Dr. Dervis Kirikkaleli

Associate Professor

Bio

Dervis Kirikkaleli is a senior lecturer at the Lebanese American University. He holds a BSc in Economics from Eastern Mediterranean University. He is a University of Stirling alum, where he completed his MSc and Ph.D. in Banking and Finance. His research area is environmental economics, energy economics, econometrics, and financial economics, especially for emerging economies. Since 2021, Dervis Kirikkaleli has ranked among the world’s top 2% of Scientists by Elsevier BV and Stanford University. In addition, he ranked among the top 1% of Scientists by Clarivate in 2022. He works as an editor for Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, and Emerald Publishers. Specifically, He holds editorial roles in several academic journals, including Financial Innovation, Geoscience Frontiers, Future Business Journal, Geological Journal, and International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management.

Teaching Interests

• Macroeconomics
• Econometrics
• Financial Economics
• Environmental Economics
• Energy Economics

Research Interests

• Artificial Intelligence and Economics
• Environmental and Energy Economics
• Fintech
• Sustainability
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Resource and Material Efficiency

Publications and Working Papers

• Kirikkaleli, D. (2024). Factors influencing the material footprint in the USA. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.  

• Nwosu, L. C., Awosusi, A. A., Özkan, O., Kirikkaleli, D., & Adebayo, T. S. (2024) Projecting a long‐term healthcare expenditure in the United States: Do climate change, globalization, and technological innovation play a major role?. In Natural Resources Forum. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.   

• Kartal, M. T., Kirikkaleli, D., & Pata, U. K. (2024). Role of Environmental Policy Stringency on Sectoral CO2 Emissions in EU-5 Countries: Disaggregated Level Evidence by Novel Quantile-Based Approaches. Energy & Environment, 0958305X241241026.   

• Kartal, M. T., Taşkın, D., Shahbaz, M., Kirikkaleli, D., & Depren, S. K. (2024). Role of energy transition in easing energy security risk and decreasing CO2 emissions: Disaggregated level evidence from the USA by quantile-based models. Journal of Environmental Management, 359, 120971.  

• Qayyum, M., Zhang, Y., Ali, M., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2024). Towards environmental sustainability: The role of information and communication technology and institutional quality on ecological footprint in MERCOSUR nations. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 34, 103523.  

• Kirikkaleli, D., & Adebayo, T. S. (2024). Political risk and environmental quality in Brazil: role of green finance and green innovation. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 29(2), 1205-1218.

• Kirikkaleli, D., & Kalmaz, D. B. (2024). Does Political Risk Matter for Economic Growth in Cyprus?. Review of Economic Analysis, 16(1), 61-73.

• Ali, M., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2024). Carbon taxes, resources efficiency, and environmental sustainability in a developed country. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 31(4), 421-430

• Li, M., Waheed, R., Kirikkaleli, D., & Aziz, G. (2024). Relevance of hybrid artificial intelligence for improving the forecasting accuracy of natural resource prices. Geoscience Frontiers, 15(3), 101670.

• Kartal, M. T., Kirikkaleli, D., & Kılıç Depren, S. (2024). Investigating political stability effect on the environment in the Netherlands by Fourier-based approaches. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 31(2), 125-136.

• Kartal, M. T., Ayhan, F., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2024). Regime-switching effect of COVID-19 pandemic on stock market index: evidence from Turkey as an emerging market example. Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, 17(1), 189-206.

• Yu, S., Zhou, Y., Syed, Q. R., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2024). Sustainable Growth, Political Risk and Carbon Footprint: Do Energy Transition and Financial Expansion Matter?. Politická ekonomie.