İktisat: Recent submissions

  • Financing public expenditures through progressive taxation: effects on growth, welfare and inequality 
    Ünsal, Alper. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    Theoretical and empirical studies have revealed that there is a positive impact of public investments, i.e. infrastructure investments, on economic growth. Noting that the growth literature containing productive public ...
  • Informality and inequality dynamics in a two-sector Ramsey-type growth model 
    Kaba, Mustafa. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    This thesis develops a two-sector Ramsey type growth model with heterogeneous agents differing in terms of their initial endowment of capital. The informality level and income/wealth distributions are generated endogenously ...
  • The effects of compulsory schooling laws on women’s status in the family 
    Usta, Emine Kübra. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    In this study we investigate the impacts of 1997 Compulsory Education Reform in Turkey on women’s status in the family. With the reform, the duration of compulsory schooling was extended to 8 years from 5 years. Individuals ...
  • Two essays on macroeconomics 
    Tosun, Hasan Kadir. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    This thesis is composed of two essays on macroeconomics. In the first essay, motivated by the empirical evidence that implies a negative correlation between government trust and the size of informal sector, we develop a ...
  • Application of Khan and Knight's model to Turkish economy for the periods 1964-1980 and 1980-1985 
    Baç, Mehmet. (Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Scieences, 1986., 1986.)
    The present study is an application to the Turkish economy of a model formulated by Khan M.S. and Knight M.D. where output, prices, international reserves, government spending and expenditures, money, and domestic credits ...
  • A study on the economic crisis of 1970's and proposals: |an eclectic analysis 
    Koçak, Cüneyd. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1985., 1985.)
  • A dynamic model of mixed duopolistic competition: open source vs. proprietary innovation 
    Akbulut, Suat. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    Open source software development has been an interesting investment model of production and innovation in recent years, especially in the last few decades. Unlike the private investment model, open source innovators freely ...
  • International trade and informality 
    Demirci, Özge. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    In this thesis, we empirically and theoretically investigate whether the presence of an informal sector contributes positively to exports of an economy. Using annual bilateral trade data of 161 economies over the period ...
  • Applications of network segregation measures 
    Bilsel, Merve. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    In this thesis, the main purpose is to measure the political segregation level of main four party voter groups in Turkey. Political segregation is the degree to which political groups live apart. The segregation index is ...
  • Household indebtedness and financial literacy in Turkey 
    Daşdöğen, Sezgin. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    This thesis aims to understand which factors affect households’ decision to enter the credit market and the amount of debt they obtain, using data from the Credit Card Consumer Survey conducted in 2009 on 2576 credit card ...
  • The impact of charity effort and transparency on the price elasticity of charitable giving 
    Peker, Ahmet Cem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    Empirical studies suggest that donors are not very responsive to changes in tax/subsidy policies. We construct a framework in which donors imperfectly observe charity's e ort to provide charitable goods/services. Effort ...
  • The pharmaceutical industry in Turkey 
    Özbay, Bilge. (Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1981., 1981.)

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