Mahmut Yaşar
Goolsby – Jacqualyn A. Fouse Endowed Chair
Professor of Economics
Research Associate, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Department of Economics, College of Business
The University of Texas at Arlington
Box 19479, Arlington, TX 76019
Teaching Experience
• At Emory University, Department of Finance, Goizueta Business School: Forecasting (MBA/EMBA); International Finance (MBA); International Finance; Advanced Microeconometrics (Ph.D.).
• At Emory University, Department of Economics: Advanced Microeconometrics (Ph.D.); Applied Econometrics (Ph.D.); Econometrics; Empirical Methods in Economics; International Finance; Introduction to Statistical Methods; Managerial Economics.
• At Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland: Environmental Economics and Applied Microeconometrics (Graduate/Ph.D.)
• At Tongji University, China: Managerial Economics (Executive MBA)
• At National Taipei University of Technology (Taiwan): Managerial Economics (Executive MBA) • At National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan): Managerial Economics (Executive EMBA)
• At the University of Texas, Arlington, Department of Economics: Econometrics (Graduate/Ph.D.); Econometrics II (Graduate/Ph.D.); International Trade (Graduate); International Trade; Managerial Economics (MBA / EMBA); Principles of Microeconomics.
Research Interests
Productivity Analysis; Trade and Investment; Technology Transfer; Innovation; Corporate Finance; Environmental Economics; Applied Microeconometrics.
Selected Papers
• International Linkages, Technology Transfer, Absorptive Capacity, and Productivity
Yaşar, M. (2013). “Imported Capital Input, Absorptive Capacity, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Firm-Level Data.” Economic Inquiry, 51(1), 88-100.Abstract, Paper
Yaşar, M. and C. J. M. Paul (2008). “Foreign Technology Transfer and Productivity: Evidence from a Matched Sample.” Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 26(1), 105-112.Abstract, Paper
Yaşar, M. and C. Morrison Paul (2007). “International Linkages and Productivity at the Plant Level: Foreign Direct Investment, Exports, Imports and Licensing.” Journal of International Economics,71(2), 373-388. Abstract, Paper
• Outsourcing, Productivity, and Input Composition
Paul, C.M. and M. Yaşar (2009). “Outsourcing, Productivity, and Input Composition at the Plant Level.” Canadian Journal of Economics, 42(2), 422 – 439.Abstract, Paper. A Flexible Translog Production Function Estimated by Using a Semi-Parametric Empirical Model Based on Olley and Pakes (1996)
• Export Tax Rebates, Markup, and Resource Misallocation
Weinberger, A., Q. Xuefeng, and M. Yaşar (2020). “Export Tax Rebates and Resource Misallocation: Evidence from a Large Developing Country.” Canadian Journal of Economics. Forthcoming Abstract, Paper. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Globalization Institute Working Paper 302.
