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 BankerRead 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  VoxEULSE Business ReviewLSE EUROPPProMarketGovernment Executive (Podcast)Pocket Dilemmas (Podcast)Bloomberg (Podcast)Daily MailThe TelegraphEuronewsMintAnadolu AgencyProject SyndicateBBC NewsDaily Sabah,  The GuardianSouth China Morning PostThe Washington PostFinancial 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.