: A VAR approach to a Kaleckian Model. Paper presented at the Western Economic Association International, 94th International Conference, San Francisco, United States.
- Mutlugün, B. (2017, June). An assessment of the income inequality and economic growth relationship: Empirical evidence from developing countries. Paper presented at the Western Economic Association International, 92nd International Conference, San Diego, United States.
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- Travel Stipend to attend FMM Keynesian Summer School 2019, Young
Scholars Initiative, Institute for New Economic Thinking, 2019.
- International Research Fellowship Programme for Ph.D. Students, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2016-2017.
- PhD Thesis Project Financial Support, Unit for Scientific Research Projects, Istanbul University, Project Number: SDK-2016-21801, Researcher, 2015-2019.
- Istanbul University Graduate Research Fellowship, 2010-2019.
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