• About
  • Policies
  • What is openaccess
  • Library
  • Contact
Advanced search
      View Item 
      •   BUIR Home
      • University Library
      • Bilkent Theses
      • Theses - Department of Economics
      • Dept. of Economics - Ph.D. / Sc.D.
      • View Item
      •   BUIR Home
      • University Library
      • Bilkent Theses
      • Theses - Department of Economics
      • Dept. of Economics - Ph.D. / Sc.D.
      • View Item
      JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

      Essays on international economics

      Thumbnail
      Embargo Lift Date: 2017-05-27
      View / Download
      1.5 Mb
      Author
      Özer, Seda Köymen
      Advisor
      Pakel, Fitnat Banu
      Date
      2015
      Publisher
      Bilkent University
      Language
      English
      Type
      Thesis
      Item Usage Stats
      100
      views
      203
      downloads
      Abstract
      This dissertation consists of three essays on international economics. In the rst chapter, the long-run e ects of trade liberalization and trade-induced skill-biased technological change on wages and unemployment are studied by augmenting a heterogeneous rm trade model with job search and unemployment. The model predicts that trade liberalization has asymmetric wage effects on the two types of workers: it increases wage inequality in favor of skilled workers. Also, unemployment rate in the skilled-labor market falls to a greater extent, implying a change in the skill composition of unemployment in both trade partners. The second chapter aims to unearth the underlying causes of high levels of the current account de cit by investigating the export performance of Turkish rms. First, a cross-country analysis reveals that Turkey performs poorly compared to its competitors in generating a suitable business environment, promoting innovation and skills, and providing easier access to nance all of which are known to contribute signi cantly to stimulating export performance. Using a data set from the Productivity and the Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey in 2005 and the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey in 2008/2013, it is con rmed that product innovation, foreign ownership, the use of foreign inputs, and having a better marketing strategy are associated with higher probability of exporting. Also, conditional on exporting, export sales increase with foreign ownership. The third chapter studies the import dependency of Turkish manufacturing exports in 2000s. By using TIVA database provided by OECD-WTO, it shows that compared to its peers (such as Czech Republic, Hungary) Turkish manufacturing exports depend less on imported intermediates. However, Turkey requires more intermediate imports than its peers in order to increase its exports relative to GDP. Using data from various sources (TIVA, Comtrade and TurkStat), the second part of the chapter provides a detailed analysis of import dependency in three key industries, namely the transport equipment, textiles and food. The results show that Turkey mostly specializes in production and exports of low value added and low-tech activities within these industries. To increase its exports and domestic value added embodied in exports, Turkey needs to move towards higher value added and technologically more advanced stages of production in the global value chain.
      Keywords
      International Trade
      Skill-Specific Unemployment
      Export Performance of Firms
      Trade in Value Added
      Turkey
      Permalink
      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/18597
      Collections
      • Dept. of Economics - Ph.D. / Sc.D. 42
      Show full item record

      Browse

      All of BUIRCommunities & CollectionsTitlesAuthorsAdvisorsBy Issue DateKeywordsTypeDepartmentsThis CollectionTitlesAuthorsAdvisorsBy Issue DateKeywordsTypeDepartments

      My Account

      Login

      Statistics

      View Usage StatisticsView Google Analytics Statistics

      Bilkent University

      If you have trouble accessing this page and need to request an alternate format, contact the site administrator. Phone: (312) 290 1771
      Copyright © Bilkent University - Library IT

      Contact Us | Send Feedback | Off-Campus Access | Admin | Privacy