Meet the Economists

Harun Alp
harun.alp@frb.gov
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2020
- Firm Dynamics
- Innovation and Economic Growth
Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2020 - presentResearcher
Central Bank of Turkey
2006 - 2012
- Akcigit, Ufuk, Harun Alp, and Michael Peters (forthcoming). "Lack of Selection and Limits to Delegation: Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries," American Economic Review.
- Alp, Harun (2020). "Essays on Firm Dynamics, Innovation and Growth," Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.
- Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, and William Kerr (2018). "Innovation, Reallocation, and Growth," American Economic Review, vol. 108, no. 11, pp. 3450-3491.
- Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, and William R. Kerr (2017). "Innovation, Reallocation, and Growth," CEPR Discussion Paper No. 12449. London, UK: Centre for Economic Policy Research.
- Akcigit, Ufuk, Harun Alp, and Michael Peters (2016). "Lack of Selection and Limits to Delegation: Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries," NBER Working Paper No. 21905. Cambridge, MA: The National Bureau of Economic Research.
- Alp, Harun, and Selim Elekdağ (2013). "The Role of Monetary Policy in Turkey during the Global Financial Crisis," in Braude, Jacob, Zvi Eckstein, Stanley Fischer, and Karnit Flug (eds.), The Great Recession: Lessons for Central Bankers, pp. 51-80. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
- Alp, Harun, and Selim Elekdag (2012). "Shock Therapy! What Role for Thai Monetary Policy?" IMF Working Paper No. 12/269. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund.
- Alp, Harun, Fethi Öğünç, and Çağrı Sarıkaya (2012). "Monetary Policy and Output Gap: Mind the Composition," CBT Research Notes in Economics No. 2012-07. İstiklal, Caddesi: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.
- Alp, Harun, Selim Elekdag, and Subir Lall (2012). "An Assessment of Malaysian Monetary Policy during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09," IMF Working Paper No. 12/35. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund.
- Alp, Harun, Selim Elekdag, and Subir Lall (2012). "Did Korean Monetary Policy Help Soften the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009?" IMF Working Paper No. 12/5. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund.
- Alp, Harun, Yusuf Soner Başkaya, Mustafa Kılınç, and Canan Yüksel (2012). "Stylized Facts for Business Cycles in Turkey," Working Paper No. 12/02. İstiklal, Caddesi: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.
- Alp, Harun, and Selim Elekdag (2011). "The Role of Monetary Policy in Turkey during the Global Financial Crisis," IMF Working Paper No. 11/150. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund.
- Alp, Harun, Soner Başkaya, Mustafa Kılınç, and Canan Yüksel (2011). "Türkiye için Hodrick-Prescott Filtresi Düzgünleştirme Parametresi Tahmini. (Estimating Optimal Hodrick-Prescott Filter Smoothing Parameter for Turkey. With English Summary.)," İktisat İşletme ve Finans, vol. 26, no. 306, pp. 9-23.
- Alp, Harun, Refet Gurkaynak, Hakan Kara, Gursu Keles, and Musa Orak (2010). "Türkiye'de Piyasa Göstergelerinden Para Politikası Beklentilerinin ölçülmesi. (Measuring Market-Based Monetary Policy Expectations in Turkey. With English Summary.)," İktisat İşletme ve Finans., vol. 25, no. 295, pp. 21-45.
- Aktas, Zelal, Harun Alp, Refet Gurkaynak, Mehtap Kesriyeli, and Musa Orak (2009). "Türkiye'de Para Politikasının Aktarımı: Para Politikasının Mali Piyasalara Etkisi. (Transmission of Monetary Policy in Turkey: The Effects of Monetary Policy on Financial Markets. With English Summary.)," Iktisat Isletme ve Finans, vol. 24, no. 278, pp. 9-24.
discussion
2020NBER SI
Misallocative Growth
seminar
2020FRB, Dartmouth College, Penn State, Ohio State University, University of Mannheim, University of Nottingham, Koc University, Bilkent University
Incorporation, Selection and Firm Dynamics: A Quantitative Exploration
seminar
2019University of Chicago
Incorporation, Selection and Firm Dynamics: A Quantitative Exploration
seminar
2016Collège de France
Lack of Selection and Limits to Delegation: Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries
seminar
2015University of Chicago
Technology Adoption and the Latin American TFP Gap
conference
2015Conferenceon ''Firm & Technology Dynamics: a Global Perspective", University of Nottingham
Lack of Selection and Limits to Delegation: Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries
seminar
2014Bilkent University
Technology Adoption and the Latin American TFP Gap
conference
2014Conferenceon ''Firm & Technology Dynamics: a Global Perspective", University of Nottingham
Technology Adoption and the Latin American TFP Gap
conference
2011Central Banks Conference on Lessons from the World Financial Crisis, Israel
The Role of Monetary Policy during the Global Financial Crisis: Turkish Experience
discussion
2010CEPR/ESI 14th Annual Conference
The Financial Accelerator under Learning and the Role of Monetary Policy
discussion
2010CEPR/ESI 14th Annual Conference
The Financial Shocks and Monetary Reactions in a New Keynesian Model
discussion
2009Selected Economists' Research Forum, Bank of England
Imperfect Information, real Time Data andthe Evaluation of Monetary Policy
conference
20102nd International Conference on Economics, Cyprus
The Role of Monetary Policy during the Global Financial Crisis: Turkish Experience
Referee
- Economic Journal
- International Economic Review
- Journal of Development Economics
- Journal of the European Economic Association
- Journal of Monetary Economics
- Journal of Political Economy
- Macroeconomic Dynamics
- The Scandinavian Journal of Economics
- Structural Change and Economic Dynamics