Browsing by Author "Özcan, K. M."
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An alternative method to measure the likelihood of a financial crisis in an emerging market
Özlale, Ü.; Özcan, K. M. (Elsevier BV, 2007)This paper utilizes an early warning system in order to measure the likelihood of a financial crisis in an emerging market economy. We introduce a methodology, where we can both obtain a likelihood series and analyze the ... -
Dedollarization in Turkey after decades of dollarization: a myth or reality?
Özcan, K. M.; Us, V. (Elsevier BV, 2007)The paper analyzes dollarization in the Turkish economy given the evidence on dedollarization signals. On conducting a Vector Autoregression (VAR) model, the empirical evidence suggests that dollarization has mostly been ... -
Determinants of youth smoking-evidence from Turkey
Özcan, Y. Z.; Özcan, K. M. (Taylor & Francis Inc., 2002)This paper investigates the determinants of smoking among middle- and high-school students in Ankara, Turkey. Data were collected from 4800 students in the second semester of the 1997–98 academic year to investigate substance ... -
Dynamics of inflation and inflation inertia in Turkey
Özcan, K. M.; Berument, Hakan; Neyaptı, B. (Statistical Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries, 2004)This paper investigates the inflation dynamics in Turkey between 1988 and 2000. Using model-free techniques, we first observe that there is strong inertia in Turkish inflation. Next, we look at the correlations between ... -
Factors influencing relative price of goods and services sectors in Turkey: an econometric analysis
Özcan, K. M.; Kalafatcılar, K. (Bilgesel Yayıncılık San. ve Tic. Ltd., 2009)Upon difficulties faced by the Central Bank of Turkey (CBT) in attaining inflation targets, diverging movements in goods and services sectors prices, two components of the CPI basket, have drawn particular attention. ... -
How did export-led growth strategy work in the Turkish case? The experience of manufacturing sector after 1980
Kızılca, F. K.; Özcan, K. M. (The Undersecretariat of the Prime Ministry of Foreign Trade, 2008)The plan of the paper is as follows: Section II summarizes the phases of external orientation of the Turkish economy and the developments in Turkish economy after 1980. Section III summarizes the literature review on wages ... -
The impact of the liberalization program on the price-cost margin and investment of Turkey's manufacturing sector after 1980
Özcan, K. M.; Voyvoda, E.; Yeldan, E. (Routledge, 2002)In this paper, we investigate the structural consequences of the post-1980 outward-orientation on the market concentration and accumulation patterns in the Turkish manufacturing industries. Using various panel data procedures ... -
Interest rate pass-through in Turkey and impact of global financial crisis: asymmetric threshold cointegration analysis
Yüksel, E.; Özcan, K. M. (Taylor & Francis, 2013)This paper aims to investigate the interest rate pass-through of monetary policy rate to banking retail rates in Turkey by employing the asymmetric threshold autoregressive (TAR) and momentum threshold autoegressive (MTAR) ... -
Relationship between financial crisis and foreign direct investment in developing countries using semiparametric regression approach
Ucal, M.; Özcan, K. M.; Bilgin, M. H.; Mungo J. (Taylor & Francis, 2010)This paper analyzes whether and to what extent the inflow of FDI is affected before and after the occurence of a financial crisis in developing countries. The paper uses a semiparametric Generalized Partial Linear Models ... -
Wage differences by gender, wage and self employment in urban Turkey
Özcan, Y. Z.; Üçdoğruk, Ş.; Özcan, K. M. (Statistical Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries, 2003)This paper explains wage differences by gender, wage and self employment in an urban setting in Turkey. Data employed is taken from the 1994 Household Income Survey of the State Institute of Statistics (SIS) of Turkey. The ... -
What drives dollarization in Turkey?
Özcan, K. M.; Us, V. (Statistical Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries, 2009)This paper provides an analysis on the source of dollarization in Turkey by constructing measures for asset, liability and offshore dollarization. In doing so, the study seeks a co-integration relationship among these ...