As of 1 November 2023, Dr Banu Demir-Pakel has been appointed as Professor of Applied Regional Economics (0.2 FTE) on a chair in the programme 'Towards Inclusive Academia' at Erasmus School of Economics.
Banu Demir-Pakel has a broad interest in research that is in line with topics in which the research section Strategy Economics is involved. These topics include road capacity and infrastructure, regional outcomes, production networks, trade policy changes and trade credit.
Demir-Pakel is Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Oxford. Before joining the Economics Department at Oxford University, she worked as an assistant professor of Economics at Bilkent University, Turkey. She spent the 2016-2017 academic year as a visiting assistant professor at the Department of Economics of Princeton University, and the Spring term of 2022 as a visiting Fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance at London School of Economics. Banu Demir-Pekel obtained a PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford in 2012.
Appointment and chair contribute to more gender diversity
Patrick Groenen, Dean of Erasmus School of Economics, is pleased with the appointment of Banu Demir-Pakel on a chair in the programme 'Towards Inclusive Academia': "Banu Demir-Pakel strengthens the school’s prestige as a leading institution in applied economics. Her appointment also fits with the university’s strategy of conducting research with societal impact. Banu perfectly fits in the programme “Towards Inclusive Academia” that aims to increase gender diversity at the professor level at Erasmus School of Economics. As a leading scientist, she is also a role model for young female researchers.’"
About the research of Banu Demir-Pekel
The research of Banu Demir-Pakel is at the intersection of international trade and development economics, focusing on how firms adjust to trade-related shocks and how their adjustment shapes the aggregate economic outcomes such as growth and income.
In her research, she combines theoretical and empirical approaches by developing convincing identification strategies based on actual policy changes or policy interventions (e.g. transport infrastructure improvements), and then interpret the empirical results using theoretical insights. Her work directly informs policymaking.
Since receiving her PhD in 2012, her research has been published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economics and Statistics, and the Journal of International Economics.
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