Nihal Bayraktar, Ph.D.

Dr. Bayraktar joined Penn State Harrisburg in the fall of 2003 as an assistant professor. Before joining Penn State Harrisburg, she was working at the World Bank as an economist. Her basic research interest is on macroeconomics, microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics, and development economics. She focuses on the production and investment behavior of manufacturing firms and their impacts on macroeconomy. She also works on problems related to inflation, poverty, banking sector, and financial markets.

Continuing Education Interests

• Microeconomic analyses
• Macroeconomic analyses
• Money and banking
• Statistics
• International financial markets

Professional Affiliations

• American Economic Association
• European Economic Association