Orkun Saka
@orkunsaka.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics at City St George's (UoL)
Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE
Research Affiliate at CESifo
#FinancialIntermediation · #InternationalFinance · #PoliticalEconomy
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/orkunsaka/
Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE
Research Affiliate at CESifo
#FinancialIntermediation · #InternationalFinance · #PoliticalEconomy
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/orkunsaka/
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Orkun Saka
@orkunsaka.bsky.social
· Jul 28
𝔼𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕟 & 𝕊𝕒𝕜𝕒 (𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟝) 𝔹𝕚𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝔻𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖
sites.google.com/site/orkunsa...
International economics/finance/relations scholars obsessed with dyadic relationships and gravity estimations: check this brand new dataset from our @jeeanews.bsky.social paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social !
sites.google.com/site/orkunsa...
International economics/finance/relations scholars obsessed with dyadic relationships and gravity estimations: check this brand new dataset from our @jeeanews.bsky.social paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social !
Join us @cityeconomics.bsky.social! 🚀
Apply for a PhD with us!
🎓 Join a 45+ faculty community doing cutting-edge research in micro, macro, and beyond.
Funding includes:
1️⃣ SENSS (info at the link)
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📅 Deadline: 12 Dec
🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG428/p...
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🎓 Join a 45+ faculty community doing cutting-edge research in micro, macro, and beyond.
Funding includes:
1️⃣ SENSS (info at the link)
2️⃣ Departmental studentships (tuition waiver, paid teaching, research expenses)
📅 Deadline: 12 Dec
🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG428/p...
#EconSky
PhD in Economics at City St George’s, University of London
jobs.ac.uk are now advertising a PhD in Economics. Discover exciting PhD opportunities on jobs.ac.uk.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Join us @cityeconomics.bsky.social! 🚀
Son günlerde Türkiye’de benim adımı kullanarak insanlara yatırım fırsatları sunduğunu iddia eden bir takım SAHTE hesaplar ve kişiler ortaya çıktığı haberini almış bulunuyorum. Benim herhangi bir yatırım şirketi ya da grubuyla hiçbir alakam ve ortaklığım YOKTUR. Kamunun bilgisine.
October 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Son günlerde Türkiye’de benim adımı kullanarak insanlara yatırım fırsatları sunduğunu iddia eden bir takım SAHTE hesaplar ve kişiler ortaya çıktığı haberini almış bulunuyorum. Benim herhangi bir yatırım şirketi ya da grubuyla hiçbir alakam ve ortaklığım YOKTUR. Kamunun bilgisine.
𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙨 continue with an **in-person** presentation 🚀
🗣️ @nandinigupta.bsky.social
📝 “Political Polarization and Firm Relational Contracts”
📆 29/10/2025
🏫 @cityeconomics.bsky.social + Zoom
🤔 -> o.saka@city.ac.uk
🗣️ @nandinigupta.bsky.social
📝 “Political Polarization and Firm Relational Contracts”
📆 29/10/2025
🏫 @cityeconomics.bsky.social + Zoom
🤔 -> o.saka@city.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙨 continue with an **in-person** presentation 🚀
🗣️ @nandinigupta.bsky.social
📝 “Political Polarization and Firm Relational Contracts”
📆 29/10/2025
🏫 @cityeconomics.bsky.social + Zoom
🤔 -> o.saka@city.ac.uk
🗣️ @nandinigupta.bsky.social
📝 “Political Polarization and Firm Relational Contracts”
📆 29/10/2025
🏫 @cityeconomics.bsky.social + Zoom
🤔 -> o.saka@city.ac.uk
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🌍 Today at #DebtCon8 we’re launching the African Debt Database (ADD). The 1st instrument-level dataset covering both domestic and external sovereign debt across the African continent.
With @markya.bsky.social @davidmihalyi.bsky.social Niccolò Rescia, Christoph Trebesch, and Ka Lok Wong.
With @markya.bsky.social @davidmihalyi.bsky.social Niccolò Rescia, Christoph Trebesch, and Ka Lok Wong.
October 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🌍 Today at #DebtCon8 we’re launching the African Debt Database (ADD). The 1st instrument-level dataset covering both domestic and external sovereign debt across the African continent.
With @markya.bsky.social @davidmihalyi.bsky.social Niccolò Rescia, Christoph Trebesch, and Ka Lok Wong.