• Hausing, Manufacturing Concentration, Panel Data Spatial Econometrics
Feng, P., M. Yasar, and J. Cohen (2023). “Do Higher House Prices Crowd-Out or Crowd-In Manufacturing? A Spatial Econometrics Approach.” The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. Forthcoming. Abstract, Paper
Feng, P., Z. Zhou, J. Cohen, and M. Yasar (2024). “Air Pollution and the Effects on House Prices: A Push for Sustainability.” The Journal of Real Estate Research. Forthcoming. Abstract, Paper
• Industrial Organization, Information Systems, Operations Management
Dissanayake, I.,J. Zhang, M. Yaşar, and S.P. Nerur (2018). “Strategic Effort Allocation in Online Innovation Tournaments.” Information and Management. 55(3), 396-406. Abstract, Paper
Mishra, R., R. Napier, M. Yasar (2019). “Do Competitors Respond to Capacity Changes? Evidence from U.S. Manufacturers.” Operations Management Research, 12, 159–172. Abstract, Paper
Dissanayake, I., S.P. Nerur, J. Wang, M. Yasar, J. Zhang (2021). “Impact of Helping Others in a Coopetitive Crowdsourcing Community.” Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 22 (1). Abstract, Paper
Mishra, R., A. Rasheed, M. Yasar, R. Napier, A. Nakkas (2021). “Inventory Positions in US Manufacturing: A Competitive Dynamics Approach.” International Journal of Production Economics, 238. Abstract, Paper
Dissanayake, I., M. Yasar, M. Vaghefi, S. Nerur (2024). “Driving the Innovation Race: Unraveling the Effect of Competitiveness in Crowdsourcing Contests.” Journal of Management Information Systems. Accepted. Abstract, Paper
• Export Market Diversification and Firm Productivity
Xuefeng, Q. and M. Yaşar (2016). “Export Market Diversification and Firm Productivity:Evidence from a Large Developing Country.”World Development, 82, 28-47. Abstract, Paper
• Technology Transfer, Capital and Skill Complementarity, Wages, and Productivity
Yaşar, M. and C. J. M. Paul (2008). “Capital-Skill Complementarity, Productivity and Wages: Evidence from Plant-Level Data for a Developing Country.” Labour Economics, 15, 1-17. Lead Article, Abstract, Paper
Yaşar, M. and R. M. Rejesus (2020). “International Linkages, Technology Transfer, and the Skilled Labor Wage Share: Evidence from Plant-Level Data.” World Development, 128. Abstract, Paper
Putra, C., M. Yasar, A. Agarwal, B. Lahiri, R. Rejesus (2024). “International Linkages and Female Share of Total Employment: Evidence from Plant-Level Panel Data.” The International Journal of Trade and Development. Forthcoming.Abstract, Paper
• Trade and Environment
Roy, J. and M. Yaşar (2015). “Energy Efficiency and Exporting: Evidence from Firm-Level Data.”Energy Economics, 52, 127-135. Abstract, Paper
Banarjee, S., J. Roy, and M. Yaşar (2020). “Exporting and Pollution Abatement Expenditure: Evidence from Firm-Level Data.” Forthcoming, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Globalization Institute Working Paper 393. Abstract, Paper
• The Political Economy and Trade Policy
Lee, B., M. Yaşar, and A.A. Rasheed (2018). “Predictors of Foreign Corporate Political Activities.”Global Strategy Journal. 8(3), 503-514. Abstract, Paper
Yaşar, M. (2013). “Political Influence of Exporting and Import-Competing Firms: Evidence from Eastern European and Central Asian Countries.”World Development, 51, 154-168. Abstract, Paper
Yaşar, M., R. Rejesus, Y. Chen and U. Chakravorty (2011). “Political Influence of Firms in the Tradables and Non-Tradables Sectors: A Cross-Country Analysis.” Economics and Politics, 23(3), 297-312. Lead ArticleAbstract, Paper
• Trade, Immigration, and Culture
Yaşar, M., D. Lisner and R. Rejesus (2012). “Bilateral Trade Impacts of Temporary Foreign Visitor Policy.” Review of World Economics/Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 148 (3), 501-521.
Wang, Y., Z. Yang and M. Yasar (2020). “A Multilevel Investigation into the Effect of Cultural Distance on Bilateral Trade: The Roles of Product Type and Uncertainty Avoidance.” Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, forthcoming.
• Firm Productivity and Spillovers from Academic, Industrial, and Foreign Linkages
Yaşar, M. and C. M. Paul (2012). “Firm Performance and Knowledge Spillovers from Academic, Industrial and Foreign Linkages: The Case of China.” Journal of Productivity Analysis, 38(3), 237-253. Lead ArticleAbstract, Paper
Yaşar, M. and C. Morrison Paul (2007). “Firm Performance and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Transition Economies.” Economic Bulletin, 15(2), 1-11. Abstract, Paper
Yaşar, M. and C. J. M. Paul (2009). “Size and Foreign Ownership Effects on Productivity and Efficiency: An Analysis of Turkish Motor Vehicle and Parts Plants.” Review of Development Economics, 13(4), 576 – 591. Abstract, Paper. Translog Production Function, Stochastic Production Frontier (SPF), Quantile Regression Methods.
