Dr. Veysel Avsar

Education

Ph.D. Economics: Florida International University, 2011
BA Economics, Istanbul University, 2006


Joined the faculty in 2017

  • Research Interests:  International Trade, Political Economy of Trade Policy, Antidumping,  Effects of Temporary Protection on Firms, Payment Choice in International Transactions
  • Teaching Interests: International Trade and Finance, Money and Banking, Macroeconomics, Econometrics

Biography

Dr. Veysel Avsar is Associate Dean and Professor of Economics at the College of Business at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He obtained his BS in Economics from Istanbul University in 2006 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Florida International University in 2011, where he received "Outstanding Achievement" and "Outstanding Dissertation in Economics" awards.

At Florida International University, Dr. Avsar served as a Teaching Assistant from 2006 to 2008 and then as a Lecturer from 2008 to 2011. He was a visiting scholar at Deakin University in Australia in 2008 and at the University of California San Diego in 2010. From 2011 to 2016, he worked as an Assistant & Associate Professor and Department Chair in Economics at Antalya International University. In 2016-2017, he was a faculty member at Montana State University. Dr. Avsar joined Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in 2017 as an Associate Professor of Economics and was promoted to full Professor in 2021. He has been honored twice as "Professor of the Year" by the College of Business in 2019 and 2022.

Throughout his career, Dr. Avsar has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate courses, interacting with students from nearly 100 different countries. His research in International Trade, Political Economy, and Applied Econometrics has been published in esteemed journals such as the World Bank Economic Review, Southern Economic Journal, Economics & Politics, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Economic Modelling, Applied Economics, Applied Economics Letters, and Kyklos.

In addition to his research and teaching, Dr. Avsar is deeply involved in college and university service, contributing to the Curriculum Management Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, the Institutional Review Board, the Center for Faculty Excellence, and College and University Promotion and Tenure committees, among others.

Selected Publications

  • Trade strategies in a protected market: examining the dynamics of INCOTERMS under antidumping measures, Applied Economics (2025)
  • Exporting Under Political Risk: Payment Term Selection in Global Trade (with O. Batmaz), Journal of Risk and Financial Management (2025)
  • The impact of policy uncertainty on entrepreneurial activity: a cross-country analysis (with I. Khurana, A. Habiyaremye, S. Terjesen), Entrepreneurship & Regional Development (2023)
  • Legal, Financial and Strategic Forces in Cross-Border Delivery Terms (with O. Batmaz), Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (2022)
  • Strict Trade Measures, Flexible Financing (with G. Gollu and N. Sevinc), Southern Economic Journal (2022)
  • Evaluating the Effects of an Online Marketing Program: The Case of Mexico's National Tourism Promotion Board (with O. Cruz-Milan), Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science (2021)
  • Bilateral Trade Agreements and Trade Finance: Evidence from Turkey (with A. Habiyaremye), International Journal of Emerging Markets (2020)
  • Remittances, Institutions and Financial Inclusion (with M. Issabayev, H. Saydaliyev and L. Chin), Global Economy Journal (2020)
  • Measuring the Effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Trade Credit Financing (with D. Hudgins), Applied Economics Letters (2020)
  • Travel visas and Trade Finance, Economics Bulletin (2020)
  • Does Antidumping Cause Investment and R&D? : Evidence from Turkey (with N. Sevinc), Applied Economics (2019)
  • R&D Intensity, Financing cost and Antidumping, Applied Economics (2018)
  • Financial Dependence and the Terms of Payments in International Transactions (with K. Turkcan), Applied Economics Letters (2018)
  • The Anatomy of Trade Deflection, Global Economy Journal (2017)
  • Investigating the Role of Contract Enforcement and Financial Costs on the Payment Choice: Industry-Level Evidence from Turkey (with K. Turkcan), Global Economy Journal (2016)
  • Financial System, R&D Intensity and Comparative Advantage (with N. Gur), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development (2016)
  • Trading effects of FIFA World Cup (with U. Unal), Kyklos (2014)
  • Partisanship and Antidumping: Industry Level Evidence, Economic Modelling (2014)
  • Import Protection and Female Labor, Singapore Economic Review (2014)
  • Antidumping, retaliation threats and export prices, World Bank Economic Review (2013)
  • State Owned Enterprises, Inequality and Political Ideology (with C. Karayalcin & M. Ulubasoglu), Economics and Politics (2013)
  • Exchange Rate Volatility and U.S. Auto-Industry Exports: A Panel Cointegration Approach (with K. Turkcan), International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues (2013)

 

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