With @markya.bsky.social @davidmihalyi.bsky.social Niccolò Rescia, Christoph Trebesch, and Ka Lok Wong.
In case you’re looking for something interesting to listen on this sunny day, my favourite podcast has just released a new episode. Check it out! 😉
open.spotify.com/episode/63qT...
open.spotify.com/episode/63qT...
September 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
In case you’re looking for something interesting to listen on this sunny day, my favourite podcast has just released a new episode. Check it out! 😉
open.spotify.com/episode/63qT...
open.spotify.com/episode/63qT...
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With the start of the new academic year, the Department of Economics is pleased to welcome five new faculty members: Filippo Boeri (@fboeri.bsky.social); Loren Fryxell (@lorenfryxell.bsky.social); Ran Gu; Caroline Liqui-Lung; Itzhak Rasooly. We’re delighted to have them join us!
September 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
With the start of the new academic year, the Department of Economics is pleased to welcome five new faculty members: Filippo Boeri (@fboeri.bsky.social); Loren Fryxell (@lorenfryxell.bsky.social); Ran Gu; Caroline Liqui-Lung; Itzhak Rasooly. We’re delighted to have them join us!
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Our Visiting Senior Fellow @orkunsaka.bsky.social and
@b-eichengreen.bsky.social have published new research which explores the role of cultural trust biases (i.e. stereotypes) in shaping multinational banks’ cross-border exposures.
Discover their new article below 👇
@b-eichengreen.bsky.social have published new research which explores the role of cultural trust biases (i.e. stereotypes) in shaping multinational banks’ cross-border exposures.
Discover their new article below 👇
Cultural Stereotypes of Multinational Banks
Abstract. Cultural trust biases (i.e., stereotypes) play an important role in shaping multinational banks’ cross-border exposures. Exploiting a unique iden
academic.oup.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Our Visiting Senior Fellow @orkunsaka.bsky.social and
@b-eichengreen.bsky.social have published new research which explores the role of cultural trust biases (i.e. stereotypes) in shaping multinational banks’ cross-border exposures.
Discover their new article below 👇
@b-eichengreen.bsky.social have published new research which explores the role of cultural trust biases (i.e. stereotypes) in shaping multinational banks’ cross-border exposures.
Discover their new article below 👇
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🎉🎉🎉 The 10th edition 🎉🎉🎉
📢 #CallForPapers for the 10th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data #Workshop!
Papers using text, audio, images, or other unstructured data are welcome.
Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer
Deadline: 25 August
cepr.org/events/10th-...
#EconSky
Papers using text, audio, images, or other unstructured data are welcome.
Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer
Deadline: 25 August
cepr.org/events/10th-...
#EconSky
August 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🎉🎉🎉 The 10th edition 🎉🎉🎉
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📢New working paper: "Masculinity Norms and Their Economic Consequences" w/ @paulinegrosjean.bsky.social Ieda Matavelli+@vicbar.bsky.social.
We review the literature on how masculinity norms - the informal rules guiding men's behavior - shape economic outcomes in health, labor markets & politics. 🧵
We review the literature on how masculinity norms - the informal rules guiding men's behavior - shape economic outcomes in health, labor markets & politics. 🧵
August 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
📢New working paper: "Masculinity Norms and Their Economic Consequences" w/ @paulinegrosjean.bsky.social Ieda Matavelli+@vicbar.bsky.social.
We review the literature on how masculinity norms - the informal rules guiding men's behavior - shape economic outcomes in health, labor markets & politics. 🧵
We review the literature on how masculinity norms - the informal rules guiding men's behavior - shape economic outcomes in health, labor markets & politics. 🧵
Reposted by Orkun Saka
It has been a long journey but I’m glad that our paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social has now found itself such a nice home @jeeanews.bsky.social 😊
Interested in behavioural biases in banking or economics of culture in general? Download/read it for free here: academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...
Interested in behavioural biases in banking or economics of culture in general? Download/read it for free here: academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...
August 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It has been a long journey but I’m glad that our paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social has now found itself such a nice home @jeeanews.bsky.social 😊
Interested in behavioural biases in banking or economics of culture in general? Download/read it for free here: academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...
Interested in behavioural biases in banking or economics of culture in general? Download/read it for free here: academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...
It has been a long journey but I’m glad that our paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social has now found itself such a nice home @jeeanews.bsky.social 😊
Interested in behavioural biases in banking or economics of culture in general? Download/read it for free here: academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...
