I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Sussex, a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Research Associate at the Systemic Risk Centre. My main research interests are in financial intermediation, international finance and political economy. I tweet @_orkunsaka.
We ask whether epidemic exposure leads to a shift in financial technology usage within and across countries and if so who participates in this shift...
Although epidemics are frequently cited as inducing changes in economic behaviour and accelerating technological and behavioural trends, there may be...
The Economic Journal, 2021, forthcoming.
We use data on the universe of credit in Turkey to document a strong political lending cycle. State-owned banks systematically adjust their lending...
Journal of Public Economics, Volume 193, 2021,104343.
Last week brought welcome news about the apparent effectiveness of a potential Covid-19 vaccine. While the challenges of manufacturing and...
Financial crises invariably lead governments to intervene in one way or another, whether to ease the damage to middle-class voters, to respond to the...
It is sometimes said that an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic will be heightened appreciation of the importance of scientific research and expertise...
