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Issues
Globalization
Business Cycles
International Trade Theory and Policy
Financial Sector Development
Economic Development


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Çiğdem Akin
Assistant Professor of Economics

Background and Education
Ph.D., George Washington University; M.A., International University of Japan; B.A., Boğaziçi University

Publications
Changing Nature of North-South Linkages: Stylized Facts and Explanations, Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 19 (1), co-author (2008); Working papers: Stock Market Fluctuations, Housing Wealth and Consumption Behaviour in Turkey (2008); Housing Market Characteristics and Estimation of Housing Wealth in Turkey (2008); Allocation of Financial Wealth in Turkey (2008) ; Multiple Determinants of Business Cycle Synchronization (2006); M.A. Thesis: Banking System Crisis in Japan, Sweden and the U.S.A. in Comparative Perspective (2000)

Awards and Affiliations
Research assistant and summer intern at the Research Department of International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.(2005-2008); research associate, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo-Japan (2000-2001); George Washington University Teaching Fellowship and Graduate Teaching Assistantship (2001-2006); Monbusho Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports Scholarship (1998-2000); Boğaziçi University Alumni Association Scholarship (1994-1998); German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) Scholarship (1998); University of Vienna Scholarship (1996)

Languages
Turkish
English
Japanese
German
French
Italian

Classes
Macroeconomics - Preterm
Macroeconomics (A)
Macroeconomics (B)
International Monetary Theory (B)
International Monetary Theory (A)