Interested in behavioural biases in banking or economics of culture in general? Download/read it for free here: academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...
August 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It has been a long journey but I’m glad that our paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social has now found itself such a nice home @jeeanews.bsky.social 😊
Interested in behavioural biases in banking or economics of culture in general? Download/read it for free here: academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...
Interested in behavioural biases in banking or economics of culture in general? Download/read it for free here: academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...
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Thrilled to see our paper published in the American Economic Review!! 👇👇👇
We show that candidates in US and French elections move to the center during the campaign, reflecting strategic adjustment to their opponents.
@aeajournals.bsky.social with R. Di Tella, R. Kotti and @clpennec.bsky.social (1/n)
We show that candidates in US and French elections move to the center during the campaign, reflecting strategic adjustment to their opponents.
@aeajournals.bsky.social with R. Di Tella, R. Kotti and @clpennec.bsky.social (1/n)
Forthcoming in the AER: "Keep your Enemies Closer: Strategic Platform Adjustments during U.S. and French Elections" by Rafael Di Tella, Randy Kotti, Caroline Le Pennec, and Vincent Pons. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Keep your Enemies Closer: Strategic Platform Adjustments during U.S. and French Elections
(Forthcoming Article) - We study changes in political discourse during campaigns, using a novel dataset of candidate websites
for U.S. House elections, 2002-2016, and manifestos for French parliamenta...
www.aeaweb.org
August 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Thrilled to see our paper published in the American Economic Review!! 👇👇👇
We show that candidates in US and French elections move to the center during the campaign, reflecting strategic adjustment to their opponents.
@aeajournals.bsky.social with R. Di Tella, R. Kotti and @clpennec.bsky.social (1/n)
We show that candidates in US and French elections move to the center during the campaign, reflecting strategic adjustment to their opponents.
@aeajournals.bsky.social with R. Di Tella, R. Kotti and @clpennec.bsky.social (1/n)
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Hiring yet another RA for my project on the role of complexity and narratives in decision-making.
For more information: forms.gle/YuTfqQyQBmYe...
Spread the word please!
For more information: forms.gle/YuTfqQyQBmYe...
Spread the word please!
forms.gle
August 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Hiring yet another RA for my project on the role of complexity and narratives in decision-making.
For more information: forms.gle/YuTfqQyQBmYe...
Spread the word please!
For more information: forms.gle/YuTfqQyQBmYe...
Spread the word please!
Here is some weekend reading on how much time and energy we are unnecessarily wasting on REF preparations in UK: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
August 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Here is some weekend reading on how much time and energy we are unnecessarily wasting on REF preparations in UK: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
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It's hard to fathom that every 6-8 years UK universities spend years and hundreds of millions doing something that can be done in an afternoon by one person with access to impact-factor weighted citation counts.
Here's a newer study that's even better. VQR = bibliometric algorithm. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
August 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
It's hard to fathom that every 6-8 years UK universities spend years and hundreds of millions doing something that can be done in an afternoon by one person with access to impact-factor weighted citation counts.
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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
August 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Now available under forthcoming papers: www.eeassoc.org/journal/cult...
August 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Now available under forthcoming papers: www.eeassoc.org/journal/cult...
Reposted by Orkun Saka
Reposted by Orkun Saka
Open position⚠️
Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile.
Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...
Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile.
Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...
July 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Open position⚠️
Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile.
Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...
Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile.
Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...
𝔼𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕟 & 𝕊𝕒𝕜𝕒 (𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟝) 𝔹𝕚𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝔻𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖
sites.google.com/site/orkunsa...
International economics/finance/relations scholars obsessed with dyadic relationships and gravity estimations: check this brand new dataset from our @jeeanews.bsky.social paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social !
sites.google.com/site/orkunsa...
International economics/finance/relations scholars obsessed with dyadic relationships and gravity estimations: check this brand new dataset from our @jeeanews.bsky.social paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social !
July 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
𝔼𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕟 & 𝕊𝕒𝕜𝕒 (𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟝) 𝔹𝕚𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝔻𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖
sites.google.com/site/orkunsa...
International economics/finance/relations scholars obsessed with dyadic relationships and gravity estimations: check this brand new dataset from our @jeeanews.bsky.social paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social !
sites.google.com/site/orkunsa...
