UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Dr Onur A Koska

Contact

Department: Department of Economics and Finance

Email: onur.koska@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3690842

Office: Meremere 422

Languages: English, German, Turkish

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Research / Creative works

Fields of Research

International Trade
Foreign Direct Investment
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions
Multinational Firms
Foreign Market Entry Regulations
Strategic Trade Policy
Foreign Competition and Tax Policy
International Migration
Environmental Regulations
Industrial Organisation
Auctions and Negotiations

Researcher Summary

Dr. Koska is a theoretical economist, with main research interests in international trade and strategic trade policy, multinational enterprises, foreign direct investment, foreign market entry regulations, competition and tax policy, environmental regulations, and applications of game theory (esp., industrial organisation and auctions).

Subject Area: Disciplines

Economics: Industrial Economics ; International Economics ; Microeconomics

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

Gilbert J., Koska OA. and Oladi R. (2021) International trade, differentiated goods, and strategic asymmetry. Southern Economic Journal http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/soej.12541.

Koska OA. and Stähler F. (2021) It ain't over until it's over: English auctions with subsequent negotiations. International Review of Economics and Finance 72: 121-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2020.11.010.

Koska OA., Stähler F. and Yeni O. (2021) Trade and commodity taxes as environmental instruments in an open economy. Journal of Economic Studies 48(2): 333-353. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JES-08-2019-0362.

Koska OA. (2020) Sourcing product quality for foreign market entry. Review of World Economics 156(3): 669-702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10290-020-00375-1.

Cagatay S., Mert M., Koska O. and Artal-Tur A. (2019) Remittances impacts on schooling in Jordan: analyses with respect to migrant destination. New Medit 18(2): 39-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.30682/nm1902c.

Koska OA. (2019) A consumer-surplus standard in foreign acquisitions, foreign direct investment, and welfare. Review of World Economics 155(1): 149-179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10290-018-0324-6.

Koska OA. (2019) Gains from multinational competition for cross-border firm acquisition. Economics 13 http://dx.doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2019-20.

Koska OA., Onur I. and Stähler F. (2018) The scope of auctions in the presence of downstream interactions and information externalities. Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie 125(2): 107-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00712-017-0590-0.

Koska OA., Van Long N. and Stähler F. (2018) Foreign direct investment as a signal. Review of International Economics 26(1): 60-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/roie.12303.

Koska OA. and Stähler F. (2016) The myth of profit-shifting trade policies. Economics Letters 140: 39-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.12.024.

Koska OA. (2015) A Model of Competition between Multinationals. METU Studies in Development 42 2: 271-298.

Koska OA. and Stähler F. (2015) Factor price differences in a general equilibrium model of trade and imperfect competition. Research in Economics 69(2): 248-259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rie.2015.02.003.

Koska OA. and Stahler F. (2014) Optimal acquisition strategies in unknown territories. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 170(3): 406-426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1628/093245614X14001382825101.

Koska OA. and Stähler F. (2014) Trade and imperfect competition in general equilibrium. Journal of International Economics 94(1): 157-168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2014.05.004.

Koska OA., Saygin PO., Çaǧatay S. and Artal-Tur A. (2013) International migration, remittances, and the human capital formation of Egyptian children. International Review of Economics and Finance 28: 38-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2013.05.006.

Mihci H., Çaǧatay S. and Koska OA. (2011) The determinants of foreign direct investment outflows from the European Union countries. Economics Bulletin 31(3): 2653-2666.

Chapters

Koska O. and Yildirim D. (2018) Puzzling out the Feldstein–Horioka paradox for Turkey by a time-varying parameter approach. In Akkoyunlu Wigley A; Cagatay S (Ed.), The Dynamics of Growth in Emerging Economies The Case of Turkey (First Edition ed.): 48-71.Routledge.

Ça ugatay S., De ugirmen S., Genç M., Koska OA., Lucke B. and Sayg in PÖ. (2014) Analyzing the Immigration-Induced Changes in Product Diversity and Trade Patterns: The Case of the EU-Mediterranean-Eastern Europe Zone. The Socio-Economic Impact of Migration Flows: 53-86.Springer, Cham.