Roy, J. and M. Yaşar,(2013). “Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Indonesian Plant-Level Data.” In E. Guillon and L. Chauvet (ed.), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Policies, Economic Impacts and Global Perspectives, Nova Science Publishers: Hauppagge, NY.
Reprinted in Roy, J. and M. Yaşar (2013). “Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Plant-Level Data.” Journal of Current Issues in Globalization, 6 (3), 483-492. Abstract, Paper
Lahiri, B., M. Yaşar, C. Putra (2024). “Horizontal and Vertical Foreign Direct Investment Linkages, Absorptive Capacity, and Domestic Investment.” Journal of Economic Studies. Forthcoming. Abstract, Paper
• Exporting, Selection, Learning-by-Exporting, and Productivity
Yaşar, M. (2015). “Direct and Indirect Exporting and Productivity: Evidence from Firm-Level Data.”Managerial and Decision Economics, 36, 109-120. Abstract, Paper
Yaşar, M., P. Garcia, C.H. Nelson, and R.M. Rejesus (2007). “Is there Evidence of Learning-by-Exporting in Turkish Manufacturing Industries?” International Review of Applied Economics, 21(2), 293-305.Abstract, Paper
Yaşar, M., C.H. Nelson and R. M. Rejesus (2006). “Productivity and Exporting Status of Manufacturing Firms: Evidence from Quantile Regressions.” Review of World Economics/ Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 142(4), 675-694.Abstract, Paper
Yaşar, M., C.H. Nelson and R. M. Rejesus (2006). “The Dynamics of Exports and Productivity at the Plant Level: A Panel Data Error Correction Model (ECM) Approach.” In B. Baltagi (ed.), Panel Data Econometrics: Theoretical Contributions and Empirical Applications, Elsevier, Amsterdam.Abstract, Paper
Yaşar, M. and R.M. Rejesus (2005). “Exporting Status and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Matched Sample.” Economics Letters, 88(3), 397-402.Abstract, Paper
• Institutions, Corruption, Education, and Productivity
Yaşar, M. C. M. Paul, and M. Ward (2011). “Property Rights Institutions and Firm Performance:A Cross-Country Analysis.” World Development, 39(4), 648-661.Abstract, Paper
Chen, Y., M. Yaşar and R.M. Rejesus (2008). “Factors Influencing the Bribery Payouts by Firms: A Cross-Country Analysis.” Journal of Business Ethics. 77(2), 231-244.Abstract, Paper
Maganini, N. D., Rasheed, A. A., Yasar, M., & Sheng, H. H. (accepted). Cross-listing and Price Efficiency: An Institutional Explanation. Journal of International Business Studies. Abstract, Paper
Maganini, N. D., A. A. Rasheed, M. Yaşar (accepted). Legal Systems and Stock Market Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis of Stock Indices Around the World”. The Journal of Institutional Economics. Abstract, Paper
Yang, J., Q. Hao, M. Yaşar (accepted). Institutional Investors and Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: The 2000-2018 Period. International Review of Finance. Abstract, Paper
• Creative Destruction and Productivity Growth
Yaşar, M, R.M. Rejesus, and I. Mintemur (2006). “Plant-level Dynamics and Aggregate Productivity Growth in the Meat Processing Industry: Evidence from Longitudinal Data.” Agribusiness: An International Journal, 22(1), 91 – 107.Abstract, Paper
Yaşar, M, R.M. Rejesus, and I. Mintemur (2004). “Is there Evidence of Creative Destruction in the Turkish Manufacturing Sector? Lessons from a Cross-Industry Analysis of Aggregate Productivity Growth.” Applied Economics, 36(17), 1937-1945.Abstract, Paper
• Agricultural and Urban Economics
Connor, L., Rejesus, R., & Yasar, M. (accepted). Crop Insurance Participation and Cover Crop Use: Evidence from Indiana County-level Data. Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. Abstract, Paper
Rejesus, R., M. Mutuc, M. Yaşar, A. Lapitan, and F. Palis (2012). “Sending Vietnamese Rice Farmers Back to School: Further Evidence on the Impacts of Farmer Field Schools.” The Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 60(3), 407-426. Abstract, Paper
Li, J., R. Terry, M. Yasar (2021). “Who Benefits More? The Heterogeneous Impact of Highways on County Growth.” Transportation Planning and Technology. Forthcoming.
