Brain Drain, Remittances and Economic Development: A Myth or Reality

There is little data available on overseas immigration from Turkey. The objective of the project is to fill this void and instead track immigration by using data on remittances from the host back to the source country. The research then tries to connect these flows with the economic development of the source country and critically assesses the hypothesis that immigration leads to a brain drain from the home country.

Project participants: Vedat Akman

Mergers and Acquisitions in Turkey – Motivations and Implications

Despite the large increase in merger and acquisition activity in emerging markets over the last 10 years the topic has received relatively little attention from researchers. The project aims to fill some of this gap in knowledge about recent developments in the Turkish economy. Can the available theories in business and economics explain these events? Do acquisitions improve the long run performance of Turkish firms? Do acquisitions improve economic efficiency?

Project participants: Camilla Jensen and Selma Diskaya