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Merih Uctum
Executive Officer
Ph.D. Program in Economic
Graduate Center, CUNY

E-mail:muctum@gc.cuny.edu
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  • Research Interest 
    International capital flows
    Exchange rates
    Fiscal policy, debt sustainability
    Economic and financial integration
  • Recent research
    "Does globalization affect the environment?: the impact of sectoral foreign direct investment on air pollution", with N. Doytch.

    "Exchange rates and carry-trade midst crises and structural changes", with T. Mutafoglu and R. Uctum.

    "Globalization and transmission of fiscal policy: a FAVAR approach", with H. Morita.

    "Capital Flows and the Role of Country Risk in Determining Short-term Debt Flows versus Foreign Direct Investment", with R. Uctum.

  • Selected Publications
    "Does the worldwide shift of FDI from manufacturing to services accelerate economic growth? A GMM estimation study", Journal of International Money and Finance (2011), 30, 3, 410-27, with N. Doytch (GC'07)

    "A Nonlinear Approach To Public Debt Stationarity In Latin American Countries" in Oxford Bulletin of Economic and Statistics (2008), 6, 10, pp. 645-63, with G. Chortareas and G. Kapetanios.

    "Choice of Exchange Rate Regime and Currency Zones", The Review of International Economics and Finance (2008), 17, 3, pp. 436-56, with I. Kato (GC'05).

    "Public Debt, the Unit Root Hypothesis and Structural Breaks: A Multi-Country Analysis", Economica (2006), 73, 289, p. 129-56, with T. Thurston and R. Uctum

    "An Investigation of Current Account Solvency in Latin America Using Nonlinear Tests", Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics (2004), 8, 1, with G. Chortareas, and G. Kapetanios

    "Pricing-to-Market: The Japanese Experience with a Falling Yen and the Asian Crisis", The Review of International Economics, (2003), 11, 2, 360-378

    "Debt and Deficit Ceilings and Sustainability of Fiscal Deficits: an Intertemporal Analysis", Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2000), 62(2) with M.R. Wickens

    "European Integration and Asymmetry in the European Monetary System", Journal of International Money and Finance (1999), vol.18, No.5, 769-98.

    "Why Have Corporate Profits Declined? An International Comparison," The Review of International Economics (1998), 6(2), 234-51.

    "The sustainability of Current Account Deficits: a Test of the Intertemporal Budget Constraint," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (1993), vol.17, 3, 423-41, with M.R. Wickens.

    "A Critical Evaluation of Exchange Rate Policy in Turkey," World Development (1992), vol20, n0.10, 1501-14, with Y. Asikoglu.

    "Foreign Interest Rate Disturbance, Financial Flows, and Phsical Capital Accumulation in a Small Open Economy," Scandinavian Journal of Economics (1991), 93, 3, 377-90.

    "Strategic Aspects of Exchange rate Policy in a Developing Country," Economics Letters (1990), 33, 153-7, with Y. Asikoglu.
 
 

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