Serkan Kocabaş

Serkan Kocabaş

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. During my Ph.D., I completed a Ph.D. traineeship at the European Central Bank and previously worked as an Economist at BBVA-Research.

My research focuses on quantitative macroeconomics, with particular interests in monetary policy transmission, financial frictions, and climate economics (carbon policy). My methodology combines empirical analysis with quantitative theory, including New Keynesian DSGE models.

My Job Market Paper:
Bridging the Gap: How Banks’ Maturity Mismatch Shapes Monetary Policy Transmission

I will be on the 2025 / 2026 academic job market.

Interests
  • Quantitative Macroeconomics
  • Monetary Policy
  • Macro - Finance
  • Climate Economics
Education
  • Ph.D. in Economics, July 2026 (Expected)

    Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

  • MRes in Economic Analysis, 2022

    Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

  • MSc in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets, 2017

    Barcelona School of Economics

  • BSc in Economics, 2015

    Middle East Technical University

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