Ata, Ahmet Yılmaz

is an associate professor of economics at Gaziantep University. He did his Phd thesis on corruption in the Framework of institutional economics. He is interested in institutional economics and political economy, economic growth and social capital. He focused his academic research on the relationship between property rights and economic growth with particular analysis on EU countries. He published articles on energy resources; structure of natural gas markets, regional development. He has received awards with his PhD thesis, and analysis on economics of Adana city. Ata teaches history of economics and on Turkish economy.