ONUR ÇELEBİ · ECONOMIST

Economist &
Applied Econometrics Specialist

I combine economic expertise, financial analysis, and quantitative methods to turn complex data into practical insight. My experience spans banking, corporate finance, AI evaluation, and peer-reviewed research.

Applied econometricsFinancial analysis & forecastingQuantitative research
ONGOING EDUCATIONPhD in Economics · Ankara UniversityCoursework completed · Currently at the qualifying stage
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Onur Çelebi, economist

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Economics, finance & data — in practice

I am an economist specializing in applied econometrics, financial data analysis, forecasting, and risk modeling. At Renault Group, I worked on financial data consolidation between France and Türkiye, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario analysis. My earlier experience at BNP Paribas involved supporting insurance and credit analysis, followed by economic and financial content evaluation at Outlier.

I hold a degree in Economics and Business from Université Grenoble Alpes and a thesis-based master’s degree in Finance from Dokuz Eylül University, with a GPA of 3.96/4.00. My published work covers cryptocurrency volatility and health economics. I also provide private tutoring and educational consulting.

Alongside my professional work, I am pursuing a PhD in Economics at Ankara University. My doctoral research topic is currently under consideration and has not yet been finalized.

PythonStataSQLExcel & VBA Time SeriesGARCH ModelsCausal Inference

Areas of Expertise

Applied methods grounded in professional experience and published research

Applied Econometrics

Time-series analysis, GARCH-family volatility models, forecasting, and quantitative analysis of economic and financial data using Python and Stata.

Financial Analysis & Forecasting

Financial data consolidation, budgeting, variance analysis, scenario modeling, and exchange-rate sensitivity analysis, informed by corporate finance experience in France and Türkiye.

Health Economics & Causal Inference

Research on healthcare expenditure and hospital bed utilization, with experience in overlap weighting, sensitivity analysis, and the interpretation of observational findings.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

From financial data to economic insight

Experience across corporate finance, banking, and AI evaluation

MAR 2024 — MAR 2025 · REMOTE

Outlier

AI Evaluation Analyst

Source and data verification for macroeconomic indicators, central bank communications, and financial reporting; extraction of quantitative information from financial text.

DEC 2021 — MAY 2023 · FRANCE / TÜRKİYE

Renault Group

Financial Data Analyst

Financial data consolidation, forecasting, variance analysis, and scenario modeling using Python, Excel, and SAP.

DEC 2019 — JUN 2021 · İZMİR

BNP Paribas

Insurance & Credit Intern

Support for the analysis of financial statements, cash flow, debt, collateral, and risk indicators for corporate and SME clients.

Finance master’s 3.96 / 4.00Capital Markets Activities Level 1 licenseEnglish C2 · TOEFL 104/120French C1 · DALF

Recent Publications

Latest scholarly contributions

Hospital Bed Utilization Patterns across Healthcare Sectors in Türkiye: A Sector-Level Analysis for 2020–2024

Öner Gümüş, Dilek Gümüş, Onur Çelebi

In F. Yıldız & E. N. Sağdıç (Eds.), Maliye ve İktisat Alanında Güncel Konular. Özgür Yayınları, Chapter 10, pp. 217–230. 5 October 2026.

Examines bed occupancy, length of stay, bed turnover, and turnover intervals across public, university, and private hospitals in Türkiye during 2020–2024. Descriptive sector-year analysis and Pabon Lasso mapping identify distinct utilization patterns relevant to capacity planning.

Health EconomicsHospital CapacityTürkiye

GLP-1 Use, Downstream Medical Spending, and Acute-Care Burden Among Adults with BMI-Defined Obesity: An Overlap-Weighted MEPS Analysis

Onur Çelebi, Dilek Gümüş, Öner Gümüş

Healthcare, 14(15), 2362. 3 August 2026.

Uses overlap-weighted MEPS analyses to examine associations between GLP-1 use, medical spending, and acute-care utilization among adults with BMI-defined obesity. GLP-1 use was associated with lower non-drug and acute-care spending but higher total spending; the observational findings do not establish causality.

Health EconomicsGLP-1MEPS

Accurate Conditional Variance Models for Predicting Asymmetric Volatility in Cryptocurrency Markets

Onur Çelebi, Erhan Demireli

İzmir Journal of Economics, 39(4), 909–930, 2024 · DOI: 10.24988/ije.1434189

Based on my master’s thesis in Finance, this article examines cryptocurrency volatility using GARCH-family models and compares analyses conducted in Python, R, and EViews.

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Doctoral studies
Ankara University
Department of Economics
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Research Interests

  • Econometric modeling and time-series analysis
  • Financial market volatility and risk management
  • Health economics and healthcare expenditure
  • Cryptocurrency market dynamics
  • Data science and predictive analytics
  • Causal inference, scenario analysis, and risk modeling

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