Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdullah ALTUN
Economics

Abdullah ALTUN
Phone
+90 (262) 605 1482
Email
aaltun@gtu.edu.tr
Office
Business Administration Building, 139
Areas of interest
international trade, global value chains (GVCs), economic growth, development economics, innovation systems

Book Chapters and Books

Küresel Değer Zincirlerinin Bugünü ve Yarını Açısından Yapay Zekâ (Ö. Sebetçi ve H. Yanikkaya ile), Yönetim Biliminde Yapay Zekâ (der. S. Z. İmamoğlu, S. Erat ve H. İnce), (pp. 47-64), Nobel Bilimsel Eserler, Ankara, Ekim 2023.

Is the Global Economy on the Verge of Re-Globalization? (with H. YANIKKAYA), International Trade: Past, Present and Future (Rahman, M.N. and and Rahman, N. (Eds.)), Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2023.

Küresel Değer Zincirlerinin Döngüsel Ekonomideki Rolü (“The Role of Global Value Chains in Circular Economy”) (H. YANIKKAYA ve P. TAT ile), M. Bulut ve C. Korkut (Eds.), Döngüsel Ekonomi ve Sürdürülebilir Hayat ("Circular Economy and Sustainable Living"), (pp.45-100), Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Yayınları, 2022.

Covid-19 Salgını Sürecinde Tarım Sektörü: Girdi- Çıktı Tabloları Üzerinden Bir Değerlendirme (with Halit YANIKKAYA), In book: COVID-19 Ekseninde Ekonomik ve Sosyal Dönüşüm: Küresel Salgının Çok Boyutlu Analizi, (pp.241-281), Publisher: Nobel Yayın, 2020.

Küresel Değer Zincirlerinde Türkiye'nin Değişen Pozisyonu (with Halit YANIKKAYA), Uluslararası Ticaret: Değer Zinciri, Pazar Yapıları ve Muhasebe Uygulamaları (der.A. Kara ve R. Sayar), (pp. 1-33). Ekin Yayınevi, 2019.

Essays on Global Value Chains and Their Macroeconomic Effects, Lambert Academic Publishing, Berlin, 2018.

Publications in International Reviewed Journals

Karaboga, H., Altun, A., Yanikkaya, H. (2024). "The Impact of Participation in Global Value Chains on the Globalization of Innovation Systems", Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming. (SSCI)

Altun, A., Tat, P., Yanikkaya, H. (2024). “The Role of Covid-19 Policy Responses on GVC Participation: The Turkish Experience”, Journal of Economic Studies, 2024, forthcoming. (ESCI)

Tat, P., Altun, A., Yanikkaya, H. (2024). “Determinants of Labor Productivity of Turkish Manufacturing Sectors: The Role of Global Value Chain Participation”, Journal of Productivity, 58(2), 155-170.

Yanikkaya, H., Altun, A., Tat, P. (2024). “The Impacts of Openness and Global Value Chains on the Performance of Turkish Sectors”, Panoeconomicus, 71(2), 265-293. (SSCI)

Yanikkaya, H., Altun, A. (2024). “The Changing Dynamics of Turkish Sectors within the Context of Trade in Emissions”, Journal of Sustainable Green Development, 1(1), 1-14.

Yanikkaya, H., Tat, P., Altun, A. (2024) "Do Lower Tariff Rates Promote Global Value Chain Participation", World Trade Review, 23(1), 1-19. (SSCI)

Tat, P., Altun, A., Yanikkaya, H. (2023) "The Early Impacts of Covid-19 on Production through Trade Shocks in Türkiye: An Analysis of International Production Chains", International Review of Economics and Management, 11(1), 17-34.

Altun, A., Turan, T., Yanikkaya, H. "Do Turkish Firms Benefit from GVC Participation?", International Journal of Emerging Markets, 2023, forthcoming (SSCI).

Tirgil, A., Altun, A., Yanikkaya, H. (2023) "Does Family Medicine Reduce Household Health Expenditures: Evidence from Türkiye", Journal of Public Health Policy, 44(1), 75-89. (SSCI)

Yanikkaya, H., Altun, A. and Tat, P. (2023) "Once Again 'Smile Curve": Is Chain Upgrading Possbile", Review of Development Economics, 27(1), 62-88. (SSCI)

Altun, A., Avsar, I.I., Turan, T., Yanikkaya, H. (2023) "Does Global Value Chain Participation Boost High Technology Exports?", The Journal of International Development, 35(5), 820-837. (SSCI)

