Publications and Working Papers
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"The Impact of the Spatial Population Distribution on Economic Growth" with Constantin Burgi (University College Dublin ), Journal of Regional Science, Vol(64):4 2004. Click Here.
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Data (country-level) can be downloaded from the World Bank's Data Catalog.
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"The Impact of Infrastructure on Development Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis" with Vivien Foster, Maria Vagliasindi (World Bank), Stéphane Straub, and Dhruv Jain (Toulouse School of Economics), World Bank Policy Research Paper 10350. Click Here.
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"The Impact of Infrastructure on Development Outcomes: A Qualitative Review of Four Decades of Literature" with Vivien Foster, Maria Vagliasindi (World Bank), and Stéphane Straub (Toulouse School of Economics), World Bank Policy Research Paper 10343. Click Here.
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"Understanding Public Spending Trends for Infrastructure in Developing Countries" with Vivien Foster (World Bank) and Anshul Rana (World Bank), World Bank Policy Research Paper 9903. Click Here.
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"What Have We Learned about the Effectiveness of Infrastructure Investment as a Fiscal Stimulus?: A Literature Review" with Maria Vagliasindi (World Bank), World Bank Policy Research Paper 9796. Click Here.
Featured on: Infra4Dev
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“Mathematical Expression of Law” with Haluk Emiroglu, Journal of the Faculty of Law, Ankara University, 62(1), 73-92 (2013)
Paper: Click Here.
Under Review
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"One-fifth of the world's population at high risk from climate-related hazards" with Stephane Hallegatte, Ruth Hill, Esther Naikal, Minh Nguyen, and Ben Brunckhorst (World Bank). Click Here.
World Bank Scorecard Indicator: Click Here.
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"Political Competition and the Spread of Banking in Türkiye, 1961 - 2016".
Features on: WB All About Finance Blog.
Working Paper: Click Here.
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"Political Dividends of Digital Participatory Governance: Evidence from Moscow Pothole Management", with G. Sharafutdinova (King's College London) and J. Steinbuks (World Bank), World Bank Policy Research Paper 9445.
Won the 2020 ECA Academy Award, World Bank
Featured on: RBC, Forbes, WB Let's Talk Development Blog
ECA Academy Presentation: Click Here.
Presentation Slides: Click Here.
Policy Research Working Paper: Click Here.
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"Social Distancing and the Economic Impact of COVID-19 in the United States" with Constantin Burgi (University College Dublin), CESifo Working Paper No.8577.
Working paper: Click Here.
Research in Progress (working titles)
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"Policy Pulse: Sensing the sentiment of climate policies in the public sphere" with Penny Mealy (World Bank).
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"The First Century of Modern Banking in Istanbul: The Curbing the Economic Interests by Political Power", with Timur Kuran (Duke).
Outline (Presentation): Click Here.
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"The Role of Overseas Investment & Trade Offices on FDI inflows in the U.S."