Areas of Interest:

• Currency Crises
• Monetary Economics
• Turkish Economics

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, Ankara University, Turkey, 1986
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1978

Experience:

• Professor, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey; Apr.2006-present
• Director, Economic Policy Research Institute, TEPAV; Jan.2007-present
• Vice Governor, Central Bank of Turkey; May 2001-Apr.2006

Latest Publications:

• Cufadar, A. and Ozatay, F. (2017). “Sovereign risk, public debt, dollarization, and the output effects of fiscal austerity”, Journal of International Money and Finance, 72(April), 75-92.
• Ozatay, F. (2016). “Turkey’s distressing dance with capital flows”, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 52(2), 336-350.
• Ozatay, F. (2015). “The policy response in emerging market economies in the G20”, in Managing Complexity: Economic Policy Cooperation after the Crisis, T. Bayoumi, S. Pickford P. Subachi, (eds.), chapter 8, 207-237, Brookings Institution Press, Washington DC.