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  • Endogeneity of economic perceptions in Turkish electorate's voting behaviour 
    Kurt, Ozan Ekin. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This thesis analyzes the impacts of economic conditions and perceptions on Turkish electorate’s voting behaviour based on four identical surveys conducted at different times. The first part of the analysis follows the ...
  • Essays on consumer behavior in the Turkish credit card market 
    Tunçez, Ahmet Mithat. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This thesis discusses the payment behavior of cardholders in the Turkish credit card market using primary data obtained from the Survey of Credit Card Usage conducted between April and June 2009 in 31 cities of Turkey with ...
  • Labor force participation of women in Turkey: a microeconometric analysis 
    Aktakke, Nazlı. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This thesis tries to shed light on the determinants of labor force participation of married women in urban Turkey. Thesis has two main focus points; first is to find out the possible determinants of participation of women ...
  • A Network analysis of Turkish financial crisis of 2000 
    Yenilmez, Taylan Eren. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This thesis is an attempt to explain Turkish financial crisis of 2000 in the light of network theory. Our contribution is applying network theory to a very special data that spans pre-crisis and crisis periods. Analyzing ...
  • Assessing tax evasion within an endogenous growth model with productive public expenditure 
    Tokgöz, Mehmet Emre. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    By setting up an endogenous growth model with productive government expenditures, this thesis analyzes effects of tax rate, deterrence policies, corruption and government externality level on tax evasion decision of economic ...
  • Real interest rates and fractional integration : the case of emerging markets 
    Koç, Hale. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This thesis is composed of two essays applying fractional integration analysis to (i) real interest rate series of Turkey using various de nitions (ii) real interest rate series of 19 emerging economies. Despite the existence ...
  • Erasmus student exchange programme: a placement problem 
    Akkaya, Ekrem. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    I analyze the placement mechanism used at Boğaziçi University in order to place students to positions offered by partner institutions according to the Erasmus Student Exchange Programme. First, I define the placement problem ...
  • Empirical analysis of agricultural commodity prices 
    Öz, Mustafa Safa. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.)
    In the last ten years, Turkey has imported, on average, 60 percent of cotton used in the country from the USA. Hence, the relationship between cotton prices in Turkey and the USA is of significant importance. In this ...
  • Welfare implications of competition in a vertical market structure: a case of accumulator industry 
    Yıldız, Sümeyya. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.)
    The accumulator industry exhibits a typical example of a vertical market structure, where waste accumulators are collected, then recycled in order to extract lead, which is subsequently used as the main input in the ...
  • Macro stress-testing approach of credit risk: evidence from Turkey 
    Polat, Ali Yavuz. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.)
    There is a vast literature on financial stability issue after the onset of the recent global financial crises. Stress-testing, which can be defined as the techniques used by policy makers to assess the vulnerability of the ...
  • Urbanization and structural change in an endogenous growth setting 
    Türkgülü, Burak. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.)
    This thesis studies the implications of a Romer-type endogenous technological growth on urbanization and structural change using a two-sector, continuous-time growth model. We make use of the tight link between urbanization ...
  • Determinants of customer satisfaction in the Turkish credit card market 
    Özçelik, Serap. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.)
    This thesis investigates factors affecting the satisfaction levels of Turkish credit card holders using a recent nationwide credit card consumer survey. Ordered pro bit model estimations show that among other things, ...
  • The effects of capacity problem in an era of decreasing non-renewable resources 
    Karahan, Erdal. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2012., 2012.)
    The aim of this thesis is to establish a model where we can analyze the effect of capacity investments on the optimal choices of economic agents in an era of decreasing non-renewable energy resources. We employed a discrete ...
  • Revenue neutral tax reforms in a DSGE model with home production and infinitely lived agents 
    Demir, İbrahim. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2012., 2012.)
    The subject of this thesis is to explore the effects of two revenue neutral tax reforms on equity, efficieny and welfare of the society. In order to do this a DSGE model with infinitely lived agents and uninsurable ...
  • Financial literacy and credit card arrears 
    Araz, Tülin. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2012., 2012.)
    The thesis analyzes the effect of fmancialliteracy on credit card arrears Specifically, it questions whether the inefficient use of credit cards or unexpected external shocks cause a cardholder to experience financial ...
  • Essays on determinants and impacts of preference for leisure 
    Yücel, Emekcan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2012., 2012.)
    This thesis consists of two essays about the determinants and impacts of weight of leisure in preferences. In the first essay, I investigate the determinants of weight of leisure in preferences. First, using a dynamic ...
  • An assessment of coping mechanisms with poverty in Turkey after the 2008 global crisis: A study based on Turkey Welfare Monitoring Survey 
    Ergün, Buse. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2012., 2012.)
    The thesis evaluates the variation among low income people's strategies for coping with poverty in Turkey after the 2008 global crisis and tries to understand the main factors and characteristic differences leading to ...
  • A dynamic investment model under time-inconsistency 
    Karaçay, Bernes. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2012., 2012.)
    In this study, we analyze a three period dynamic investment model where a principal interacts with an agent who is time-inconsistent. We use preferences to capture time-inconsistency as it is widely used in the literature. ...
  • A theoretical and empirical analysis of shopping mall formation in Istanbul, Turkey 
    Odabaş, Meltem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2012., 2012.)
    This study aims to analyze the reasons behind the excessive development of shopping mall in Turkey by focusing on the Istanbul case. In order to clarify the economic reasoning behind the emergence of this new type of retail ...
  • Shadow economy and environmental pollution 
    Öztunalı, Oğuz. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2012., 2012.)
    This thesis investigates the relationship between the size of the shadow economy and environmental pollution. To this end, an empirical analysis for various measures of environmental pollution is conducted first in a panel ...

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