Dahi, O. and Demir, F. (2016). South-South Trade and Finance in the 21st Century: Rise of the South or a Second Great Divergence. Anthem Press.
Firat Demir’s main fields of research are economic development and open economy macroeconomics focusing on the issues of economic globalization, structural change, South-South trade and finance, long run development and growth, and political economy of development.
Dahi, O. and Demir, F. (2016). South-South Trade and Finance in the 21st Century: Rise of the South or a Second Great Divergence. Anthem Press.
Demir, F., Hu, C., Liu, J., and Shen, H. (2022). Local Corruption, Total Factor Productivity and Firm Heterogeneity: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms. Forthcoming in World Development 151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105770
Demir, F. and Tabrizy, S. (2022). Gendered Effects of Sanctions on Manufacturing Employment: Evidence from Iran. Forthcoming in Review of Development Economics. URL: http://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12917
Demir, F. (2022). IMF Conditionality, Export Structure and Economic Complexity: The Ineffectiveness of Structural Adjustment Programs. Journal of Comparative Economics 50(3): 750-767, 2022. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2022.04.003
Demir, F. and Lee, S. (2022). Foreign Direct Investment, Capital Accumulation, and Growth: The Rise of the Emerging South. International Review of Economics and Finance 80: 779-794. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2022.02.044.
Demir, F. and Hu, C. (2022). Institutional Similarity, Firm Heterogeneity and Export Sophistication. The World Economy 45(4): 1213-1241. URL: http://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13201
Demir, F. and Razmi, A. (2022). The Real Exchange Rate and Development: Theory, Evidence, Issues, and Challenges. Journal of Economic Surveys 26(2): 386-428. URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12418
Demir, F. (2021). “Turkey: Reflections on the fragility of academic freedoms and human rights. The Globalist, February 27, 2021.
Demir, F., Ghosh, P., & Liu, Z. (2020). Effects of motherhood timing, breastmilk substitutes and education on the duration of breastfeeding: Evidence from Egypt. World Development, 133, 105014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105014
Demir, F., & Im, H. (2020). Effects of cultural institutes on bilateral trade and FDI flows: Cultural diplomacy or economic altruism? The World Economy, 43(9), 2463-2489. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12906
Demir, F., & Hu, C. (2020). Destination institutions, firm heterogeneity and exporter dynamics: empirical evidence from China. Review of World Economics, 156(1), 183-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-019-00358-x
Demir, F., & Duan, Y. (2018). Bilateral FDI Flows, Productivity Growth, and Convergence: The North vs. The South. World Development, 101, 235-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.08.006
Bilateral FDI Flows, Productivity Growth, and Convergence: The North vs. The South (.pdf)
Caglayan, M., & Demir, F. (2019). Exchange rate movements, export sophistication and direction of trade: the development channel and North–South trade flows. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 43(6), 1623-1652. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bez005
Dahi, O. S., & Demir, F. (2017). South–South and North–South Economic Exchanges: Does It Matter Who Is Exchanging What and With Whom? Journal of Economic Surveys, 31(5), 1449-1486. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12225
Demir, F., & Wu, C. (2017). Exchange Rate Adjustments and US Trade with China: What does a State Level Analysis Tell Us? Global Economy Journal, 17(2), 20160059. https://doi.org/10.1515/gej-2016-0059
Exchange Rate Adjustments and US Trade with China: What does a State Level Analysis Tell Us? (.pdf)
Demir, F., & Su, L. (2016). Total Factor Productivity, Foreign Direct Investment, and Entry Barriers in the Chinese Automotive Industry. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 52(2), 302-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2015.1011519
Demir, F. (2016). Effects of FDI Flows on Institutional Development: Does It Matter Where the Investors are from? World Development, 78, 341-359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.10.001
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