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  • Informal sector through structural transformation 
    Bayram, Deniz. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2013., 2013.)
    In this study, we investigate the evolution of the informal sector through the course of structural transformation. To this end, we develop both a three-sector and a ve-sector dynamic general equilibrium (DGE) model, which ...
  • 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 ...
  • Informality in Turkey: evidence from a firm-level survey 
    Sezgin, Muhammed Burak. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2014., 2014.)
    In this thesis, we use the results of a novel survey of 500 firms from 13 different sectors in Turkish economy and a two-sector general equilibrium model to measure the extent of informality in these sectors through a ...
  • Information content of risk reversal in estimating the value at risk of crude oil futures 
    Erkekoğlu, Fatih. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2013., 2013.)
    This paper attempts to investigate the information content of risk reversal in estimating VaR of oil futures. Using CAViaR PlugIn models, we incorporated risk reversal into CAViaR models. We tested the performance of our ...
  • Insiders and outsiders in wage determination of the Turkish manufacturing industry 
    Kıvcı, Banu. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 1997., 1997.)
    The' Insider-Outsider' model suggests that both internal and external factors to the sectors play an important role in wage determination. The results of our analysis of a panel data set of Turkish two-digit manufacturing ...
  • Interactions between economic integration and foreign direct investment: |a comparative analysis between Spain and Turkey 
    Karagözoğlu (Öz), Sumru. (Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1991., 1991.)
    This study tried to extract the effects of economic integration on foreign direct investment by comparing the performance of an economically integrated and an unintegrated country , spain and Turkey , respectively. Locational ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Leasing state economic enterprises against foreign dept payments 
    Altaş, M. Orhan. (Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1990., 1990.)
    The Turkish economy is facing many problems in early 1990s. Especially State Economic Enterprises place a heavy burden on the economy and play an important role in these problems. In order to increase the efficiency,productivity ...
  • 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 ...
  • Macro stress testing on the credit risk of the banking sector in Turkey 
    Toktabekov, Baurzhan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    In our thesis research we conduct a stress test of banking sector in Turkey. Firstly, we develop a model where we regress total and sectoral NPL rates on their lags and macroeconomic indicators. By using the results of 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 ...
  • Managing irrigation-induced salinity: the case of Harran plan 
    Karaca, Hakan. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    In this study, irrigation-induced salinity is analysed through a dynamic model. In the model, all the farmers in two neighboring Water User Associations (WUAs), which are managed independently, contribute to the accumulation ...
  • Markups, endogenous market power and misallocation in Turkey 
    Karagöz, Korcan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022)
    Analyzing firms’ market power and the related aggregate misallocation is one of the intriguing subjects of the macroeconomics research frontier. However, market power and misallocation are mostly treated as exogenous ...
  • Measures of individual risk attitudes and portfolio choice: Evidence from an investment competition 
    Armut, Hanife. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    In this paper, I employ a large incentivized student sample who are also participants of an investment competition to investigate how different risk-attitude measurements have a relation with each olher, with demographic ...
  • Modeling new monetary policy of the Central Bank of Republic of Turkey 
    Özvarol, Onur. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2014., 2014.)
    Central Bank of Republic of Turkey has started implementing a new monetary policy structure since May 2010. An interest rate corridor has been introduced as the bank's policy instrument. In this study, we evaluate the new ...
  • 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 ...
  • Money demand estimation and currency substitution: evidence from Turkey 
    Zer, İlknur. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Graduate Institute of Social Sciences, 2005., 2005.)
    In this thesis, I try to represent both the long-run and short-run empirical relationships between the main Turkish macroeconomic series; the M1 money balances, real output and the opportunity costs variables for the period ...
  • Network effects in risk sharing and credit market access: evidence from Istanbul 
    Tüzemen, Didem. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2006., 2006.)
    Low levels of per capita income, variable incomes, and high unemploymentrates are some of the main economic problems that households living in developing countries face. When health expenditures, debt repayments, and ...

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