I am a Ph.D. student in Economics at Bilkent University. My work combines macroeconomic modelling, international finance, econometrics, and large-scale data analysis.
Interests
- Monetary economics
- Central banking
- Emerging markets
- International spillovers
Education
- Ph.D. in Economics
Bilkent University - M.A. in Economics
Bilkent University, 2024 - B.A. in Economics
Baskent University, 2022 · Valedictorian
Current research
Spillovers from US monetary policy to emerging markets: A multi-country New Keynesian approach
Developed a three-country New Keynesian model of direct and indirect US monetary-policy spillovers to emerging markets, incorporating financial frictions, capital controls, and trade integration.
Master’s thesis
Spillovers from US monetary policy to emerging markets: The role of fundamentals
Examines the effects of changes in US interest rates on emerging-market bond yields, currencies, and macroeconomic fundamentals using hierarchical linear modelling.
Research experience
Central Bank Losses as Private Sector Insurance
Event-study analysis of ECB quantitative-easing surprises, yield curves, and systemic risk using a policy/information decomposition.
U.S. Monetary Policy Identification and Financial-Market Transmission
Replicable FOMC event studies and proxy-SVAR analysis across interest rates, Treasury yields, equities, and exchange rates.
Fed Speech Analysis
Merged Bloomberg forecast data, Federal Reserve speech records, and economic surprises to study how speeches affect forecast revisions.
Trade & Sanctions
Analyzed post-sanction rerouting in Russian trade using network models.
NYSE TAQ Data
Collected, cleaned, and frequency-converted high-frequency trade and quote data, and automated the processing pipeline in Python.
Teaching
- ECON 102
Introduction to Economics II · Head TA · 2022, 2023, 2024 - ECON 108
Principles of Macroeconomics · 2024 - ECON 322
Monetary Economics · 2025, 2026 - ECON 409
Contemporary Issues in Turkish Economy · 2025
- ECON 426
Applied Econometrics · 2023, 2025 - ECON 455
Institutions and Development · 2024 - Teaching Assistant of the Year
Department of Economics, 2023
Contact
Email: ali.cansi@bilkent.edu.tr
Office: A-115, Department of Economics
Address: Bilkent University, 06800 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey
Phone: +90 312 290 4273