Yanikkaya, H., Altun, A. and Tat, P. (2022) “Does the Complexity of GVC Participation Matter for Productivity and Output Growth?*”, European Journal of Development Research, 34(4), 2038-2068. (SSCI)

Yanikkaya, H., Karaboga, H and Altun, A. (2021). “Implications of Participation in Global Value Chains for International Trade Network”, Applied Economics Letters, 28(14), 1169-1173. (SSCI)

Yanikkaya, H. and Altun, A. (2021). “Beyond Conventional Trade: Trade Policy Implications of Trade in Value Added”, Singapore Economic Review, Special Issue on International Trade and Business in the Age of Digital Transformations, 66(4), 973-995. (SSCI)

Yanikkaya, H. and Altun, A. (2020). “Does Capital Drain Reduce Total Factor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries?”, Argumenta Oeconomica, Volume 45, 53-75. (SSCI)

Yanikkaya, H. and Altun, A. (2020). “South-South Trade and North-South Trade for Growth and Productivity: A Cross-Country Analysis for CIS Countries”, Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 38(2), 387-410. (EconLit)

Yanikkaya, H. and Altun, A. (2020). “The Impact of Global Value Chain Participation on Sectoral Growth and Productivity”, Sustainability, 12(12), 4848. (SSCI)

Yanikkaya, H., Altun, A. and Tat, P. (2019). “Openness and Deindustrialization: A Turkish Case”, Boğaziçi Journal: Review of Social, Economic and Administrative Studies, 33(2), 1-25. (Scopus)

Hamid, S.R., Isa, S., Chew, B.C. and Altun, A. (2019). “Quality Management Evolution from the Past to Present: Challenges for Tomorrow”, Organizacija, 52(3), 157-186. (ESCI)

Yanikkaya, H. and Altun, A. (2019). “The Impact of Participation in Export Value Chains on TFP Growth”, Ege Academic Review, 19(1), 119-129. (ESCI)

Yanikkaya, H. and Altun, A. (2017). “Revisiting the Determinants of Long Run Growth: Do Different Measures of Growth Rates Matter?”, The Empirical Economics Letters, June 2017, 16(6), pp. 591-596 (EconLit)

Papers in International Conferences

Tat, P., Altun, A., Yanikkaya, H. The Past and the Future Trade Patterns of the MENA Region: The Pursuit of Growth, ERF 29th Annual Conference, May 4-6, 2023, Cairo, Egypt.

Yanikkaya, H., Tat, P., Altun, A. Do Lower Tariffs Promote Global Value Chain Participation, The 43rd Middle East Economic Association (MEEA)/ American Social Science Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 5-6, 2023, Beirut, Lebanon.

Yanikkaya, H., Tat, P., Altun, A. Do Lower Tariffs Promote Global Value Chain Participation, The Conference of the China and World Economy Journal, December 10, 2022, Beijing, China.

Altun, A., Turan, T., Yanikkaya, H. The Productivity and Profitability Gains of the Top Turkish Industrial Enterprises from the Global Value Chains Participation, 14th International Conference on Eurasian Economies, September 20-22, 2022, Baku, Azerbaijan (Best Paper Award).

Yanikkaya, H., Tat, P., Altun, A. Are Tariffs Always Bad for Growth? Evidence from Cross-Sectoral Analysis, European Trade Study Group (ETSG), 23rd Annual Conferences, September 8-10, 2022, Groningen, Netherlands.

Altun, A., Turan, T., Yanikkaya, H. The Impact of Global Value Chains Participation on Innovation System: A Sectoral and Provincial Level Analysis for Turkey, Conference on Science Technique and Innovation in the Epoch of Power and Happiness devoted to the Science Day of Turkmenistan, Academy of Science of Turkmenistan, June 12th-13th 2022.

Yanıkkaya, H., Altun, A. and Tat, P. The Role of Global Value Chains in Outsourcing Greenhouse Gas Emissions., ERF 28th Annual Conference, March 26th-30th 2022, Giza, Egypt (Best Paper Award).

Altun, A. USA and China Relations in the Global Value Chains Context, 2nd Turkic Energy Cooperation Congress, TESPAM and TDPV, March 28th-30th 2022.

Altun, A. Energy Crisis and Global Value Chains Nexus, 2nd Turkic Energy Cooperation Congress, TESPAM and TDPV, March 28th-30th 2022.

Altun, A. Global Value Chains and Emissions, International Climate and Energy Forum, Istanbul Technical University, Aydin University and TESPAM, March 11, 2022.

