Hasan USTA

Hasan USTA is a Researcher in the Department of Economics at Kastamonu University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, where he has served since 2013. His academic credentials include a PhD in Economics from Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University (2024), a Master's degree in Economics from Abant İzzet Baysal University (2018), and a BA in Economics from Hacettepe University (2008).

His educational background features:

• PhD in Economics, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Graduate School of Economics (2018-2024)
• Master's in Economics (Thesis), Abant İzzet Baysal University, Institute of Social Sciences (2014-2018)
• BA in Economics, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (2002-2008)

Dr. Usta specializes in Health Economics and Economic Theory, with research intersecting macroeconomic policy, international economics, and socio-economic impacts of crises and migration. His work examines consumer confidence dynamics, growth-health relationships, and geopolitical events like the Arab Spring through advanced econometric methods including ARDL and PVAR modeling.

His publications (2014-2025) reveal concentrated activity during 2016-2018 with recent 2025 outputs. Research focuses on Turkish economic policy, EU integration challenges, migration impacts, and health economics, predominantly employing time-series and panel data techniques to address policy-relevant questions in Turkish and European contexts.

No scientific awards have been documented in available records.

Dr. USTA has not supervised any theses. His research portfolio includes three university-funded projects: analysis of Kastamonu's consumption expenditure patterns (2018-2019), historical price movements in Kastamonu (1673-1806, 2016-2018), and socio-economic communication challenges faced by refugees in Kastamonu (2016-2017).

He maintains active research collaborations with Alper Tunga Şen, Mehmet Yunus Çelik, Sakine Eylem Usta, and Erdoğan Kotil, focusing on EU migration policies, economic crises, and refugee integration issues.