Bulent Temel, Ph.D.

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Bulent Temel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Practice, Economics

Contact

• BB 4.05.04
• 210-458-4777
• bulent.temel@utsa.edu

Bio

Personal Faculty Website

Bülent Temel, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of practice in economics at the University of Texas at San Antonio Alvarez College of Business. He has taught around 140 classes and delivered lectures in nine American and European universities and published around 60 publications. Temel is the recipient of a Life-Changing Educator Award in 2018 and a Best Financial Advisor in Southern California Award in 2008. He had ten years of experience as a financier in corporate America before academia.

Select Media Appearances

• Businesses cash in on solar eclipse interview, CNN
• Cities in the eclipse’s path are getting an economic ‘shot in the arm.’ The New York Times
• The Eclipse Could Bring $1.5 Billion Into States on the Path of Totality, TIME
• Cosmic yoga, portable toilets: Solar eclipse will deliver 'tourism boom' for economy, ABC News
• Totality tourism is a giant boost for local economies as millions flock to see the solar eclipse, Fast Company
• Texas Governor seeks to limit investment companies from buying single-family homes, NEWS4SA
• Texas business owners feeling the impacts of a slowing economy, Texas Standard
• Companies anticipate layoffs in 2024; UTSA economist says AI will create new workforce demand, Spectrum News
• 2024 solar eclipse tourism revenue interview, KLRNTV

Op-Eds

• 'Commentary: Eclipsenomics: April’s solar eclipse will be the most profitable 22 minutes in Texas history' in San Antonio Express News
• 'Is Supreme Court’s Dobbs Ruling an Unintended Win for Abortion?' in Fair Observer

Research Interests

• Neo-institutionalism
• Pluralistic economics
• Public choice theory
• Cooperativism
• Community economic development

Degrees

• Harvard University

Publications

Select Publications

• The Great Catalyst: European Union Project and Lessons from Greece and Turkey. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2013. ISBN 9780739174487.
• “Co-operative Organizations and Institutional Stability: Evidence from the Canadian Financial Sector.” Review of International Co-operation, 2013, pp. 48-66.
• “Divided We Stand: A Game Theoretic Analysis of the Semi-Centennial Cyprus Dispute.” Journal of Cyprus Studies, Vol.17, No. 40, 2012, pp. 1-14.1.