M.A. Theses: Recent submissions

  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • On the existence of equilibrium in a two-class economy with production 
    Ünveren, Burak. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2006., 2006.)
    This thesis considers a production economy which consists of distinct sets of workers and capitalists as agents. Both workers and capitalists provide labor for production of two distinct types of consumer goods, one of ...
  • The impact of defense expenditures on the economy and the economic consequences of disarmament 
    Doğan, Süleyman. (Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1982., 1982.)
  • 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 ...
  • Classification of welfare regimes using cluster analysis: where does Turkey stand? 
    Şenet, Gözde. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Science, 2006., 2006.)
    In his seminal book on welfare regimes in 18 industrial democracies, Esping-Andersen (1990) constructed today's best known typology of welfare states. Hedeveloped a threefold classification of welfare regimes, namely, the ...
  • 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 ...

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