I am an Associate Professor of Economics at City, University of London, a Visiting Senior Fellow at London School of Economics and Political Science, a Research Associate at Systemic Risk Centre and STICERD as well as a Research Affiliate at CESifo network. My research and teaching revolve around financial intermediation, international finance and political economy.
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Update (05/24): My working paper on Cultural stereotypes of multinational banks (with Barry Eichengreen) is now updated and has been featured on The Banker. Read the latest NBER working paper here and the VoxEU piece here. Listen to me discussing it in a recent VoxTalks episode on Spotify here.
Update (05/24): I am co-organising the 5th LSE Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey, for which Ufuk Akcigit (Chicago) will deliver the keynote speech. See the workshop programme and register on LSE website here.
Update (05/24): My paper on The Political scar of epidemics (with Barry Eichengreen and Cevat Giray Aksoy) is now published at The Economic Journal. It has also been featured on VoxEU, LSE Business Review, LSE EUROPP, ProMarket, Government Executive (Podcast), Pocket Dilemmas (Podcast), Bloomberg (Podcast), Daily Mail, The Telegraph, Euronews, Mint, Anadolu Agency, Project Syndicate, BBC News, Daily Sabah, The Guardian, South China Morning Post, The Washington Post, Financial Post and Financial Times. Read the journal version here.
Update (04-06/23): I have visited the Department of Land Economy and Darwin College at the University of Cambridge.
Update (05/23): I have contributed to a policy report published by the European Commission on "A New Era for Europe: Emerging Challenges". Read the final report here.