RESEARCH
Research Interests	Macroeconomics, applied econometrics, economic growth and development, international finance, socio-economics
Publications	- Adaman, F., O.P. Ardic, B. Erus, and D. Tuzemen (2009) “Hospital Choice: Survey Evidence from Istanbul,” Turkish Studies, forthcoming.
	- O.P. Ardic and U. Yuzereroglu (2009) “How Do Individuals Choose Banks? An Application to Household Level Data from Turkey,” The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 9, Issue 1 (Topics), Article 22.
	- C.E. Alper, O.P. Ardic, and S. Fendoglu (2009) “The Economics of the Uncovered Interest Parity Condition for Emerging Markets,” Journal of Economic Surveys, 23, 1, 115-138.
	- F. Adaman and O.P. Ardic (2008) "Social Exclusion in Slum Areas of Large Cities in Turkey," New Perspectives on Turkey, 38, Spring 2008, Special Issue on Social Exclusion, 38 (Spring 2008), 29-65.
	- C.E. Alper, O.P. Ardic, A. Mumcu and I. Saglam (2008) "The Welfare Effects of Government's Spending and Its Financing," Economic Modelling, 25, 1-12.
	- O.P. Ardic and H.E. Damar (2007) "Financial Sector Deepening and Economic Growth: Evidence from Turkey," Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies (MEEA Online Journal), Vol. IX.
	- F. Selçuk and O.P. Ardıç (2006) "Learning to Live with the Float: Turkey’s Experience 2001-2003," in G. Severov (ed.) International Finance and Monetary Policy,  Nova Science Publishers Inc.,  NY, 61-85.
	- C.E. Alper and O.P. Ardıç (2006) "Exchange Rate Forecasting: An Application to Turkey During the Floating Regime Period," International Economics and Trade Policy, 1, 1, 49-67. - In Turkish (Turkish Version: Serbest Kur Rejimi Döneminde Döviz Kuru Öngörüsü: Türkiye'ye Uygulama, Uluslararsı Ekonomi ve Dış Ticaret Politikaları, 1, 1, 49-47.)
	- O.P. Ardic (2006) "Output, the Real Exchange Rate and the Crises in Turkey," Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies (MEEA Online Journal), Vol. VIII.
	- O.P. Ardic and F. Selçuk (2006) "The Dynamics of a Newly Floating Exchange Rate: The Turkish Case," Applied Economics, 38, 931-941.
	- O.P. Ardic (2006) "The Gap between the Rich and the Poor: Patterns of Heterogeneity in the Cross-Country Data," Economic Modelling, 23, 538-555.
Work in Progress	- Network Effects and Risk Sharing in Credit Market Access, with F. Adaman and D. Tuzemen, Bogazici University Working Paper Bo: ISS-EC-06-17. Current Version: December 2008 – Under Review
	- Exchange Rate Forecasting: Evidence from Eastern European Economies, with O. Ergin and B. Senol. Current Version: August 2008 – Under Review
	- Pollution, abatement and sustainable growth: A Schumpeterian approach, with B. Senol.
	- Environmental concerns, structural change and economic growth, with C.E. Alper, R. Erzan and O. Hatipoglu.
	- Endogenous specialization in a search-theoretic framework of money, with C.E. Alper. - An evaluation of indirect taxes in Turkey, with B. Erus.
Dissertation	- Essays on Empirical Growth, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, May 2003. Advisor: Steven Durlauf
Other Research	- The Dynamics of the Distribution of Standard of Living across Countries (February 2004)
	- An Analysis of Socioeconomic Growth across Countries (June 2003)
	- Standard Living and Growth: Empirical Regularities in Sub-Saharan Africa (April 2003)
	- Does PPP hold for the case of Turkey? (May 1999)
	- A Time Series Analysis of Prices and Exchange Rates in Europe towards the Third Stage of EMU (July 1998)