İktisat: Recent submissions

  • Foreign exchange rate forecasting by using machine learning algorithms :|developed vs. emerging economies 
    Akekmekçi, Özlem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    This thesis has twofold aim. For both of the aims, we forecast the exchange rate of currency pairs by using different models. First, we explore the exchange rate forecast performances of different linear and nonlinear ...
  • Welfare analysis of regional population distribution in Turkey 
    Zeki, Gamze. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    Rapid urbanization in the last century has been accompanied with growing number of studies on spatial economics. Determining which factors affect households’ location choices is one of the most prominent topics that has ...
  • Government behavior and inflation in Turkey an interpretation based on two alternative approaches 
    Güner, Nezih. (Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1994., 1994.)
    In this study, two alternative forms of government behavior are proposed and their connections with the inflationary process in Turkey are analyzed using post-1980 data. The theory of optimal seigniorage predicts that if ...
  • Sequential tasks and moral hazard 
    Bakum, Ayşe Beyza. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    A principal owns a two-stage project consisting of two tasks with a finish-to-start dependency where there exists an outcome externality between these tasks. A success in the first task may affect the probability of success ...
  • The effect of political business cycles on structural change 
    Özdemir, Esra. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    This research provides evidence of political business cycles in Turkey between the 1960s and 2020s. Several political color dummy variables are employed with different dependent variables. While a shift from right-wing ...
  • Desert preferences and moral hazard in teams 
    Ertuğrul, Merve Ezgi. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    In teams, an agent with a higher effort may feel that he is not getting what he deserves if he is paid the same as an agent who exerts lower effort. If agents exert the same effort levels, the one who fails due to factors ...
  • Public safety, poverty, and inequality 
    Can, Mete. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    This thesis investigates how the optimal government response to criminal activity is shaped by national income and inequality in the manner of public safety expenditures. The literature on this issue is already well ...
  • Bidding behaviours in online auctions :|evidence from a used car market 
    Sandıkcıoğlu, Defne. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    This thesis investigates the impact of sellers’ different strategies and the bidders’ behaviors on the auction outcome among different auction formats. We aim to complement and extend the existing literature by providing ...
  • Loss aversion and refund policies 
    Güçlü, Mehmet Akif. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    This thesis examines the relationship between loss aversion and refund policy decisions of firms. We consider a two-stage duopoly model with horizontal product differentiation, with and without loss aversion. Firms decide ...
  • A new approach to the third generation currency crisis models :|an application for Turkey 
    Bayrak, Tufan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    Since the 1980s, three currency crisis models have emerged to explain the formation of currency crises and define the appropriate policies. The purpose of this study is to summarize the first and second generation crisis ...
  • Intergenerational earnings mobility in Turkey :|a comparable estimate 
    Demirtaş, Nizam Melikşah. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    In this paper, we empirically examine the extent of intergenerational income mobility in Turkey. We do this by providing cross-country comparable estimates of intergenerational earnings and income elasticities (IGE) using ...
  • Price impact estimation of bond market :|a machine learning approach 
    Sert, Saim Ayberk. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    We conduct an empirical study to analyze the aggregate price impact behavior of Turkish government bonds over 17 years. Moreover, we want to find out the determinants of price impact for each trade. The primary motivation ...
  • Symmetric equilibrium in contests :|evidence from a TV show 
    Yavuz, Büşra. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    This paper analyzes symmetric equilibrium resolving the behaviors of the contestants in a cooking contest where points are revealed at the end of each stage. There is an independent observer who evaluates the cook without ...
  • The effects of the compulsory schooling law on education-occupation mismatch in the Turkish labor market 
    Erarslan, Rabia. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    In Turkey, the duration of compulsory schooling increased from 5 years to 8 years in 1997. With this substantial change, the average educational attainment of individuals increased. This thesis estimates the effects of ...
  • A study on the Turkish insurance sector :|with a special emphasis on recent deregulations and its protracted impact on the growth of the Turkish economy 
    Çöğendez, M. Tunç. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1991., 1991.)
    In this thesis, the role of the insurance sector in the financial system in Turkey and the changing aspect of the sector through the new deregulations have been investigated. Financial analysis of the sector and comparison ...
  • Gold mining in Mount Ida :|development discourses and valuation languages in the social media 
    Tabak, Çağla. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    This thesis analyses the development discourses and valuation languages used in the social media during the environmental conflict over the gold mining project in Mount Ida. Public opposition had escalated at the operational ...
  • Commodity taxation with price-dependent preferences 
    Budak, Cansu. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    This study focuses on price-dependent preferences and their taxation. They have been subject to research in the field of economics since the beginning of the twentieth century. In general, the researchers classified these ...
  • Wage returns to different levels of schooling in Turkey 
    Kıribrahim Sarıkaya, Özgen. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)
    In this paper, I estimate the returns to the different levels of educational attainment, such as completing at least middle school, at least high school, and college for men and women in Turkey by using a fuzzy regression ...
  • Conditional commitments and the voluntary contributions mechanism :|an experimental study 
    Kart, Edip. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)
    In this paper, we present an agreement mechanism that uses the notion of conditional commitment to reach stable and efficient outcomes in the voluntary contributions mechanism. Theoretically, we show that the use of our ...
  • Modelling farmers’ marketing processes :|the case of the potato sector in Turkey’s Çorum province 
    Yıldıran, Safa. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)
    Many reports and calculations regarding the share of each actor in the final price of agricultural products show that there exists a downward pressure on producer prices. Even if a substantial body of the studies on the ...