Browsing by Author "Ucal, Meltem Şengün"
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An econometric analysis of imported timber demand in Turkey
Authors:Kayacan, Bekir; Kara, Oguz; Ucal, Meltem Şengün; Ozturk, Atakan; Bali, Ramazan; Kocer, Sacit; Kaplan, Erdem
Publisher and Date:(WFL PUBL, 2013)This paper attempts to understand and explain determinants of Turkish demand for foreign timber imported to Turkey. Explanatory variables in the propounded model include price of imported timber price of domestically-produced sawlog as an imperfect substitute income per capita country population and capacity utilization rates (CUR's) and industrial production indices (IPI's) of forest industry sectors. For empirical purpose we used a time series data covering the 15-year period between 1995 and ...
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Effects of gender on credit card usage among university students in Turkey
Authors:Ucal, Meltem Şengün; O'Neil, Mary Lou; Cankaya, Serkan
Publisher and Date:(Academic Journals, 2011)In recent years much has been written about credit card usage among university students. Despite a vast number of studies little has been written about credit card usage among university students in developing countries. This research surveyed university students in Turkey in an attempt to understand their uses of credit cards. In particular we examined the impact of gender on credit card use. The literature on the impact of gender on credit card usage is a bit unsettled and this study seeks to ...
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Energy-saving behavior of Turkish women: A consumer survey on the use of home appliances
This paper focuses on energy-related attitudes and behaviors of Turkish women who are the main users of electrical home appliances responsible for most household energy consumption. Answers from 1323 female respondents surveyed through a unique questionnaire formed the dataset. The results from analysis of variance show that education has a significant effect on the relationship between energy saving and awareness and attitudes about climate change. Significant differences also exist between ...
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Female employment status: a survey analysis of selected member states of the Arab League
Authors:Ucal, Meltem Şengün; Günay, Simge
Publisher and Date:(Springer International Publishing, 2018)Low female labor force participation is a conspicuous issue in the literature. Based on this information women’s perspectives of the determinants of female labor force participation in 13 member states of the Arab League in relation to the region’s patriarchal culture and conservative social norms are discussed in this paper. Probit modelling is applied to the sixth wave of the World Values Survey data (2010–2014) in order to examine the relationship between female labor force participation and ...
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Gender and the Wage Gap in Turkish Academia
Authors:Ucal, Meltem Şengün; O'Neil, Mary Lou; Toktaş, Şule
Publisher and Date:(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015)Turkey maintains one of the lowest female labour force participation rates in Europe but also boasts an above average number of female professors. Turkey is well above the European average (15 per cent) with approximately 28 per cent of full professorships being occupied by women. Despite these seemingly positive indications do men and women in Turkish academia earn the same wages? This study explores whether or not there exists a gendered pay gap in Turkish academia. Using data collected from a ...
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Income Inequality and FDI: Evidence with Turkish Data
Authors:Ucal, Meltem Şengün; Haug, Alfred Albert; Bilgin, Mehmet Hüseyin
Publisher and Date:(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016)This article explores how foreign direct investment (FDI) and other determinants impact income inequality in Turkey in the short- and long-run. We apply the nonlinear auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) modelling approach which is suitable for small samples. The data for the study cover the years from 1970 to 2008. The empirical results indicate the existence of a co-integration relationship among the variables with asymmetric adjustment of the income distribution in the short- and long-run. ...
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Is Fiscal Policy Sustainable in Turkey?
The issue of the budget deficit has become one of the main themes of the economic policy implemented in Turkey and backed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the economic crisis of 2001. The main motivation for this study is the question of whether or not the government's financial policy is sustainable and satisfies the government's long-term budget constraint. The empirical analysis is based on tests of whether government expenditure and revenue are cointegrated considering the ...
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Panel Data Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment and Poverty from the Perspective of Developing Countries
The purpose of this paper is to assess the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and poverty at the macro-pathway in selected developing countries. The contribution to host countries from FDI can take several forms such as the transfer of technology human capital development increased competition in domestic markets and the generation of corporate tax revenues among others. The paper develops a data set and an econometric model to analyse FDI flows and poverty relations at the macro ...
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Parametric bootstrap model selection criterion with in linear model compared to other criteria
The most important stage of econometrics estimation is the in model set up. The model set up has the best prediction ability and is therefore suitable for econometrics estimation. Between the dependent variable Y and other independent explanatory variables X must be a strong relationship in econometrics estimation. However all explanatory variables cannot be related to dependent variable Y. This condition creates a regression problem. A similar problem appears in variable selection equivalent to ...
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Relationship Between Financial Crisis And Foreign Direct Investment In Developing Countries Using Semiparametric Regression Approach
Authors:Ucal, Meltem Şengün; Ozcan, Kivilcim Metin; Bilgin, Mehmet Hüseyin; Mungo, Julius
Publisher and Date:(Vilnius Gediminas Tech Univ, 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 (GPLM) regression approach to check the appropriateness and effectiveness of financial crisis in the FDI regression model. The results indicate that FDI inflows decrease in the years after a financial crisis and an upturn in FDI inflows the year before a financial crisis hit the country.
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The Personality and Leadership Style of Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Implications for Turkish Foreign Policy
Authors:Gorener, Aylin; Ucal, Meltem Şengün
Publisher and Date:(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2011)Recep Tayyip Erdog. an is clearly the most controversial figure in recent Turkish political history. His preponderance in political life is remarkable even by Turkish standards. Because Erdog. an is so powerful and has effectively weakened most internal checks on his power any attempt to explain Turkey's recent foreign policy outcomes will be seriously lacking without considering his leadership impact. The purpose of this study is to investigate Erdog. an's worldview and leadership style and ...
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The role of trade and FDI for CO 2 emissions in Turkey: Nonlinear relationships
This paper examines the effects of foreign trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) on CO 2 emissions in Turkey. We consider linear and nonlinear ARDL models and find significant asymmetric effects of exports imports and FDI on CO 2 emissions per capita. However FDI has no statistically significant long-run effects. In the long run decreases in exports reduce CO 2 emissions per capita but increases in exports have no statistically significant effects. Increases in imports push up CO 2 emissions ...
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Turkish public preferences for energy
Authors:Ediger, Volkan S.; Kirkil, Gökhan; Çelebi, Emre; Ucal, Meltem Şengün; Kentmen-Cin, Çiğdem
Publisher and Date:(Elsevier Science, 2018)Public concern over energy supplies prices sustainability and efficiency has emerged as a major issue around the world. Yet most of what we know regarding public opinion on energy comes from North America and Europe. This paper presents the results from the 2016 Turkish Public Preferences for Energy Survey which included 1204 respondents and examined Turkish residents' household energy consumption energy policy preferences and environmental concerns. The main findings were that Turkish citizens ...
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Türkiye'de işsizlik sorununun çözümlenmesinde uygulanan ekonomi politikalarının analizi
İşsizlik sorunu Türkiye'de de giderek büyüyen bir problem haline gelmiştir. Bu nedenle Türkiye'nin uyguladığı genel ekonomi politikaları içerisinde, istihdam veişsizlik sorununun çözümlenmesinde daha dikkatli ve etraflıca politikaların üretilmesive uygulanması gerekliliği ortaya çıkmıştır. Ekonomikbüyüme rakamlarındaki iyileşmelerin, işsizlik oranlarına olumlu yansıması görülmemiştir. Bu olumsuzluklardan yola çıkarak, Türkiye'deki işgücü piyasasının ve işsizliğin özellikleri çeşitli göstergeleryardımıyla ...