Mahmut Yasar

Mahmut Yasar is a Professor of Economics, Goolsby – Jacqualyn A. Fouse Endowed Chair, and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington College of Business. He also serves as a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Prior to joining UTA in 2007, he taught at Emory University in both the Department of Economics and Goizueta Business School, and has held visiting positions at Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland, National Taipei University of Technology, National Tsing Hua University, and Tongji University in China.

Dr. Yasar's research focuses on productivity, trade and investment, technology transfer, innovation, environmental economics, and applied microeconometrics. His work examines how international linkages affect firm performance, technology adoption, and environmental outcomes. He has made significant contributions to understanding the relationship between foreign direct investment, exports, and productivity growth at the firm level, as well as the environmental implications of trade and investment decisions.

His recent publications reveal a strong trend toward interdisciplinary research connecting international economics with environmental sustainability, corporate finance, and technological innovation. Many studies employ sophisticated econometric techniques on firm-level or plant-level data from developing and developed economies. The research consistently demonstrates how international connections facilitate knowledge transfer and productivity growth while also examining the environmental consequences of global economic integration.

• Distinguished Paper Award (Academy of Management)
• Outstanding Research Award (Agricultural & Applied Economics Association)
• President's Award for Excellence in Teaching-Tenured
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (College of Business, UTA)
• Professor of the Year Medallion (Beta Gamma Sigma)
• Academy of Distinguished Teachers Inductee (2020)
• Top 7th percentile in International Economics (ResearchGate IRS)

Dr. Yasar has served on over 100 Ph.D. dissertation committees across multiple departments at UTA. His grant activities include significant projects such as 'Quantifying the Effects of Foreign Acquisitions in the U.S. Agrifood Industry' ($98,994 from NC State University) and 'Housing Reconstruction Demand Surge: Measurement, Modeling, and Vulnerability Assessment' ($251,076 from NSF). He has been an active reviewer for over 60 academic journals and served as associate/co-editor of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade and the International Economic Journal during 2007-2020.