Biography
Ali Ozdagli is an economist in the research deparment of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Before joining the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston he worked as a research and teaching assistant at Humboldt University of Berlin, where he earned his M.A. degree in economics and management science, and at the University of Chicago, where he earned his Ph.D. degree in economics. His research focuses on macroeconomics, investment in physical and human capital, and the pricing of financial assets.

Education

Ph.D. (Economics), University of Chicago, 2009

M.A. (Economics), Humboldt University of Berlin, 2004

B.S. (Industrial Engineering), Bogazici University, 2002

Work experience

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Economist, 2009–

Publications

Working papers and other unpublished papers

"Financial Leverage, Corporate Investment and Stock Returns." Ph.D. thesis, University of Chicago, 2009.

"College Enrollment, Dropouts, and Option Value of Education," with Nicholas Trachter, 2008.

"Implications of Investment Adjustment Cost for Investment Behavior." 2007.

Presentations

"Financial Leverage, Corporate Investment and Stock Returns." American Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2010; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2008; University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, 2008; University of Chicago Department of Economics, various workshops, 2006–2008.

"College Enrollment, Dropouts, and Option Value of Education." Society of Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting, 2008; University of Chicago Department of Economics, various workshops, 2006–2008.

"Implications of Investment Adjustment Cost for Investment Behavior." University of Chicago Department of Economics, various workshops, 2006–2008.

Fellowships and Awards

George J. Stigler Dissertation Fellowship, 2008–2009
Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship, 2008–2009
Provost's Summer Research Fellowship, 2008
Lee Prize for Best Capital Theory/Money and Banking Field Exam, 2006
University of Chicago Unendowed Fellowship, 2004–2008
Economic Society Award, Humboldt University, 2004

Public service

Referee: Econometrica, Review of Economic Dynamics