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  • Essays on determinants of export, competitiveness and unit labor cost 
    Hacıhasanoğlu, Yavuz Selim. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    This thesis consists of three papers. In the first paper, we investigate the causes of the Turkish export-boom after 2000 in the manufacturing sector. We mainly concentrate on the cost and productivity aspects of the ...
  • Essays on switching costs in the Turkish credit card market 
    Alkan, Alper. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This thesis consists of two essays. The first essay analyses the switching behaviour of the Turkish credit cardholders by using a very recent survey data. Customers that value bank level characteristics of the card are ...
  • 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 ...
  • Essays on the internationalization of the Turkish banking sector: the reasons and the effects on performance 
    Ceyhan, Şanlı Pınar. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    Sound macroeconomic policies, increasing global liquidity and higher real returns in developing countries play an important role in canalizing capital towards developing markets. High growth potential backed by an increasing ...
  • Evaluating the impact of Syrian refugees on Turkey’s labor market: A synthetic control approach 
    Aracı, Doğu Tan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    In this paper, the impact of recent Syrian refugee wave on natives’ labor market outcomes in Turkey is analyzed. The synthetic control method is used for the analysis, where for each treated region, a synthetic control ...
  • 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 ...
  • Female employment and intimate partner violence :|revisiting the impact of Syrian refugee inflows to Turkey 
    Gök Karcı, İlkem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) continues to be a major problem in Turkey, affecting almost one in three women yearly, according to the National Survey on Domestic Violence Against Women (NSDVW) surveys conducted by the ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Firm size, volatility and labor market thickness 
    Özsoy, Mehlika. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    In this thesis, I investigate the relationship between labor market thickness and volatility of sales. Marshall suggests that thick markets occur since industrial organization increases productivity. In Principles of ...
  • 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 ...
  • From gecekondu to apartmankondu: economic transformation of the squatter settlers of Rumeli Hisarüstü from 1960 onward 
    Özdabak, İrfan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    In this study the primary and secondary transformation of the economic lives of the squatter settlers of Rumeli Hisarüstü in line with the building up of gecekondu/ gunduzkondu/ apartmankondu from 1960 onwards, the impact ...
  • Fundamentals, credit ratings and global indicators: what determines Turkish sovereign spreads? 
    Ciğerli, Burcu. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 2006., 2006.)
    This thesis analyzes empirically the determinants of Turkish sovereign risk asproxied by J.P. Morgan̕s Turkish Composite Emerging Market Bond Index spread forperiod 1997-2005. Specifically, the thesis explores the relative ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Growth effects of inflation under the presence of informality 
    Asfuroğlu, Dila. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2013., 2013.)
    In this paper we study the interrelationship between growth, size of the informal economy and inflation. We build an endogenous growth model in which the informal economy is subject to a cash-in-advance constraint along ...
  • Historical determinants of state capacity 
    Çineli, İpek Tuğçe. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    High state capacity is associated with a specific type of state: modern fiscal and bureaucratic state. This study argues that modern fiscal state first emerged in Europe, and later diffused around the world. Early statehood ...
  • Horizontal coordination and transparency of information 
    Topbaş, Yunus. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)
    Rational agents might choose to invest in a certain kind of capital in a period in the hope of making higher returns from their investments made in consecutive periods. We examine the impact of such an interaction on the ...
  • 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 ...

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