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An alternative look at balance-of-payments puzzle : structural decomposition of accounts of 16 emerging markets
(Bilkent University, 2006)The empricial evidence on pro-growth effect of capital account liberalization is inconclusive. I argue that, after liberalization, the link between structural finance needs of developing countries and debt flows lost its ... -
Alternatives in debt management : investigation of Turkish debt in an overlapping generations general equilibrium framework
(Bilkent University, 2003)The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the fiscal policy alternatives on debt management, cohort welfare and growth for the Turkish economy. The dissertation is decomposed into two major parts. The first part ... -
Analyzing inflation target misses
(Bilkent University, 2010)This thesis identifies the roles of both domestic and global factors in missing the inflation targets with the help of Arellano-Bond fixed effects estimation. Central bank credibility has the largest absolute effect on ... -
Capital's response to globalization : "a comparative analysis of the adjustment patterns of mark-ups in post-liberalization developing countries"
(Bilkent University, 2004)In this thesis, I investigate the capital’s response to the new world economic order termed as “globalization”. It is asserted in many theoretical and popular writings that increased pressures of global competition would ... -
Effect of environmental policy on labor market
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)This thesis examines the effect of environmental policy, i. e. tax on carbon emission, on the labor market as assessed in a directed technology change environment. Considerably positive and constructive effect on the labor ... -
Empirics of economic growth in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)In the empirics of growth literature method proposed by Mankiw et al. (1990) has been widely used to test the determinants of economic growth and the speed of convergence. This framework, however, considers technological ... -
The impact of Turkey’s 2008 labor reform on informal employment across sectors
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)This thesis estimates the impact of 2008 Turkish Employment Subsidy Program which was enacted after the 2008 crisis to create formal employment opportunities in each main sector for females and young males who are regarded ... -
The impacts of the partial labor market reforms
(Bilkent University, 2011)Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries have started to implement a host of reforms aimed at increasing mobility and áexibility in the labor market. The partial labor market reforms have ... -
Implications of global financial crisis on inflation targetting framework
(Bilkent University, 2012)Aside from its devastating effects on global economy, global financial crisis has also shaken the mainstream economic theory. After the crisis, policies implemented by governments and Central Banks, issues of financial ... -
Investigation on sources of growth for Turkey, 1968-1998
(Bilkent University, 2001)The purpose of this thesis is to analytically evaluate the correlations between growth and selected macroeconomic indicators under the dynamic macroeconomic adjustments of a globalizing developing economy, Turkey, ... -
Market-based environmental regulation in the post-kyoto world : analysis of Turkey's action plan in general equilibrium framework
(Bilkent University, 2012)The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the economic impacts of Turkey’s environmental regulation based on emission trading schemes in the post-Kyoto world. The dissertation is composed of two main parts. The ... -
Modelling R&D and human capital for United States and European Union economies
(Bilkent University, 2012)In this thesis, regarding technological improvements and formation of human capital as the engine of growth, I investigated public policy whose objective is to enhance Total Factor Productivity (TFP) through investments in ... -
Patterns of financial capital flows and accumulation in the post-1990 Turkish economy
(Bilkent University, 2003)Decreasing investment opportunities in the industrialized countries and arbitrage seeking approach of the developed countries has caused to surge of capital inflows to the developing countries in 1990s. After capital ... -
Productivity and openness in Turkish economy
(Bilkent University, 2000)A growth accounting and an econometric exercise are used to provide insights into the evolution o f the Turkish economy over the period 1968-1997. The growth accounting results show that the contribution o f total factor ... -
A Regional and sectoral analysis on production technology dynamics of manufacturing industries in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2015)This thesis estimates regional and sectoral total factor productivity (TFP) using firm-level data on Turkish manufacturing industry over the 2003-2012 period to understand whether there is a parallelism between differences ... -
Role of macroeconomic developments on total factor productivity in the Turkish economy (1972-2003)
(Bilkent University, 2005)In this thesis, by using regression analysis method, I investigated the role of macroeconomic variables on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth in the Turkish economy over the period of 1972-2003. Empirical findings ... -
A student database
(Bilkent University, 1990)Tiiis tfiesia is a design of student database systeia whicii will manage the data of university students. The aim of the pi"ogram is to obtain sorted lists of students according to / several parameters,/ to obtain ... -
A study about the monetary policy rule of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey in the implicit inflation targeting framework
(Bilkent University, 2006)The gist of the study presented in this thesis is to provide an answer mainly to two questions: First; whether in the last four years the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT or Central Bank) has followed a ...
