RESEARCH
Research Interests	Macroeconomics, applied econometrics, economic growth and development, international finance, socio-economics
Publications	- C.E. Alper, O.P. Ardic, and S. Fendoglu (2008) “The Economics of the Uncovered Interest Parity Condition for Emerging Markets,” Journal of Economic Surveys, Forthcoming.
	- 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, Forthcoming.
	- C.E. Alper, O.P. Ardic, A. Mumcu and I. Saglam (2007) "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	- How Do Individuals Choose Banks? An Application to Household Level Data from Turkey, with U. Yuzereroglu, Bogazici University Working Paper No: ISS-EC-07-26. (Earlier Version Titled: “A Multinomial Logit Model of Bank Choice: An Application to Turkey,” Bogazici University Working Paper No: ISS-EC-06-02.)
	- Hospital Choice: Survey Evidence from Istanbul, with F. Adaman, B. Erus and D. Tuzemen, Bogazici University Working Paper No: ISS-EC-07-25. (October 2007)
	- Network Effects and Risk Sharing in Credit Market Access, with F. Adaman and D. Tuzemen (Current Version: December 2007)
	- Exchange Rate Forecasting: Evidence from Eastern European Economies, with O. Ergin (Current Version: December 2007)
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)