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Lending behaviors of Turkish banks during elections and business cycles
(Bilkent University, 2017-09)This thesis examines the lending behavior of Turkish banks during elections and business cycles using quarterly data for the period December 2001-September 2016. Banks are classified on the basis of their ownership as ... -
Cultural distancing attempts of middle class consumers in media consumption
(Bilkent University, 2017-07)The consumption practice itself or a characteristic of a consumption practice tells a lot about the (re)production of social boundaries and inequalities in the societies. That makes the social class a fertile field to study ... -
Essays in corporate finance : an analysis of stock market investment patterns in emerging countries from a behavioral and a traditional perspective
(Bilkent University, 2017-07)This thesis investigates the investment patterns in emerging stock markets first from a behavioral then from a traditional perspective. The first two chapters deal with affective motivations in the stock investment decision. ... -
Dynamic interaction between liquidity and sovereign credit risk : evidence from Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2017-07)In this thesis, the dynamic interaction between liquidity and credit risk for Turkey, which highly needs capital inflow to finance its current account deficit, is examined. A firm/country defaults when it is unable to pay ... -
Does increasing foreign control in the banking sector have an impact on banks’ loan rates? : evidence from Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2017-06)Foreign bank presence has been a growing trend in Turkey since 2000. Considering the fact that almost all of the entries are through acquisition of small-sized banks in the industry, we argue that this kind of a foreign ... -
Factors impacting bank net interest margin and the role of monetary policy: evidence from Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2017-02)In this thesis, we study factors affecting net interest margin (NIM) of commercial banks in Turkey. Especially, our results highlight the relation between unconventional monetary policy shocks and bank margins. To this ... -
Mergers and acquisitions during financial crises
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)This thesis investigates the effects of financial crises on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. We investigate if M&A deals in crisis periods differ in terms of dollar volume and quantity of deals, target and bidder ... -
Optimal assortment planning under capacity constraint : single and multi-firm systems using transshipments
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)To survive in today's competitive market, firms need to meet customer expectations by offering high quality products with high variety. However, there might be some physical and financial constraints limiting the assortment ... -
The construction of beauty by mobile applications
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)As a highly complex, intriguing and contested matter incorporating a variety of meanings at different dimensions, beauty has long been of interest to scholars. Prior research that approached beauty as a socially constructed ... -
The emergence of the kitchen as an object for conspicuous consumption
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)The meaning of kitchen has changed overtime. Kitchen was perceived as a factory where food was produced for the consumption of the dwellers of the house and has more recently become a space for leisure and living (Hand & ... -
Market reaction to deaths of founders and non-founding executive family members in family firms
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)This thesis empirically investigates how markets react to uncertainty regarding the separation of control and ownership in family firms. I examine the market reaction to deaths of founders or non-founding executive family ... -
Export promoting policies in Turkish manufacturing industry, 1980-1986
(Bilkent University, 1989)This study basically aims at estimating the significance of export promoting policies for the expansion of Turkish manufacturing exports in the period 1980-86. The price responsiveness of export is also analyzed by ... -
Consumers and their brands : acting out personal mythologies in a 'global' brand community
(Bilkent University, 2006)Brand communities have been theorized to be a crucial source for marketers to build long-term customer centered brand loyalty and a place where consumers can experience the long lost traditional community. Despite this ... -
Manufacturing strategies of Turkish firms: an empirical study on business environmental factors and competitive priorities
(Bilkent University, 2006)There have been several studies that aim at exploring the relationships between business environment and strategy choices of firms in the literature. Cross country comparisons are provided when available to understand ... -
Replenishment decisions under quantity discounts and expiry dates
(Bilkent University, 2006)In this study, we model a single buyer-single seller system under a quantity discount schedule with expiry dates. The buyer faces constant demand and shortages are not allowed. The seller o§ers a quantity discount which ... -
A study of interpersonal needs in Turkish business organizations
(Bilkent University, 2006)The purpose of the present study was to investigate the interpersonal needs of Turkish employees and the nature of the relationships between those needs. It is widely known that organizations and their activities are ... -
Origins of a consumer culture in an early modern context : Ottoman Bursa
(Bilkent University, 2006)Studies on the origins of the modern consumer culture generally focus on the early modern western context with the inherent assumption that today’s modern consumer culture had its origins in the early modern west. This ... -
Nation brand image in political contexts-the case of Turkey's EU accession
(Bilkent University, 2006)Negative public opinion on Turkey’s EU accession in many member-states might become a major obstacle during the next 10 years of negotiation despite supportive diplomatic strategies. In consumer research, images/attitudes ... -
Military spending multiplier of Turkey : an empirical analysis for Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2006)This study estimates the military spending multiplier of Turkey over the period of 1980- 2004 by employing a four-equation econometric model. The different views that appear in the literature on the relationship between ... -
Evaluation of the Turkish army soldier recruitment system and a model proposal for the optimization of soldier recruitment system
(Bilkent University, 2005)This study evaluates the Turkish Army recruitment system by measuring the total deviations of personnel inventories from the target value of inventory level. The target inventory level is the average of projected available ...
