M.A. Theses: Recent submissions

  • The impact of theSyrian refugee influx on Turkish capital movement 
    Runyun, Mustafa. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)
    This research aims to understand the impactof Syrian migration influx on the capital flowinTurkey through theTurkish banking indicators.Specifically,wetryto estimate thechangeinmonetarystocksinsavingdepositaccountsandtheusageof ...
  • Comparing systemic risk measures during a financial crash 
    Kılıç, İnan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This paper investigates 2000 Turkish Banking Crisis utilizing market based and network based systemic risk measures. In this investigation, MES, SRISK and ΔCoVaR are taken as market based measures whereas Degree centrality, ...
  • Non-performing loans and asset management companies in Turkey 
    Pehlivan, Ömer Bedri. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)
    The objective of this thesis is to describe historical evolution of Turkey’s NPL levels and NPL disposal management in detail and show bank-specific factors affect banks’ NPL sale decisions. Despite the wide literature on ...
  • Statistical measures of systemic risk :|an application for the Turkish banking system 
    Barlas, Ali Batuhan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    In this paper, we basically apply market data based statistical methods to measure systemic risk for the Turkish banking sector. In order to have a broad perspective on systemic risk with different dimensions, we employ ...
  • The effects of index constituent changes to Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 and BIST 30 indices 
    Aslan, Ramazan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This thesis examines the quarterly index revisions of BIST 100 and BIST30 indices of Borsa Istanbul Stock Exchange and tries to capture the effects and implications of these events on the prices and the volumes of the ...
  • A study on the skill premium and informality 
    Sakarya Barlas, Gaye. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    Skill premium as defined by the ratio of the skilled labor wage to the unskilled labor wage is said to be explained by the relative labor ratio and the equipment-skill ratio. In this paper, the relation between the skill ...
  • The effects of financial conditions on time and saving deposits :|a case study of Turkey 
    Şenkal, R. Güneş. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1990., 1990.)
    The purpose of this paper is to indicate, in the light of the past and recent trends, the areas and scope for domestic policy action for improving the process of domestic resource mobilization. This paper focuses on the ...
  • 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 ...
  • A system dynamic macroeconomic model for an inquiry of income inequality and environmental impact 
    Dilek, Gökhan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    Ending hunger, reducing poverty and inequalities, and climate action are the main ob jectives of the political agenda in the recent years. However, these objectives may be in conflict. Economic growth is promoted to end ...
  • The dynamics of employment growth in Turkey and the creative destruction during the great recession 
    Acar, Uğurcan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    In this study, I empirically research the extent to which firms contribute the employment growth and how these contributions changed during the Great Recession. Business Registers dataset (2005-2017) compiled by the ...
  • 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 ...
  • Competition and the distance puzzle 
    Selçuk, Serdar. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This thesis aims to investigate the empirical relevance of the impact of sectoral competition on the increasing negative impact of geographic distance on international trade flows vis-a-vis the secular decline in the ...
  • The informal borrowing ratio in Turkey 
    Gültürk, Ezgi Sevinç. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This study aims to analyze empirically the behavior of individuals with respect to the choice between formal and informal borrowing. Informal borrowing stands for the borrowing practiced through informal institutions ...
  • A welfare comparison of life-cycle investment strategies for Turkey 
    Khodzhimatov, Ravshanbek. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    We perform an in-depth welfare comparison of the most common life-cycle investment strategies provided by retirement funds or suggested by classical portfolio theory in the case of households in Turkey. To perform our ...
  • Redesigning the high school placement mechanism in Turkey 
    Taşçı, Emine. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    In this thesis, we study the placement mechanism used for matching eight grade students and high schools in Turkey. We observe that the mechanism does not satisfy the most desirable properties such as individual rationality, ...
  • 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 ...
  • The welfare effects of changes in global food prices on income distribution in Turkey 
    Akar, Hüseyin. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This study examines the pass-through effects of global food prices on food prices in Turkey, and the welfare effects of food price changes on income distribution in Turkey. Food products are the indispensable part of the ...
  • The impact of climate change on Turkish agriculture:|An analysis of crop yields and acreage decision 
    Çatmakaş, Elif. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    his study construes the impact of climate change on crop (barley, corn, sunflower, wheat) acreage and yield by focusing on the Turkish districts between the period 2009-2017. After detecting spatial autocorrelation among ...
  • Agglomeration, concentration, and misallocation 
    Aydın, Ahmet Yusuf. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    Misallocation may cause extensive productivity and output loss in sectors and coun tries. I use firm-level data for Spain to investigate the misallocation in Spain with a focus on the effect of agglomeration on allocative ...
  • Preserving priorities in the case of the Re-placement of medical residents in Turkey 
    Bilgin, Günnur Ege. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    In this paper, we analyze the re-placement mechanism used in the Examination of Specialty in Medicine in Turkey, following the correction of a miscalculation in the scores. We observe that the preservation of vested ...

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