Kim, S. M. Shahandashti, and M. Yasar (2023) “The Effect of Anti-Price Gouging Law on Disaster Recovery Speed: Evidence from Reconstruction in Virginia and Maryland after Hurricane Sandy.” ASCE’s Natural Hazards Review. Forthcoming.
Feng, P., M. Yasar, R. Rejesus (2023). “Innovation and Regional Economic Convergence.” The Annals of Regional Science. Part of a collection: Sustainable Economic Growth: Advancing the U.N.’s SDG 8. Forthcoming.
• Production Function Estimation, Simultaneity, and Selection
Yaşar, M., R. Raciborski, and B. Poi (2008). “Production Function Estimation in Stata Using the Olley and Pakes Method.” The Stata Journal, 8(2),221-231.Abstract, Working Paper Version, Program,Web Appendix for OPREG Command
Software
Professional Services
• Associate Editor (Co-Editor), International Economic Journal.
• Associate Editor (Co-Editor), Emerging Markets Finance and Trade.
• Referee for American Economic Review; American Political Science Review; Applied Economics; Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy; Borsa Istanbul Review; Chinese Management Studies; Contemporary Economic Policy; Economic Analysis and Policy; Economic Development and Cultural Change; Economics of Innovation and New Technology; Economic Inquiry; Economics Letters; Economic Modeling; Economic Systems; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade; Empirical Economics; Energy Economics; Food Policy; International Economic Journal; International Journal of Production Economics; Journal of African Development; Journal of Business Ethics; Journal of Business Research; Journal of Comparative Economics; Journal of Development Economics; Journal of Development Studies; Journal of Economics & Management Strategy; Journal of Environmental Economics and Management; Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade; Journal of Infrastructure Systems; Journal of Institutional Economics; Journal of International Economics; Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money; Journal of Policy Modeling; Journal of Productivity Analysis; Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists; Land Economics; Open Economies Review; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Physica A; Public Choice; Production and Operations Management; Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance; Regional Science and Urban Economics; Research Policy; Review of Income and Wealth; Review of Development Economics; South Eastern Europe Journal of Economics; TCMB Çalışma Tebliği Serisi; Stata Journal; The Annals of Regional Science; The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development; The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics; The Southern Economic Journal; The World Economy; Urban Water Journal; Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv/Review of World Economics; World DevelopmentEconomics; World Development; World Trade Review.
• Grant reviewer for National Science Foundation (NSF); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• Book reviewer for College Market Research, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Pearson Prentice Hall, South-Western/Thomson Learning, Routledge Taylor&Francis Group.
Selected Conference Presentations
• American Economic Association; Chinese Economists Society Conference; INFORMS; International Conference on Panel Data; International Industrial Organization Conference; Midwest International Trade Conference; North American Productivity Workshop; North American Summer Meeting of Econometric Society; Southern Economic Association Conference; the European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis.
