Bio
Ezgi Kurt is an assistant professor of economics at Bentley University. Her fields of study include macroeconomics and public policy, with an emphasis on monetary and tax policy.
Professional Memberships
American Economic Association 2022-01-01 - PresentEconometric Society 2024-01-01 - 2024-12-31Awards and Honors
Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award, Liberal Arts Macroeconomics ConferenceAEA Summer Fellow, Washington Center for Equitable GrowthFinalist Paper for the Young Economists Prize Competition, QCGBF at King’s College LondonGraduate Fellowship, UC DavisWinner of Deans Summer Graduate Fellowship, UC DavisNon-resident Tuition Fellowship, UC DavisGraduate Fellowship, UC DavisConference Accommodation Grant, University of Southern DenmarkTUBITAK - 3501 Program (with Prof. K. Karaman), The Scientific and Technological Research Council of TurkeyScholarly Contributions and Creative Productions
Journal Articles
Kurt, E. (2026). Corporate Taxes and Monetary Effectiveness: Evidence on Employment. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 1–14. Jackson, L. E., Kurt, E. (2025). Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity and Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy. Journal of Macroeconomics, (83) March 2025 103645. (Link)Cloyne, J., Kurt, E., Surico, P. (2025). Who gains from corporate tax cuts?. Journal of Monetary Economics, (149) Issue (Link)Kurt, E. (2024). Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy on Firms. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, (57) 2159-2188. (Link)Exhibitions
Kurt, E. (2026). “Art Performance at the Jordan Hall of Boston Symphony Orchestra” Kurt, E. (2025). “Art Performance at Harvard Class of 1959 Chapel” Kurt, E. (2024). “Art Performance at Tufts University Granoff Music Center” Kurt, E. (2023). “Art Performance at Brown University Alumnae Hall” Other Scholarly Work
Kurt, E., Karaman, K. (2025). Political Instability and Long Run Growth in Eurasia. Working Paper (In Progress).Kurt, E. (2024). The unequal impact of the Federal Reserve's monetary tightening and easing on firms in the United States. Washington Center for Equitable Growth (Link).Livingston, J., Kurt, E., Young, L. (2024). What do we learn from replications of experiments? An application using Bayes Factors. (In Progress).Presentations
Kurt, E., Basante, G. (2026). “Corporate Tax Reforms and the Investment Channel of Monetary Policy” Presented at the U.S. Department of the Treasury Washington, DC Kurt, E., Basante, G., Livingston, J. (2026). “The Monetary-Fiscal Policy Understanding Gap: Evidence from an Experiment” Presented at the Bentley University Economics Department Seminar Series Bentley University Kurt, E., Basante, G. (2025). “Corporate Tax Reforms and the Investment Channel of Monetary Policy” Presented at the 19th International Joint Conference on CFE-CMStatistics Virtual Kurt, E., Basante, G., Livingston, J. (2025). “The Monetary-Fiscal Policy Understanding Gap: Evidence from an Experiment” Presented at the Bentley Joint Conference of the Accounting, Economics, and Finance Departments Bentley University Kurt, E., Basante, G., Livingston, J. (2025). “The Monetary-Fiscal Policy Understanding Gap: Evidence from an Experiment” Presented at the Bentley Research Council Poster Reception Bentley University Kurt, E. (2025). “Corporate Taxes and Monetary Effectiveness: Evidence on Employment” Presented at the Liberal Arts Macroeconomics Conference Swarthmore College Kurt, E., Basante, G. (2025). “Corporate Tax Reforms and the Investment Channel of Monetary Policy” Presented at the 32nd Annual Symposium of the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and EconometricsKurt, E., Basante, G. (2025). “Corporate Tax Reforms and the Investment Channel of Monetary Policy” Presented at the College of Holy Cross In Person Kurt, E. (2025). “Corporate Taxes and Monetary Effectiveness: Evidence on Employment” Presented at the 10th Annual Conference of the Society for Economic Measurement (SEM) Athens, Greece Kurt, E., Basante, G. (2024). “Corporate Tax Reforms and Monetary Policy” Presented at the Midwest Economic AssociationKurt, E. (2024). “Who Gains from Corporate Tax Cuts?” Presented at the Midwest Economic AssociationKurt, E. (2024). “Use of Datacamp in Statistics Courses” Presented at the Bentley Learning and Teaching ColloquiumKurt, E., Basante, G. (2024). “Corporate Tax Reforms and The Investment Channel of Monetary Policy” Presented at the Washington Center for Equitable GrowthKurt, E. (2024). “Corporate Tax Reforms and The Investment Channel of Monetary Policy” Presented at the Washington Center for Equitable GrowthKurt, E. (2024). “Discussant/Participant