Dilek
Uz
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
dilekuz@unr.edu
(775) 682-9125
John Tulloch Business Building
<p>The John Tulloch Business Building brings together academic and student support spaces for the College of Business.</p>
<p>This 128,000 square foot facility contains classrooms, a large auditorium, the finance lab and trading floor, the Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship, and the Student Outreach Center. In addition to these academic and advising spaces, there are multiple group study rooms, case-method classrooms, and computer labs on different floors. There is also a café on the main level and several outdoor terraces for student use.</p>
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Economics, Dilek Uz
<p>Dilek Uz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the 91ԭƬ, and Research Faculty in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources. Her research focuses on energy and environmental economics, the energy-water nexus, climate change impacts, and resource economics. Her work has been published in leading journals such as Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and American Journal of Agricultural Economics. </p>
<h2>Selected Publications</h2>
<ul>
<li>Li, L., Hrozencik, A., Rouhi-Rad, M., & Uz, D. (2026). The Impacts of Depopulation and Climate Change on the Cost of Rural Electric Services. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 135, 103255.</li>
<li>Sirin, M., & Uz, D. (2026). Monetary Policy and Day-Ahead Electricity Markets: Insights from a "Bizarre Policy Experiment." Energy Policy, 210, 115036.</li>
<li>Uz, D., & Mamkhezri, J. (2024). Household willingness to pay for various attributes of residential solar panels: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment. Energy Economics, 130, 107277.</li>
<li>Sirin, S. M., Uz, D., & Sevindik, I. (2022). How do macroeconomic dynamics affect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the power sector in developing economies: Evidence from Turkey. Energy Policy, 168, 113–127.</li>
<li>Sirin, S. M., Uz, D., & Sevindik, I. (2022). How do variable renewable energy technologies affect firm-level day-ahead output decisions: Evidence from the Turkish wholesale electricity market. Energy Economics, 112, 106–169.</li>
<li>Uz, D., Buck, S., & Sunding, D. (2022). Fixed or Mixed? Farmer-level heterogeneity in response to changes in salinity. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 104, 1343–1363.</li>
<li>Uz, D. (2018). Energy efficiency investments in small and medium-sized manufacturing firms: The case of California energy crisis. Energy Economics, 70, 421–428.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Teaching</h2>
<p>Dr. Uz has taught the following undergraduate and graduate courses:</p>
<ul>
<li>Economics 102 – Principles of Microeconomics</li>
<li>Economics 415/615 – Water Resource Economics and Policy</li>
<li>Economics 467/667 – Environmental and Energy Economics</li>
<li>Economics 702 – Advanced Microeconomic Theory</li>
</ul>
<p>She actively mentors master's and doctoral students as well as postdoctoral fellows, guiding research on environmental economics, renewable energy, and the impacts of climate change.</p>
<h2>Selected Awards and Grants</h2>
<ul>
<li>College of Business Excellence in Research Award, 91ԭƬ (2026)</li>
<li>National Science Foundation EPSCoR grant (Co-PI), Where We Live (WWL): Local and Place-Based Adaptation to Climate Change and Critical Resources in Underserved Rural Communities (2023–2025)</li>
<li>Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley (2016)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics – University of California, Berkeley</li>
<li>MSc, Statistics – 91ԭƬ</li>
<li>MSc, Economics – 91ԭƬ</li>
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