Research
Papers in Journals
“Regional Unemployment in Turkey” , Papers in Regional Science, 88(4), November 2009.
“Sources of long-term economic growth for Turkey, 1880-2005″ with Sumru Altug (Koc University) and Sevket Pamuk (Bogazici University), European Review of Economic History, 12(3), pp 393-430, December 2008.
“Inflation, price dispersion and market structure” with Mustafa Caglayan (University of Sheffield) and Michael T. Rauh (Kelley School of Business, Indiana University), European Economic Review, 52(7) pp. 1187-1208, October 2008.
“Empirical Validation and Comparison of Models for Customer Base Analysis” with Emine Batislam and Meltem Denizel (Sabanci University), International Journal of Research in Marketing, September 2007.
“Türkiye’de Açıklanmış Karşılaştırmalı Üstünlüklerin Evrimi” (The Evolution of Revealed Comparative Advantage of Turkish Exports), Uluslararası Ekonomi ve Dış Ticaret Politikaları, October 2006.
“Does Size Matter in Growth, Productivity, Employment and Vulnerability/Flexibility in Turkish Manufacturing?” (with Refik Erzan, Bogazici University), Turkish Studies, Spring 2005.
“A Multisectoral Co-feature Analysis of Fluctuations in Turkey,” Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Vol.40(6), Nov.-Dec. 2004.
“Kredi İstemi Esnekliği ve Bankacılıkta Fon Aktarımından Alınan Vergilerin İstem Üzerine Etkisi” (Estimating the Elasticity of Credit Demand and The Impact of Taxes on Credit Demand), with Hasan Ersel (Sabanci University), Bankacılar, No. 49, pp. 33-67, 2004.
“Nonlinear Impact of Inflation on Relative Price Variability” (with Mustafa Caglayan, University of Liverpool), Economics Letters, Vol.79, pp. 213-18, 2003.
“Scale Effects, Time-varying Markups, and Cyclical Behavior of Primal and Dual Productivity” (with Sumru Altug), Applied Economics, Vol 34, pp. 1687-1702, 2002.
“Anatolian Tigers: Are They for Real?” (with Insan Tunali), Spring 1999, New Perspectives on Turkey, 1999.
“Competitiveness of Turkish SMSEs in the Customs Union” (with Refik Erzan), European Economic Review, May 1997.
“Time Series Evidence on the Saving-Investment Relationship” (with John Barkoulas and Robert G. Murphy), Applied Economics Letters, Vol.: 3 No.: 2, April 1996.
Chapters in Books
“Incentives or compensation? Government support for private investments in Turkey”, with Hasan ersel (Sabanci University), ed. Ahmed Galal, Industrial policy in the Middle East and North Africa: Rethinking the role of the state, pp. 35-50, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, Egypt 2008.
“AB ile Gümrük Birliğinin Türkiye İmalat Sanayiine Etkileri”, with Refik Erzan and Ünal Zenginobuz (Bogazici University), eds. Ali Bilge and Hasan Ersel, Gümrük Birliği ve Türkiye Sanayisi Üzerine Etkileri, pp. 9-58, Tepav, Ankara 2007.
“Productivity and Growth, 1923-2003″, with Sumru Altug (Koc University), eds. Sumru Altug and Alpay Filiztekin, The Turkish Economy: The real economy, corporate governance and reform, pp. 15-62, Routledge, London 2006.
“A Disaggregated Analysis of Price Dynamics” with Mustafa Caglayan (University of Leicester), eds. Sumru Altug and Alpay Filiztekin, The Turkish Economy: The real economy, corporate governance and reform, pp. 128-145, Routledge, London 2006.
“Türkiye Birinci Futbol Liginde Rekabet” (Competition in Turkish Football Super League), ed. Tugrul Aksar and Kutlu Merih, Futbol Ekonomisi, Istanbul 2006.
“Bölgesel Büyüme, Eşhareketlilik ve Sektörel Yapı” (Regional Growth, Co-movement and Sectoral Structure), ed. Haluk Erlat, Bölgesel Gelişme Stratejileri ve Akdeniz Ekonomisi, pp. 209-228, Ankara 2005.
“A Preliminary Investigation of Price Distribution in Istanbul,” in Economic Research on Turkish Economy, edited by TOBB, Ankara 2003.
“Türkiye’de İller Arasında Yakınsama” (Provincial Convergence in Turkey), in III. Ulusal Ekonometri ve İstatistik Sempozyumu Bildirileri, eds. M. Aytac, E. Isigicok and F. Acar, 1996.
“Decomposing Output and Facts About Long- and Short-run Fluctuations”, in II. Ulusal Ekonometri ve İstatistik Sempozyumu Bildirileri, eds. M. Gunes and S. Ucdogruk, 1995.
Book
The Turkish Economy: The real economy, corporate governance and reform, Routledge, London 2006 (co-edited with Sumru Altug).
Monographs
KOBİ’lerde Dönüşüm: Küçük Firmaların Büyük Başarıları (Transformation in SMSEs: Great Successes of Small Firms), Türkonfed, Istanbul 2008 (joint with Erol Taymaz, Mahir Fisunoğlu, Aykut Lenger and Yilmaz Kilicaslan).
Türkiye’de Bölgesel Farklar ve Politikalar (Regional Differences in Turkey and Regional Policies), TUSIAD, Istanbul 2008.
Türkiye’de Büyüme Perspektifleri: Makroekonomik Çerçeve, Dinamikler, Strateji, (Growth Perspective of Turkey: A Macroeconomic Framework, Dynamics and Strategies), TUSIAD, Istanbul 2005 (joint with Umit Izmen and Kamil Yilmaz ) .