at Workshop on Economic Dynamics” Kurt, E. (2024). “Use of Datacamp in Statistics Courses” Presented at the Bentley University Bentley Learning and Teaching Colloquium Waltham, MA Kurt, E. (2024). “Who Gains from Corporate Tax Cuts?” Presented at the Midwest Economic AssociationKurt, E., Basante Pereira, G. (2024). “Corporate Tax Reforms and Monetary Policy” Presented at the Midwest Economic AssociationCloyne, J., Kurt, E., Surico, P. (2023). “Who Gains from Corporate Tax Cuts?” Presented at the Bentley University Accounting, Economics, and Finance Joint Mini ConferenceKurt, E. (2023). “Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy on Firms” Presented at the Bentley Brownbag SeminarKurt, E., Jackson, L. E. (2023). “Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity and Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy” Presented at the University of New HampshireKurt, E. (2022). “Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy on Firms” Presented at the 16th International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2022). “Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy on Firms” Presented at the Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings Dallas, TX Kurt, E., Jackson, L. (2022). “Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity and Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy” Presented at the Applied Time Series Workshop at St. Louis FedKurt, E. (2021). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the 15th International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2021). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the University of Liverpool (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2021). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the Smith College (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2021). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the University College Dublin (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2021). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the Bentley University (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2021). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the Nazarbayev University (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2021). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the Ozyegin University (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2021). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the TED University (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2021). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the Dickinson College (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2021). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the Central Bank of Chile (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2021). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the Federal Reserve Board (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2020). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the Macro/International Brownbag, UC DavisKurt, E. (2020). “The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach” Presented at the Missouri Valley Economic Association Conference (Virtual)Kurt, E. (2019). “Dynamic Effects of US Tax Policy” Presented at the Macro/International Brownbag, UC DavisService
Service: Department
Committee Chair for Assurance of Learning Committee 2026-01-20 - PresentCommittee Member for Economics Tenure-Track Hiring Committee 11/1/23 - 2/28/24Committee Chair for Scholarly Activity Committee 2024-08-01 - PresentCommittee Chair for PR Communications Committee 8/1/21 - PresentCommittee Member for Scholarly Activity Committee 2021-08-01 - 2024-06-01Service: Public
Author for Washington Center for Equitable Growth 2024-06-01 - 2024-08-31Service: Professional
Conference/Workshop Organizer for Applied Macroeconomics Workshop 2025-09-01 - 2025-11-17Conference/Workshop Organizer for Applied Macroeconomics Workshop 2024-09-01 - 2024-11-01Discussant for Midwest Economics Association Conference 2024-03-22 - 2024-03-23Service: University
Conference/Workshop Organizer for Joint Conference of the Accounting, Economics, and Finance Departments 2025-10-01 - 2025-11-14Task Force Member for Academic Exploration Day - Department Representative 10/1/22 - 2025-11-08Committee Member for Academic Integrity Council 2024-09-01 - PresentConference/Workshop Organizer for Joint Conference of the Accounting, Economics, and Finance Departments 2024-09-15 - 2024-11-15Conference/Workshop Organizer for CultureFest 10/1/23 - 10/30/23 for Faculty Marshal for Commencement 2023-05-01 - 2025-06-01Task Force Member for Fall Open House - Department Representative 10/1/22 - 2025-11-08