PhD, Masters, and Honors Students Supervised (Dissertation, Master’s Thesis, and Honors Thesis Committee Member)
• Xin Zhou (PhD, in progress, Accounting, UTA); Kevin Hansen (PhD, in progress, INSY, UTA); Jaehoon Kim (PhD, in progress, INSY, UTA); Siddhi Nair (PhD, in progress, INSY, UTA); Roopa Desai (PhD, in progress, INSY, UTA); Mahmud Rahman (PhD, in progress, Accounting, UTA); Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi (PhD in progress, Finance, UTA); Jason Crawford (PhD, in progress, Civil Engineering, UTA); Roberto Gonzales (PhD, in progress, Accounting, UTA); Sergio Lugo (PhD, in progress, Civil Engineering, UTA); Paige Gee (PhD, in progress, Accounting, UTA); Cori Stanley (PhD, in progress, Accounting, UTA); Hanh Phan (PhD, July 2024, Finance, UTA); Andi Li (PhD, July 2024, Finance, UTA); Sreehas Gopinathan (PhD, July 2024, INSY, UTA); Thai Long Bui (PhD, May 2024, Accounting, UTA ); Ankit Deo (PhD, July 2023, INSY, UTA); Xiaqing He (PhD, July 2023, INSY, UTA); Tsung-Hsuan (Joey) Yang (PhD, July 2023, Accounting, UTA); Amal Alshamrani (PhD, July 2023, INSY, UTA); Sooin Kim (PhD, June 2023, Civil Engineering, UTA); Heloisa Aragao (PhD, June 2023, Management, UTA); Rohit Agarwal (PhD, June 2023, Accounting, UTA); Malak Malibari (PhD, April 2023, Management, UTA); Jawaher F. Alotaibi (PhD, April 2023, Management, UTA); Mohammad Murad (PhD, December 2022, INSY, UTA); Wei Chen (PhD, July 2022, Accounting, UTA); Abdulaziz Alshamrani (PhD, July 2022, Finance, UTA); Vidya Ganji (PhD, July 2022, OPMA, UTA); Ankita Damani (PhD, July 2022, Finance, UTA); Anh Tuan Nguyen (PhD, May 2022, Finance, UTA); Ben (Xiaozhe) Gu (PhD, April 2022, Accounting, UTA); Suye Wang (PhD, July 2021, Accounting, UTA); Nima Vafai (PhD, July 2021, Finance, UTA); Nargiz Abdullayeva (PhD, July 2021, Accounting, UTA); Pratima Pratima (PhD, April 2021, Finance, UTA) Hannah E. Hurt (PhD, April 2021, Accounting, UTA); Ferika Farooghi (PhD, October 2020, Civil Engineering, UTA); Jason Morrison (PhD, July 2020, Finance, UTA); Ajith Venugopal (PhD, July 2020, Management, UTA); Ankita Agarwal (PhD, July 2020, Management, UTA, UTA); Dhruba Banjade (PhD, July 2020, Finance, UTA); Lyudmyla Starostyuk (PhD, June 2020, INSY, UTA); Yuan Zhang (PhD, in progress, INSY, UTA); Nitin Kumar (PhD, July 2019, Management, UTA); Yuan Shi (PhD, April 2019, Accounting, UTA); Xiaoxiao Yu (PhD, April 2019, Accounting, UTA); Anna Obedkova (PhD, May 2018, Management, UTA); Wei Hsu (PhD, March 2018, Accounting, UTA); Jinsuk Yang (PhD, April 2017, Finance, UTA); Bonnie Quilin (PhD, April 2017, Accounting, UTA); Ryan Terry (PhD, April 2017, Management, UTA); Trang Thai (PhD, April 2017, Finance, UTA); Samar Asour (PhD, April 2017, Finance, UTA); Orhan Ozbek (PhD, March 2017, Management, UTA); Marwan Al-Shammari (PhD, March 2017, Management, UTA); Sunil Madonu (PhD, September 2016, Civil Engineering, UTA); Maryam Zabihi (PhD, August 2016, Civil Engineering, UTA); Yvonne Lee (PhD, August 2016, Accounting, UTA); Jennifer Yardley (PhD, July 2016, Accounting, UTA); Mahmoud Fallatah (PhD, March 2016, Management, UTA); John De Leon (PhD, December 2015, Management, UTA); Indika Dissanayake (PhD, July 2015, INSY, UTA); Min Tian (Visiting