Banu Demir - Research

Working Papers/Work in Progress

"From Infrastructure to Development: The Trade Channel", Prepared for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance

"Trading around Geopolitics"[CEPR DP No. 20625] [CESifo WP No. 12021] [Oxford University Department of Economics Discussion Paper] [VoxTalks podcast] (joint with Giancarlo Corsetti and Beata Javorcik)

Revisions requested by Journal of International Economics (to appear in the special issue "Global Shocks, Macroeconomic Spillovers and Geopolitical Risks: Policy Challenge")

"Plastic Turkey: International Impacts of China's Waste Import Ban" (joint with Deniz Atalar and Swati Dhingra)

"Breaking Invisible Barriers: Does Fast Internet Improve Access to Input Markets" [CEPR DP No. 19827] [CESifo WP No. 11567] ( joint with Beata Javorcik and Piyush Panigrahi)

Published/Forthcoming/Accepted

"Credit and Exports: Lessons from Micro-Level Data"

Forthcoming at the Annual Review of Economics (joint with Veronica Rappoport)

"O-Ring Production Networks" [Pre-publication version] [CEPR DP No. 15741] [NBER WP No. 28433] [CSAE Podcast]

Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132 (1), 200-247 (joint with Cecilia Fieler, Daniel Xu, and Kelly Yang)

“Financial Constraints and Propagation of Shocks in Production Networks” [Online Appendix] [Pre-publication version] [CEPR DP No. 15316] [CESifo WP No. 8607] [VoxEU Article]

Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106 (2) (joint with Beata Javorcik, Tomasz Michalski and Evren Ors)

“Road Capacity, Domestic Trade and Regional Outcomes” [Pre-publication version] [CEPR DP No. 16512] [CESifo WP No. 9310] [NBER WP No. 29228] [WB Policy Research WP No. 9772] [WB Blog] [VoxEU Article]

Journal of Economic Geography, 2022, 22(5), 901-929 (joint with Kerem Cosar, Devaki Ghose and Nathaniel Young)

“International Trade and Letters of Credit: A double-edged sword in times of crises" [Pre-publication version] [CEPR DP No. 16630] [EBRD WP No. 258] [VoxEU Article] [UNIDO IAP Article][LC-Int by product]

IMF Economic Review, 2022, (70), 185-211 ( joint with Matthieu Crozet and Beata Javorcik)

“Trade finance matters: evidence from the COVID-19 crisis”

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2020, 36, 397-408 (joint with Beata Javorcik)

“Trade Policy Changes, Tax Evasion and Benford's Law” [Pre-publication version] CEPR DP No.12798] [CESifo WP No. 7266] [VoxEU Article] [ERF Forum Article]

Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 144 ( joint with Beata Javorcik)

“Shipping inside the Box: Containerization and Trade” [Pre-publication version] [CEPR DP No. DP11750] [CESifo WP No. 6311] [VoxEU Article]

Journal of International Economics, 2018, 114, 331-345 (joint with Kerem Coşar)

“Don't Throw in the Towel, Throw in Trade Credit” [Pre-publication version] [CEPR DP No.10142] [Slides] [VoxEU Article]

Journal of International Economics, 2018, 111, 177-189 (joint with Beata Javorcik)

“Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Banks and International Trade” [Pre-publication version] [Online appendix] [CEPR DP No.11565] [VoxEU Article]

Review of Financial Studies, 2017, 30(11), 3970–4002 ( joint with Tomasz Michalski and Evren Ors)

“Domestic Road Infrastructure and International Trade: Evidence from Turkey” [Pre-publication version] [ERF Forum Article]

Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 118, 232-244 (joint with Kerem Coşar)

Policy-related Articles

“Digital Infrastucture and Firms' Performance”, joint with Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jonas Hjort, Beata Javorcik, Han Wang, and Nathaniel Young, In EBRD Transition Report 2021-22, November 2021

"Trade and Developing-Country Exporters: The Case of Central and Latin America, and Caribbean Countries", (2020), In The Handbook of Global Trade Policy, edited by Andreas Klasen, Wiley-Blackwell.

“Infrastructure and Growth ”, joint with Alex Chirmiciu, Flavia Cifarelli, Kerem Cosar and Nathaniel Young, In EBRD Transition Report 2017-18, November 2017

“Global Standards on Government-backed Trade Finance: Challenges for Developing Countries and Role of Multilateral Development Banks”, (2015), In The Future of Foreign Trade Support—Setting Global Standards for Export Credit and Political Risk Insurance, edited by Andreas Klasen and Fiona Bannert, Wiley-Blackwell.

“Trade Financing: Challenges for Developing-country Exporters ”, (2014), CESifo Forum, 15 (3), 34-38

Dormant Papers

“Trading Intermediates and Quality”, Oxford University, Department of Economics Discussion Paper No. 582

Pre-DPhil Publications

“Announcements and Credibility under Inflation Targeting”, joint with Taner Yigit, (2008), Economics Letters, 100 (2), 249-53.