Please send an email to mukarakaplan@yahoo.com to request the most recent versions of my research papers.



RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Finance: Banking, Financial Stability, FinTech, Corporate Finance, International Finance, Financial Markets
  • Machine Learning: Financial AI and Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Cryptocurrencies
  • Econometrics: Applied Econometrics, Statistical Methods, Modeling, Econometric Programming
  • Agenda: Apply cutting-edge machine learning techniques and econometric programming to new research areas in banking and finance



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WORKING PAPERS AND PAPERS UNDER REVIEW

I have several working papers and papers under review. Please send an email to mukarakaplan@yahoo.com to request the most recent versions of my research papers.



GRANTS

  • $19,113,403. Co-Investigator. External grant funded by the U.S. federal and state agencies, and private organizations. A multi-year large scale randomized control trial field experiment.

    Key Project Achievements:
    • Worked with government officials including the U.S. Secretary of Education.
    • Provided legislative testimony to the Senate.



AWARDS AND HONORS

  • $10,000 Finance Faculty Award for Research, University of South Carolina, 2023
  • Keynote Speech with co-authors at the Meeting of Heads of Financial Stability (CEMLA), 2022
  • $10,000 H. Montague Osteen, Jr. Research Grant, University of South Carolina, 2022
  • $10,000 Research Summer Support, University of South Carolina, 2022



Giving the Keynote Speech.

 

With some of the global central bank directors.