Ph.D. student from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China, March-September, 2013); Michelle Andrews (PhD, left May 2015, Marketing, UTA); Jason Jiao (PhD, August 2014, Accounting, UTA); M. Riaz Uddin (PhD, July 2015, Finance, UTA); Amy Holmes (PhD, June 2014, Accounting, UTA); Lee Brown (PhD, May 2014, Management, UTA); Linying Zhou (PhD, April 2014, Accounting, UTA); Yu Zhang (PhD, April 2014, Accounting, UTA); Keming Li (PhD, April 2014, Finance, UTA); Mehdi T. Hossain (PhD, April 2014, Marketing, UTA); Ramya Rajajagadeesan (PhD, March 2014, Finance, UTA); Wenxiang (Lucy) Lu (PhD, December 2013, Accounting, UTA); Qunfeng Liao (PhD, December 2013, Accounting, UTA); Rajat Mishra (PhD, August 2013, OPMA, UTA); Alper Gormus (PhD, August 2012, Finance, UTA); Ehab Yamani (PhD, December 2012, Finance, UTA); Menna Bizuneh (PhD, July 2012, Economics, Georgia State University); Humnath Pant (PhD, December 2011, Finance, UTA); Francis Smith (PhD, December 2011, Civil Engineering, UTA); Stephen Armah (PhD, June 2011, Economics, University of Illinois); Jayjit Roy (PhD, April 2010, Economics, SMU); Alysa Shcherbakova (PhD, November 2008, Economics, Emory University); Jasminka Ninkovic (PhD, November 2007, Economics, Emory University); Jigna Sampat (PhD, May 2007, Economics, Emory University); Yanjing Chen (PhD, May 2005, Economics, Emory University); Jong Kim (PhD, May 2005, Economics, Emory University); Greg Phelan (Masters, May 2011, Chair, Economics, UTA); Minjie Guo (Masters, May 2011, Economics, UTA); Tuan Nguyen (Masters, May 2010, Economics, UTA); Darren Sheets (Masters, May 2010, Economics, UTA); Hoa Nguyen (Masters, May 2010, Economics, UTA); Alysa Shcherbakova (Masters, May 2007, Economics, Emory University); Bogdana Georgieva (Masters, May 2007, Economics, Emory University); Martin Dumov (Masters, May 2006, Economics, Emory University); Robert Chaudoin (Masters, May 2005, Economics/Political Science, Emory University); Stephen Armah (Masters, May 2005, Economics, Emory University); Nyla Karsan (Honors, May 2006, Chair, Economics, Emory University); David Lisner (Honors, May 2006, Chair, Economics, Emory University); Jennifer Wunsch (Honors, May 2006, Chair, Economics, Emory University); Matthew S. Lilling (Honors, May 2005, Chair, Economics, Emory University); Nahiyan Ahmad (Honors, May 2004, Economics, Emory University); Robert Allen (Honors, May 2006, Economics, Emory University); Amanda R. Barnett (Honors, May 2003, Economics, Emory University); Bruno de Camargo (Honors, May 2006, Economics, Emory University); Benjamin J. Cohen (Honors, May 2005, Economics, Emory University); Zachary Craft (Honors, May 2006, Economics, Emory University); Michael B. Garvey (Honors, May 2004, Economics, Emory University); Minh A. Lee (Honors, May 2004, Economics, Emory University); Lindsay Jones (Honors, May 2006, Economics, Emory University); Julia Nikitina (Honors, May 2006, Economics, Emory University); Meagan P. O’brien (Honors, May 2004, Economics, Emory University); Alina N. Polyakova (Honors, May 2004, Economics, Emory University); Sinthu Satawiriya (Honors, May 2006, Economics, Emory University); Suzanne A. Zurkiya (Honors, May 2005, Economics, Emory University)