Metin Çakır
Subject Areas
Education
Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, 2011
Areas of Interest
Agribusiness, Consumer Economics, Industrial Organization
Teaching
APEC 4821W, Business Economics and Strategy - 
APEC4821W_Syllabus.pdf
APEC 5151, Applied Microeconomics: Firm and Household - APEC5151_Syllabus.pdf
APEC 8803: Marketing Economics - APEC8803_Syllabus.pdf
Research
Metin Çakır conducts research in the areas of industrial organization and food marketing. His recent work on industrial organization involves analysis of market power and its welfare implications in agricultural markets and the economic impacts of the growth of private labels in consumer food markets. In the area of food marketing Çakır’s recent work investigates effects of marketing strategies on the linkage between producer prices and retail price inflation, and on consumers’ food intake.
Awards
2013 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association’s Quality of Research Discovery Award for “Estimating Market Power of U.S. Dairy Cooperatives” in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Select Publications
Çakır, M., J.V. Balagtas. 2014. “Consumer Response to Package Downsizing: Evidence from the Chicago Bulk Ice Cream Market.” Journal of Retailing, 90(1):1-12.
Çakır, M. and J.V. Balagtas, 2012. “Estimating Market Power of U.S. Dairy Cooperatives.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 94(3): 647-658. (2013 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association “Quality of Research Discovery” Award)
Çakır, M. and J.V. Balagtas, 2010. “Econometric Evidence of Cross-Market Effects of Generic Dairy Advertising.” Agribusiness: an International Journal, 26(1):83-99.
