Dr Yaprak Tavman
Lecturer

Profile

Biography

Yaprak joined the Department of Economics and Related Studies at the University of York in January 2022. Prior to that, she worked as an Assistant Professor in Economics at Newcastle University, and at Northeastern University - London. Yaprak is a fellow of AdvanceHE.

Departmental roles

• Senior UG Admissions Tutor
• Diversifying and Decolonising the Curriculum Initiative Lead
• PG Extenuating Circumstances Committee
• Teaching and Learning in Economics (TELE) Cluster leader

Research

Overview

​Yaprak's main area of research is macroeconomics, with specialisations in financial markets and crises, financial stability and regulation, macroeconomic policy, and inequality.

Publications

Selected publications

• Okparaolu, Kennedy, Shaheed, Abdulla, Tavman, Yaprak and Xue, Ning. (2024) “Facilitators' handbook for a PBL module in Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy”, The Economics Network Teaching Case Study.
• Ozkan, Gulcin & Tavman, Yaprak. "Assessing Unconventional Monetary and Fiscal Policies". Ekonomi-Tek, vol. 12, no. 3, 2024, pp. 123-148.
• Tavman, Yaprak. “A Comparative Analysis of Macroprudential Policies.” Oxford Economic Papers, vol. 67, no. 2, 2015, pp. 334–55.

Work in Progress:

• “Well-Being and Financial Indicators: Linking Individual and Macro Data in a Cross-Country Analysis” (with Martinez Cardenas, R., Mitka, M. and Sechel, C.)
• “Redistributive effects of monetary, fiscal and macroprudential policy” (with McManus R., Trzeciakiewicz, D. and Ozkan, G.)
• "Exchange Rate Dynamics and Inequality" (with Garcia Lazaro, A., Lagares, O. and Martinez Cardenas, R.)

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
• The Structure and Regulation of Financial Markets
• UG Dissertation Workshops: Macroeconomics