Erkan Erdogdu
BSc (Middle East Technical Univ., Ankara), MSc (Univ. of Surrey)
Year of entry
2009
Research topic
Electricity Market Reform: Lessons for Developing Countries
Supervisor
Dr Michael Pollitt and Professor David Newbery
Biography
Mr Erdogdu received his BSc in International Relations (with high honours) from Middle East Technical University (Turkey) in 2002. He then began to work for the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) of Turkey, a public regulatory body that regulates a total of a circa $60 billion Turkish energy (electricity, natural gas, oil and LPG) market. In 2004, he was awarded a British Chevening Scholarship for his MSc studies. He received an MSc degree in Energy Economics and Policy (with Distinction) from University of Surrey (UK) in 2004. Until coming to Cambridge, he continued to work as an Energy Expert in EMRA. Mr Erdogdu has been awarded a full scholarship by Cambridge Overseas Trust that finances all costs during his PhD studies in Cambridge.
Research interests
Energy markets (especially electricity and natural gas industries); energy policy; energy economics; regulation; privatisation; liberalisation and competition in the network industries; efficiency in electricity and natural gas utilities; Turkish energy policy; econometric analysis (demand forecast, time series and panel data analysis).
Publications and papers
Erdogdu, E. (2007) "Regulatory reform in Turkish energy industry: an analysis." Energy Policy, 35(2): 984-993
Erdogdu, E. (2007) "Electricity demand analysis using cointegration and ARIMA modelling: a case study of Turkey." Energy Policy, 35(2): 1129-1146
Erdogdu, E. (2007) "Nuclear power in open energy markets: a case study of Turkey." Energy Policy, 35(5): 3061-3073
Erdogdu, E. (2008) "An exposé of bioenergy and its potential and utilization in Turkey." Energy Policy, 36(6): 2182-2190
Erdogdu, E. (2009) "On the wind energy in Turkey." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13(6-7): 1361-1371
Erdogdu, E. (2009) "Some thoughts on the Turkish electricity distribution industry." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13(6-7): 1485-1494
Erdogdu, E. (2009) "A snapshot of geothermal energy potential and utilization in Turkey." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13(9): 2535-2543
Erdogdu, E. (2010) "Natural gas demand in Turkey." Applied Energy, 87(1): 211-219
Erdogdu, E. (2010) "A paper on the unsettled question of Turkish electricity market: balancing and settlement system (Part I)." Applied Energy, 87(1): 251-258
Erdogdu, E. (2010) "A review of Turkish natural gas distribution market." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14(2): 806-813
Erdogdu, E. (2010) "Turkish support to Kyoto Protocol: a reality or just an illusion." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14(3): 1111-1117
Erdogdu, E. (2010) "Bypassing Russia: Nabucco project and its implications for the European gas security." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14(9): 2936-2945
Erdogdu, E. (2011) "An analysis of Turkish hydropower policy." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15(1), 689-696
Erdogdu, E. (2011) "The regulation of natural gas industry in Turkey." In T. Cetin & F. Oguz (Eds.), The political economy of regulation in Turkey. Springer, New York, USA, 145-176
Erdogdu, E. (2011) "The impact of power market reforms on electricity price-cost margins and cross-subsidy levels: a cross country panel data analysis". Energy Policy, 39(3): 1080-1092 (The first paper of a three-paper format PhD thesis)
Erdogdu, E. (2011) "What happened to efficiency in electricity industries after reforms?" Energy Policy, 39(10): 6551-6560
Erdogdu, E. (2011) "The political economy of electricity market liberalization: a cross-country approach." USAEE/IAEE North American Conference (30th), 9-12 October 2011, Washington, DC. (Awarded one of the top four best paper prizes, out of 160 papers)
Contact details
Erkan Erdogdu
Cambridge Judge Business School
University of Cambridge
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG
UK
Email erkan@erdogdu.net
Personal WWW: erkan.erdogdu.net