International economics/finance/relations scholars obsessed with dyadic relationships and gravity estimations: check this brand new dataset from our @jeeanews.bsky.social paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social !
Reposted by Orkun Saka
Political Accountability During Crises: Evidence from 40 Years of Financial Policies: Orkun Saka; Yuemei Ji; Clement Minaudier
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
March 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Political Accountability During Crises: Evidence from 40 Years of Financial Policies: Orkun Saka; Yuemei Ji; Clement Minaudier
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«Les épidémies entraînent une diminution de la confiance des jeunes envers leurs systèmes politiques.»
Le chercheur Orkun Saka explique comment la crise sanitaire due au Covid a favorisé un glissement mondial vers les mouvements populistes de droite.
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Le chercheur Orkun Saka explique comment la crise sanitaire due au Covid a favorisé un glissement mondial vers les mouvements populistes de droite.
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
« Les épidémies entraînent une diminution de la confiance des jeunes envers leurs systèmes politiques »
Le chercheur Orkun Saka, coauteur d’une vaste étude de la London School of Economics sur l’impact politique des épidémies sur la jeunesse, explique, dans un entretien au « Monde », comment la crise sa...
www.lemonde.fr
March 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
«Les épidémies entraînent une diminution de la confiance des jeunes envers leurs systèmes politiques.»
Le chercheur Orkun Saka explique comment la crise sanitaire due au Covid a favorisé un glissement mondial vers les mouvements populistes de droite.
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Le chercheur Orkun Saka explique comment la crise sanitaire due au Covid a favorisé un glissement mondial vers les mouvements populistes de droite.
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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Dr Orkun Saka is co-organizing the 3rd London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop w/ @bayesbschool.bsky.social
@citystgeorges.bsky.social & @FMG_LSE on 10 June 2025, feat keynote speech by Anat Admati (Stanford GSB).
💡🗓️ Call for papers closes tomorrow 28 February: sites.google.com/view/londonp...
@citystgeorges.bsky.social & @FMG_LSE on 10 June 2025, feat keynote speech by Anat Admati (Stanford GSB).
💡🗓️ Call for papers closes tomorrow 28 February: sites.google.com/view/londonp...
February 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Dr Orkun Saka is co-organizing the 3rd London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop w/ @bayesbschool.bsky.social
@citystgeorges.bsky.social & @FMG_LSE on 10 June 2025, feat keynote speech by Anat Admati (Stanford GSB).
💡🗓️ Call for papers closes tomorrow 28 February: sites.google.com/view/londonp...
@citystgeorges.bsky.social & @FMG_LSE on 10 June 2025, feat keynote speech by Anat Admati (Stanford GSB).
💡🗓️ Call for papers closes tomorrow 28 February: sites.google.com/view/londonp...
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🧠 “Inflation, Institutions, and Politics”
On 5 June, Prof. Selva Demiralp joined LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies for a sharp analysis of how political influence over central banks affects inflation.
🎧 You can watch the video or download the podcast now.
With Dr Orkun Saka and Prof. Yaprak Gürsoy.
On 5 June, Prof. Selva Demiralp joined LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies for a sharp analysis of how political influence over central banks affects inflation.
🎧 You can watch the video or download the podcast now.
With Dr Orkun Saka and Prof. Yaprak Gürsoy.
June 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🧠 “Inflation, Institutions, and Politics”
On 5 June, Prof. Selva Demiralp joined LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies for a sharp analysis of how political influence over central banks affects inflation.
🎧 You can watch the video or download the podcast now.
With Dr Orkun Saka and Prof. Yaprak Gürsoy.
On 5 June, Prof. Selva Demiralp joined LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies for a sharp analysis of how political influence over central banks affects inflation.
🎧 You can watch the video or download the podcast now.
With Dr Orkun Saka and Prof. Yaprak Gürsoy.
Reposted by Orkun Saka
A substantial proportion (~20 per cent) of the decline in global income inequality can be attributed to the exaggeration of economic performance in less democratic nations academic.oup.com/sf/article/1...
Overstatement of GDP growth in autocracies and the recent decline in global inequality
Abstract. After rising for almost two centuries, global income inequality declined substantially after 2000. While past scholarship on global inequality ha
academic.oup.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A substantial proportion (~20 per cent) of the decline in global income inequality can be attributed to the exaggeration of economic performance in less democratic nations academic.oup.com/sf/article/1...