İktisat: Recent submissions

  • 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 ...
  • Feminization of employment in the Turkish banking sector: A critical analysis 
    Muhtar, Gizem Melis. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This thesis analyzes the feminization trend in the Turkish banking sector with a critical perspective. The aim of the study is twofold. The first part lays down the factors that contribute to the feminization of the sector ...
  • 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 ...
  • The effects of the promotive measures investment 
    Pişirir, A. Tarık. (Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1984., 1984.)
    The purpose of this work is to try to measure the effects of subsidies on fixed capital investment during the period 1963 - 1980 employing a Neoclassical theory of optimum capital formation. The promotive measures adopted ...
  • Secondary school placement problem in Turkey 
    Aygün, Orhan. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    In this paper, I study the placement mechanism, a centralized student placement via standardized test, which is used for matching eight grade students and high schools, in Turkey within a many-to-one matching framework. ...
  • Essays on a two-sided market: credit card market in Turkey 
    Göllü, Gültekin. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    The credit card markets are subject to many debates in all over the world caused by their two-sided complex structure. Turkish credit card market also involves many controversial issues which originates several regulations ...
  • Three essays on oil prices and economic activity in Turkey 
    Torul, Orhan. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    This thesis consists of three essays analyzing the effects of oil prices on the Turkish economy. In the first essay, I investigate the relationship between oil prices and real aggregate output of a small open economy, ...
  • Essays on consumer credits and bank choice 
    Gerek, Caner. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    This thesis consists of two essays. In the first essay, I investigate the relationship between credit card borrowing and using consumer credit using a very recent survey data set. Formal borrowing is a new concept for ...
  • Essays on determinants of efficiency for commercial banks in Turkey 
    Öztürk, Seçil. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    The main motivation of this study is to assess potential determinants of bank efficiency in commercial banks operating in Turkey for post crisis period. Post crisis period is taken only in order to catch the macro economic ...
  • Stay or go: the effects of migration and return decisions on human capital formation 
    Sadıkoğlu, Serhan. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    In this thesis, I study the migration and return migration decisions of skilled workers, along with the the impact of migration prospects on human capital formation under asymmetric information. Moreover, I analyze the ...
  • The kindergarten rule of sustainable growth: a Schumpeterian Approach 
    Şenol, Gül Bahar. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    In this thesis, I construct a dynamic economic growth model that takes into account environmental concerns, and search for a difference in the pattern of environmental quality when technological progress is taken to be ...
  • Explorations on the accountability of independent regulatory agencies 
    Korkmaz, Gizem. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    This thesis aims at analyzing in a game theoretical framework the behavior of a regulator to be appointed by a government that may follow an objective different than the (social) objective that was used at the initial ...
  • Competition and regulation in the Turkish credit card market 
    Boriçi, Denada. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    This thesis investigates the competitive environment among twenty one credit card issuers in Turkey, covering the time period between 2002 and 2008. The analyses are made using the methodology designed by Panzar and Rosse ...
  • Unraveling in two sided matching markets 
    Dur, Umut Mert. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    This thesis aims to investigate the role of the restriction on workers preferences, that not all firms remain acceptable when all information about market is clear, on unravelling in two-sided matching markets. The model ...
  • The evolution of western economic "aid" in the post-war period: |theory and practice 
    Ertuna, Caner. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1982., 1982.)
  • Essays on the competition and regulations in the Turkish credit card market 
    Kara, Gazi İshak. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    The aim of this thesis is to analyze the price and non-price competition in the credit card market in Turkey. The level of credit card interest rates created an unabated debate in Turkey. While interest rates in consumer ...
  • Political economy of the environment in Turkey: gold mining conflict in Ida Mountain 
    Avcı, Duygu. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    This study analyzes the recent environmental conflict over permission to gold mining in close vicinity of Ida Mountain in Biga Peninsula, Turkey. Based on a field study conducted in the region, the factors that affect the ...
  • A look at indirect tax system in Turkey based on demand system estimation 
    Soydan, Gürcan. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    Taxation systems are not established only to raise the necessary revenue for the government budget. A redistributive function is also generally attributed to those systems to alleviate income inequality problems. A properly ...
  • Optimal amount of resource extraction under duopoly 
    Dereli, Esra. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the optimal amount of depletable natural resource extraction under duopoly through a dynamic model. The starting point comes from the world boron market in which there are two big ...
  • Consumer reactions to H5N1 avian influenza: the Turkish case 
    Akben, Elif. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    The purpose of this thesis is to analyze consumer reactions to the 2005-2006 H5N1 Avian Influenza (commonly known as “bird flu”) outbreak experienced in Turkey. Specifically, we aim at identifying the factors which have ...

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