Uluc Aysun

is an Assistant Professor of Economics

E-mail: uluc.aysun@uconn.edu

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Research Interests: International Economics, International Finance, Development, Monetary Economics.

Selected Papers:

· "Automatic Stabilizer Feature of Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes," Emerging Markets Review, Vol. 9, Issue 4, December 2008, pp. 302-328

· “Capital Flows, Maturity Mismatches and Profitability in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Bank Level Data,” Journal of Developing Areas, forthcoming.

· “Bankruptcy Costs, Liability Dollarization, and Vulnerability to Sudden Stops,” (with Adam Honig) (under review)

Working Papers

· “Financial Frictions and Monetary Transmission,” (with Adam Honig and Ryan Brady; under review)

· “Exchange Rate Exposure: A Nonparametric Approach,” (with Melanie Guldi; under review)

· “Derivatives Market Activity in Emerging Markets and Foreign Exchange Exposure,” (with Melanie Guldi; under review)

· “Testing for Balance Sheet Effects in Emerging Market Countries: A non-crisis setting” (under review)

· “An Alternative Method for Measuring Financial Frictions”

Work in progress

· “Financial Globalization and the Balance Sheet Channel of Monetary Transmission”

Teaching

· Intermediate Macroeconomics, International Macroeconomics, Banking and Finance, International Finance (graduate).