• Essays on Exchange Rate Pass-Through 

      Çolak, Yasemin (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2023)
      This dissertation re-examines the exchange rate pass-through using two empirical methods; panel quantile regression and dynamical model averaging methods in two essays. The first essay tests the association between a high ...
    • Essays on The Rebound Effects of The Energy Efficiency 

      Tekeli,Songül (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2022)
      The industry contributes the most to the world’s energy savings in all sectors through more efficient energy use (IEA, 2018). Yet, the literature provides evidences that the potential Energy Efficiency (EE) savings in the ...
    • Essays on Turkish Labor Market 

      Aldan, Altan (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2018)
      Turkish labor market has fundamental problems; labor force participation and employment rates are quite low especially among women and informality is prevalent. This thesis includes analysis on three issues in Turkish ...
    • Evaluatıon Of Labour Market Integratıon Of Foreıgn-Born Populatıon In Turkey: A Cohort Analysıs 

      Toker, Egemen Can (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2022-06-01)
      This thesis examines foreign-born people's integration into the labour market of Turkey. With this aim, it tests the Immigrant Assimilation Hypothesis validation in Turkey. The main research question is, "Are immigrants ...
    • Evolution of Electricity Markets From the Perspective of Production and Organized Markets 

      Peker, Mustafa Çağrı (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2023-09-19)
      Electricity markets were initially established based on a vertically integrated organizational framework. The market segments underwent a process of vertical unbundling, which subsequently led to their division into four ...
    • Examining Currency Bubbles in Turkish Lira/Us Dollar Exchange Rate 

      Ay, Elmas (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2024-01-16)
      Researchers and policymakers have a keen interest in studying the fluctuations of exchange rates over time. These fluctuations can be driven by theoretical factors, referred to as fundamental drivers, or by bubble behavior. ...
    • Exchange Rate Volatility Models: The Turkish Case 

      Gur, Timur Han; Ertugrul, Hasan Murat (Bilgesel Yayincilik San & Tic Ltd, 2012)
      Exchange rate volatility models: The Turkish case This study aims to model the exchange rate volatility for Turkish economy with use of ARCH, GARCH, and SWARCH models for the period of July 2001-May 2010 with daily ...
    • Explaining The Causal Relationship Between Female Labor Force Participation And Its Determinants In Turkey 

      Sarsılmaz, Bengi (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2018-05-29)
      Despite female labor force participation rate (FLFPR) has steadily increased from 2005 onwards in Turkey, Turkey is still one of the countries having the lowest FLFPRs in the international arena. Furthermore, the labor ...
    • Extreme Risk Connectedness of Sovereign Credit Default Swaps: Evidence from BRICS and MIST Countries 

      Yenice, Ebru (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2023-02-23)
      To analyze the extreme risk spillover effect, this thesis proposes dynamic EVT-VaR extended joint connectedness framework based on extreme value theory. The spillovers among sovereign CDS of BRICS and MIST countries using ...
    • Factors Affecting Infant Mortality Rates in Turkey: A Geographical Region Analysis 

      Yılmaz, Semih (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2019)
      The primary aim of the study is to reveal socio-economic factors that may have an effect on infant mortality rates. For this purpose, the development of infant mortality rates in the historical process has been examined ...
    • Faiz Oranlarının Vade Yapısı ve Resesyon Tahmini: Gelişmekte Olan Ülke Örnekleri 

      Bostanoğlu, Burcu (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2016)
      Developing countries have become the focus of foreign investments with the removal of restrictions on free movement of capital in global market. Although these countries have been considerably integrated to global financial ...
    • Financial Depth And The Asymmetric Impact Of Monetary Policy 

      Caglayan, Mustafa; Kocaaslan, Ozge Kandemir; Mouratidis, Kostas (Wiley, 2017)
      This paper investigates the importance of financial depth in evaluating the asymmetric impact of monetary policy on real output over the course of the US business cycle. We show that monetary policy has a significant impact ...
    • Financialization and Us Hegemony: A Critical Approach To Contemporary Debates 

      Sarı Aksakal, Betül (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2023)
      Hegemony has been the subject of heated debate among theorists from different perspectives in the international political economy literature since the 1970s. In this study, we aim to make a critical evaluation of contemporary ...
    • Finansal Stres Endeksi: Türkiye Uygulaması 

      Yaşar, Hayrullah Ahmet (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2019)
      The aim of this thesis study is to develop a market based financial stress index (FSI) for the Turkish economy through determining its conceptual scope. The index developed within the scope of the study is attempted to ...
    • Foreign Aid And Economic Growth In Sub Saharan Africa Countries 

      Salim, Amin Fikila (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2019-08-21)
      The effects of external aid to the developing countries on economic growth have been controversial in the economic literature for many years, and economists have made various statements on this issue. This thesis analyzes ...
    • Gölge Bankacılığın Parasal Aktarım Mekanizması Üzerindeki Etkisi 

      Okur, Fatih (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2017-12-22)
      The question of how monetary policy affects the real economy has been a debate that has been going on for many years in terms of macroeconomics. Nowadays, the impact of monetary policy on aggregate demand is no longer ...
    • Gıda Sektöründe Asimetrik Fiyat Aktarımı: Karşılaştırmalı Ülke Örnekleri 

      Kat, Ali (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2019)
      The sudden rise in food prices along with the food crises experienced in 2007 and 2008 led to the attention of the public, especially the policy makers, towards food prices. In the effectively functioning markets, these ...
    • Habits, Status Preferences, and Optimal Economic Growth 

      Karademir, Sencer (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2019-06)
      Economic theorists have intensively focused on extending their workhorse models with endogenous technology and human capital accumulation in the recent decades. They have also attempted to build models with various types ...
    • Health System Performance in OECD Countries: Data Envelopment Analysis 

      Öztürk, Elif Göksu (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2016)
      Health economics is one the most important areas of economical science to measure countries’ development levels, efficiency and effectiveness. Every country implements their own health policy according to countries’ economic, ...
    • Impacts of Eu Pre-Accession Funds on Regional Growth in Turkiye: A Spatial Analysis 

      Uslu, Mehmet Selim (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2023)
      This thesis aims to investigate the influence of Instrument for pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) funds, which is a part of its candidacy process for joining the European Union (EU), on the regional growth in Türkiye. Our ...