Güven Sak

Güven Sak

The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey, TEPAV

He worked as a senior reearcher at the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, as a faculty member of the Department of Public Finance at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University and as an external founding member of the Monetary Policy Council of the Central Bank of Turkey. He became Professor of Public Economics in 2003. In 2006, he was transferred to the newly established TOBB University of Economics and Technology (TOBB ETÜ). He was the founding managing director of Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) in 2004 which is the first and only economic policy think tank in Turkey. Area Studies Program of TEPAV has been active in private sector development projects, entrepreneurship and SME support programs in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. Güven Sak co-chaired the Migration Task Force of Think 20 (T20) during the German, Japanese, Argentinian and Saudi Arabian Presidencies of the G20. He is currently the Rector of TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara and MD of TEPAV.

Areas of Interest:

  • Public Economics
  • Political Economy

Education:

  • Ph.D., Economics, Middle East Technical University, 1994
  • M.A., Economics, University of East Anglia, 1984

Experience:

  • Managing Director, Economic Policy Research Institute, TEPAV, 2004–present
  • Professor of Public Economics, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University, 2003-present
  • Columnist, Referans (daily economic newspaper), 2003–present

Latest Publications:

  • “Flexibility of Small Firms” ERF Conference held in Beirut, 2004 (with E.Taymaz).
  • “Enterprise Sector Reform” Conference on Turkey: Towards EU Accession at Bilkent University in Ankara. 2003 (with I.Arslan).
  • “The Problem with publicly owned banks: the story of duty lossess in Turkey” paper submitted to 59th conference of International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF). 24-28 August 2003.
How Flexible are Small Firms? An Analysis on the Determinants of Flexibility

Areas of Interest: Public Economics Political Economy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Middle East Technical University, 1994 M.A., Economics, University... Read More

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