How investment is financed matters a great deal to growth, especially in countries like Turkey, where domestic savings are low and financial systems are not deep enough in supplying the funds needed for growth-generating corporate investment. In these countries there is a close link between...

Observationally equivalent workers are paid higher wages in larger firms. This fact is often named as the “firm-size wage gap” and is regarded as a key empirical puzzle. Using micro-level data from Turkey, we document a new stylized fact : the firm-size wage gap is more pronounced for...

Bu calismada, Turkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankasi tarafindan 2005 yili Mayis-Temmuz aylari arasinda ozel imalat sanayinde yer alan 999 firmaya uygulanan ve firmalarin fiyatlama politikalarinin incelendigi “Firmalarin Fiyatlama Davranisi Anketi” projesinin sonuclari degerlendirilmektedir. Elde...

There has been an explosion of innovation backed by venture capital since late 1970’s. Nonetheless, a great deal of innovation still occurs within large companies. In this paper, I investigate the factors that determine when innovation is performed by venture-backed firms and when by large...

This paper analyzes the market for checks using the monopoly problem as an approximation. The need for such an analysis arises due to the following policy proposal : the Turkish government considers increasing the lump-sum amount that drawee banks are legally responsible to pay per bad check. We...