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Berna Karali

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Agricultural & Applied Economics

Areas of expertise

Applied EconomicsTime-Series AnalysisFinancial EconometricsInvestment and Risk ManagementAgricultural EconomicsEconomic Models and Forecasting

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, General

North Carolina State University, NC, United States (2007)

Master of Economics, Economics, General

North Carolina State University, NC, United States (2004)

Bachelor of Arts, Economics, General

Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey (2000)

Awards and Honors

Student Career Success Influencer Award 2024 (2025)
Southeastern Conference Emerging Scholar and Graduate School Dissertation Completion Award (2024)
Don Lavoie Fellowship (2024)
Outstanding Presentation, Forest Business Economics Award (2023)
Outstanding International Students (2022)
Summer Research Grant (2022)
CAES Alumni Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship (2022)
Dissertation Completion Award (2022)
Outstanding Published Research Award (2021)
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2019)

Courses

FYOS 1001: First-Year Odyssey Seminar (Fall 2025)
AAEC 4870: Futures and Option Markets (Spring 2026)
AAEC 6620: Applied Econometrics (Spring 2026)
AAEC 6870: Futures and Option Markets (Spring 2026)
AAEC 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
AAEC 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
AAEC 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
FYOS 1001: First-Year Odyssey Seminar (Fall 2026)
AAEC 8500: Price Analysis (Fall 2026)

Scholarly Works

The new grain giants: the reliability of USDA’s corn and soybean production forecasts for Brazil and Argentina, FOOD POLICY, (2026).
Massa OI, Karali B, Irwin SH
Information shocks and coexceedances in agricultural commodity futures, JOURNAL OF COMMODITY MARKETS, (2026).
Yang Y, Karali B
Is Being Bold Better? Industry Expectations of USDA Corn and Soybean Production Estimates, Agricultural Economics, (2025).
Karali B, Isengildina‐Massa O, Irwin SH
Is Being Bold Better? Industry Expectations of USDA Corn and Soybean Production Estimates, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, (2025).
Karali B, Isengildina-Massa O, Irwin SH
Effects of growing-season weather on the dynamic price relationships between biofuel feedstocks, ENERGY ECONOMICS, (2025).
Goswami A, Karali B

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bkarali@uga.edu 706-542-0750

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315 Conner Hall
Athens, GA 30602

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