Gürkan KUMBAROĞLU, Ph.D., Associate Professor
:: Education
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Gazi University, 1990;
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 1995;
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2001.
:: Research Interests

Macroeconomic Modeling, Energy and Environmental Policy Modeling, Energy Economics and Management, Real Options Theory, Industrial Energy Analysis, General Economic Equilibrium, Energy Demand Forecasting, Investment Planning, Power System Economics, Environmental Economics

:: Offered Courses
  • IE 255  Probability for Industrial Engineers
  • IE 341  Engineering Economics
  • IE 441  Planning for Engineers
  • IE 461  Energy Policy and Planning
  • IE 480  Case Studies in IE
  • IE 489  Energy Policy and Planning
  • IE 494  Human Factors Management
  • IE 497  Methods Analysis and Design
:: Recent Publications
  • Adaman, F., Karali, N., Kumbaroğlu, G., Or, İ., Özkaynak, B., Zenginobuz, Ü. (2011), "What determines urban households’ willingness to pay for CO2 emission reductions in Turkey: A contingent valuation survey," Energy Policy, Vol 39(2): 689-698.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G. (2011). "A Sectoral Decomposition Analysis of Turkish CO2 Emissions Over 1990-2007", Energy, Vol.36 (5), pp.2419-2433
  • Adaman, F., Karali, N., Kumbaroğlu, G., Or, İ., Özkaynak, B., Zenginobuz, Ü. (2011)." What determines urban households’ willingness to pay for CO2 emission reductions in Turkey: A contingent valuation survey", Energy Policy, Vol.39 (2), pp.689-698.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G. (2010). "CO2 Elasticity of Income: The Case of Turkey, Chp.17 in: Handbook of Sustainable Energy", W. H. Lee and V. G. Cho (Edts.), Nova Science Publ.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G., N. Karali and Y. Arıkan (2008). "CO₂, GDP and RET: An aggregate economic equilibrium analysis for Turkey." Energy Policy 36(7): 2694-2708.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G., R. Madlener and M. Demirel (2008). "A real options evaluation model for the diffusion prospects of new renewable power generation technologies." Energy Economics 30(4): 1882-1908.
  • Madlener, R., G. S. Kumbaroğlu and V. Ş. Ediger (2005). "Modeling technology adoption as an irreversible investment under uncertainty: the case of the Turkish electricity supply industry." Energy Economics. 27(1): 139-163.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G. S. (2003). "Environmental taxation and economic effects: A computable general equilibrium analysis for Turkey." Journal of Policy Modeling. 25(8): 795-810.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G. S. and R. Madlener (2003). "Energy and Climate Policy Analysis with the Hybrid Bottom-Up Computable General Equilibrium Model SCREEN: The Case of the Swiss CO₂ Act." Annals of Operations Research. 121(1): 181-203.

:: Contact Information

Personal URL

 http://www.ie.boun.edu.tr/~gurkank/index.htm

e-mail

 gurkank

Phone (office)

 + 90 (212) 359 7079

Fax (office)

 + 90 (212) 265 1800

Address

 Boğaziçi University
Department of Industrial Engineering
34342, Bebek-Istanbul, Turkey