I. Semih Akcomak

TEKPOL, Middle East Technical University,
UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Network Social Innovation (NSI), Maastricht University

TEKPOL
Middle East Technical University
Universiteler Mahallesi
Dumlupinar Bulvari, No:1
06800 Cankaya, Ankara
Turkey
Tel: +90 312 2103720
Fax: +90 312 2107993
akcomak@metu.edu.tr

working papers and work in progress

The legacy of the Brethren of the Common Life, PDF coming soon, (with Dinand Webbink and Bas ter Weel)

The effect of offshoring on the task-composition of occupations and employment, PDF coming soon, (with Suzanne Kok and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa)

Origins of social capital: Cases from the British history (with Paul Stoneman), February 2010



selected publications


The impact of social capital on crime: Evidence from the Netherlands, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, (with Bas ter Weel)

Measuring and interpreting trends in the division of labour in the Netherlands, De Economist (with Lex Borghans and Bas ter Weel), 2011

Social capital of social capital researchers, Review of Economics and Institutions, 2(2), May 2011,

Incubators as tool for entrepreneurship promotion in developing economies, in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development. Szirmai, Naude and Goedhuys (eds.), April 2011

Social capital, innovation and growth: Evidence from Europe, European Economic Review, 53(5), 544-67. July 2009 (with Bas ter Weel)



Reports


METU Research Centers evaluation report (in Turkish with Erkan Erdil, Teoman Pamukçu ve Yelda Erden), September 2011, a not so short version can be found here


selected popular writings

in Turkish

Yerli otomobil stratejisi küresellesen üretimle ne kadar uyumlu?, Bilgi Çagi, Kasim 2011

Neden inovasyon konusacak bu kadar az insan var?, Bilgi Çagi, August 2011

Dijital devrimin farkinda misiniz?, Bilgi Çagi, Mart 2011

Görevlerin ticareti ve küresellesen Ar-Ge politikasi, Bilgi Çagi, May 2010

Türkiye uçlardan kurtulabilir mi?, Bilgi Çagi, May 2009