Tolga Omay Cankaya University, Department of Economics   omayt@yahoo.com Ankara, 0900 06420 Turkey   omayt@cankaya.edu.tr   http://www.cankaya.edu.tr/turkce/fakulte/cv.php?sicil=159   Biographical Sketch: 2006 Massey University Department of Commerce, Post-Doc. (For one semester) 2001-2005 Hacettepe University Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Ph.D. program in Economics Ph.D dissertation: “An empirical investigation on the predictive power of term structure of interest rates” (Chair: Erdinc Telatar) 1997-1999 Hacettepe University Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, M.S. Economics Master thesis: ‘‘Testing the Credibility Hypothesis of Monetary Policy for Turkey under the Rational Expectation Hypothesis’’ (Chair: Huseyin Ozel) 1990-1996 Bilkent University Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, B.S. Economics Honors degree 1996 and High Honors 1993   Primary Research Focus: Applications of nonlinear econometric modelling to macroeconomics.   JEL Areas: E0 : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General C5 : Econometric Modeling: General