Ahmet Akyol Department of Economics Vari Hall 1050 York University 4700 Keele St. Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada Phone: (416) 736-2100 ext: 77044 Fax: (416) 736-5987 email: aakyol@econ.yorku.ca

ECON 3430 Monetary Economics I: Financial Markets and Institutions:

Section A (W 11:30am-2:30pm)

Section B (T & R 4:00pm-5:30pm)

Resume

Research:

1.      Optimal Monetary Policy in an Economy with Incomplete Markets and Idiosyncratic Risk, Journal of Monetary Economics  51 (2004):1245-1269.

2.      Risky Higher Education and Subsidies, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 29 (2005): 979-1023. (joint with Kartik Athreya.)

3.      Self--Employment Rates and Business Size: The Roles of Occupational Choice and Credit Market Frictions. (joint with Kartik Athreya) Annals of Finance 5 (2009): 495-519.

4.      Relative Underperformance alla Turca, (joint with Tasso Adamopoulos) Review of Economic Dynamics 12 (2009): 697-717.

5.      Credit and Self-Employment. (joint with Kartik Athreya)