Assistant Professor of Economics
Phone: 903.566.7366
Email: msaygili@uttyler.edu
Building: CAS 140
Department: Social Sciences
Meryem Saygili
Degrees
- Ph.D., Economics, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, 2011
- M.S., Economics, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, 2007
- B.A., Economics, Bogazi莽i University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005
Research Interests: Environmental Economics, Health Economics
Biography
Meryem Saygili is an Assistant Professor of Economics at The University of Texas at Tyler. She earned her Ph.D. and MA degrees from The University of Texas at Austin and her BA degree from the Bogazici University in Turkey. Her research interest lies in the fields of environmental and health economics. In addition to Principles of Economics, she teaches Money and Banking, Econometrics, and International Finance. She likes reading and outdoor activities such as biking and hiking.
Her recent research includes:
- 鈥淎re Exporters Cleaner? Another Look at the Trade-Environment Nexus鈥� Energy Economics, Volume 95, 2021 (with Evangelina Dardati)
- 鈥淭he Effect of Shelter-in-Place Orders on Social Distancing and the Spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of Texas,鈥� Frontiers in Public Health鈥擧ealth Economics, Volume 8, 2020 (with Marco Castaneda)
- 鈥淎ggregate impacts of cap-and-trade programs with heterogeneous firms鈥� Energy Economics, Volume 92, 2020 (with Evangelina Dardati)
- 鈥淔oreign Production and Environment: Does the Type of FDI Matter?鈥� International Review of Applied Economics, 2020, volume 34, issue 6, pp. 721-733. (with Evangelina Dardati)