Yanıkkaya, H. and Altun, A. The Impact of Global Value Chain Participation on Sectoral Growth and Productivity, International Economic Association Online World Congress, July, 2-6, 2021 (Bali, Indonesia)

Altun, A. and Yanikkaya, H. Is the Global Economy on the Verge of Re-globalizaiton? 2nd SANEM International Development Conference (SIDC), June, 17-19, 2021/ Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Yanıkkaya, H., Altun, A. and Tat, P. The Impacts of COVID-19 on Production of Turkey: An Analysis of International Production Chains. 7th International Conference of Economics, ICE-TEA2021, April, 9-11, 2021. Turkey.

Altun, A. COVID-19 Sonrası Küresel Ekonomi ve Türk Ekonomi Birliği (Post COVID-19 Global Economy and Turkic Economic Union), 1st International Turkic Energy Cooperation Congress, March, 29-31, 2021, TESPAM and Eurasian Research Institute, ERI Books: 24

Akyener, O. and Altun, A. Turkic Energy Union as an Effective Integration and Cooperation Strategy for the Development of Turkic World, 1st International Turkic Energy Cooperation Congress, March, 29-31, 2021, TESPAM and Eurasian Research Institute, ERI Books: 24

Akyener, O. and Altun, A. Energy Supply Potential of the Turkic World Up To 2050 and Regional Dynamics, 1st International Turkic Energy Cooperation Congress, March, 29-31, 2021, TESPAM and Eurasian Research Institute, ERI Books: 24

Yanıkkaya, H., Altun, A. and Tat, P. Is Simple Participation Enough or Deeper Participation in GVCs necessary? Evidence from 40 major economies. 19th International Conference of MEEA, October, 9-11, 2020 / İstanbul, Turkey.

Yanıkkaya, H., Altun, A. and Tat, P. The Impacts of Production Lengths on Sectoral Performance: The Case of EU and US Industries. International Conference on Economics, EconTR Conference, September, 10-12, 2020 / Eskişehir, Turkey.

Yanıkkaya, H., Altun, A. and Tat, P. The Effects of Openness and Global Value Chains on the Performance of Turkish Sectors. Economic Research Forum, 26th Annual Conference, August, 19, 2020 / Cairo, Egypt.

Yanıkkaya, H., Altun, A. and Tat, P. To Participate or not to Participate in GVCs: Evidence from the Production and GVCs Lengths of EU and US Industries. Warsaw International Economic Meeting, 15th Annual Conference, July, 1-2, 2020 / Warsaw, Poland.

Yanıkkaya, H., Altun, A. Trade Openness and Growth: New Evidence from Trade in Value Added Measures, 8th International Conference ENTIME 2019 “Entrepreneurship in the Modern Economy”, Gdansk, Poland, 11-12 April 2019.

Yanıkkaya, H., Altun, A. Does Participation in Global Value Chains Raise Total Factor Productivity Growth?, International Strategic Research Congress (ISRC2017), Antalya, Turkey, 28 September-1 October 2017.

Yanıkkaya, H., Altun, A. The Relationship Between FDI and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries, 3rd International Congress on Economics and Business (ICEB’17), Novi Sad, Serbia, 19-23 May 2017.

Yanıkkaya, H., Altun, A. Impacts of Various Trade Flows on Growth and Productivity: A Cross-Country Analysis for CIS Countries, International Social Sciences Congress: Turkestan Forum III, Turkestan, Kazakhstan, 26-28 April 2017.

Yanıkkaya, H., Altun, A. Competition in the Global Economy And Cultural Value Chains, The 6th Global Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18-21 December 2015.

Papers in National Conferences

“The Role of Covid-19 Policy Responses on GVC Participation: The Turkish Experience”, Turkish Economic Association 21st National Economics Symposium, 5-7 Kasım, 2021, Eskişehir, Türkiye.

Yanıkkaya, H., Altun, A. and Tat, P. Openness and Deindustrialization: A Turkish Case. Turkey Economic Association 20th National Economics Symposium, November, 17-18, 2019 / Adana, Turkey.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Kara Kıtanın İktisatçısı - The Economist of the Black Continent (An Economics Novel) (2019)

The Sistem: Senkronize Yönetim (Management Book, available at amazon.com) (2018)

Columnist – Ekonomi Journal (bimonthly) (The Whole Industralists and Businessmen Association-TÜMSİAD)

  • Third Cycle (Doctoral): Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi
  • Second Cycle (Master's): Selçuk Üniversitesi
  • First Cycle (Undergraduate): Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi