Çiğdem Akin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics—based at Bologna Center

Expertise

Geographic Areas
Turkey

Issues
emerging markets | globalization | international finance | international trade theory and policy

Background and Education
Former research assistant in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund; was research associate for the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo; held George Washington University teaching fellowship and graduate teaching assistantship; awarded Monbusho (Monbukagakusho) Culture and Sports Scholarship by the Japanese Ministry of Education and German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) scholarship; Ph.D., economics, The George Washington University

Foreign Languages
French; German; Italian; Japanese; Turkish

Publications
"Changing Nature of North-South Linkages: Stylized Facts and Explanations," co-author, in Journal of Asian Economics (2008)