Altuğ Aydemir, a 2020 alum of our University’s Department of Economics, was honored to be one of the 12 economists shortlisted as “Highly Commended Entrants” in “The Global Undergraduate Awards”. METU is a member of this prestigious international academic award program within the scope of the AdımODTÜ Undergraduate Research Project. Entrants whose paper or project ranked in the top 10% of submissions to their category, are shortlisted as Highly Commended Entrants.
Aydemir, with his article titled “MODERN BUBBLE: Effects of Monetary Policies After the 2008 Crisis on US Stock Markets and Financial Flows of Developing Countries”, succeeded in becoming the first Turkish student to be on the list in the field of Economics in the competition selected by 506 juries out of 50 countries, 380 universities, 25 categories, and 4148 applications. Aydemir wrote his article under the advisorship of Assoc.Prof. Esma Gaygısız Lajunen from Economics Department.
