M Ayhan Kose

IMF

Ayhan Kose is Assistant to the Director in the IMF Research Department. He previously worked for the United States and Canada desks of the IMF Western Hemisphere Department. He was also an Assistant Professor at Brandeis International Business School and a Visiting Professor at INSEAD. His research focuses on financial globalization, macro-financial linkages, emerging markets, and business and financial cycles. He has authored a number of policy-oriented papers on these topics. Technical versions of many of these papers have been published in leading academic journals, such as the American Economic Review, International Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, and Journal of Development Economics. His research has been featured in various media outlets, including the Economist, Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal. He has also written pieces for a variety of policy publications, including the IMF World Economic Outlook, Finance & Development, Foreign Policy, and Euromoney Emerging Markets Handbook. He is the Co-Editor of the IMF Economic Review. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University in Ankara-Turkey.