1. Ufuk Akcigit's work has been widely published in the top economic journals and has been recognized by a number of awards and honors within the field of economics.
16 Facts About Ufuk Akcigit
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Ufuk Akcigit lived in Germany until he was four years old and his parents relocated to their hometown of Bursa.
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Ufuk Akcigit was interested in Mathematics and Economics from an early age and completed middle and high school at Ankara Anatolian High School.
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Ufuk Akcigit's research has been acknowledged with a number of roles and awards.
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In 2021, Ufuk Akcigit was named Econometric Society Fellow and John Simon Guggenheim Fellow.
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Ufuk Akcigit currently holds Research Associate positions at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Center for Economic Policy Research, Brookings Institution, Halle Institute, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, and CESifo.
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Ufuk Akcigit is a pioneer in the field of quantitative economic growth, which combines economic models with micro-level data.
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Ufuk Akcigit's research focuses on three main aspects that connect innovation and aggregate economic growth: firms, inventors, and ideas.
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Ufuk Akcigit focuses on modern-time inventors, historical inventors, and their interactions in society.
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Ufuk Akcigit focuses on how ideas are generated and how they are materialized.
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Ufuk Akcigit argues that ideas are not necessarily born to the best users to ensure utilization; an established patent system is crucial for idea transformation.
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Ufuk Akcigit uses large scale datasets such as social security records, firm balance sheets and patent microdata to advance his research.
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Ufuk Akcigit uses firm and state-based micro data to uncover these effects.
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Ufuk Akcigit uses cross-state panel US Data to work on income inequality and social mobility.
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In 2021, Ufuk Akcigit co-authored the anthology The Economics of Creative Destruction with John Van Reenen.
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Ufuk Akcigit served as the Academic Lead for the World Development Report 2024.