Browsing by Author "Gunalp, Burak"

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Citation - WoS: 19
Citation - Scopus: 24
An empirical analysis of household education expenditures in Turkey
(Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2016) Acar, Elif Öznur; Acar, Elif Oznur; Gunalp, Burak; Günalp, Burak; Cilasun, Seyit Mumin; Uluslararası Ticaret ve Finansman; Yönetim Bilişim Sistemleri
Using Turkish Household Budget Surveys from 2003, 2007 and 2012, this paper investigates the determinants of household education expenditures within an Engel curve framework. In particular, we estimate Tobit regressions of real educational expenditures by income groups using a number of household characteristics (i.e. rural residence, employment status, age, educational attainment of the household head, household size, share of female students and primary school students in the household, and total number of students in the household) to examine if and to what extent the determinants of educational expenditures differ by income groups; income elasticities of educational spending evolves over time; and children from middle-class and poor families can benefit enough from educational opportunities. The estimated expenditure elasticities have lower values for the top- and the bottom income quartiles while they have larger values for the middle-income quartiles. The results also show that for all income groups the expenditure elasticity of education increases over time, indicating that Turkish households allocates greater share of their budgets to education expenditures. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Citation - WoS: 1
Citation - Scopus: 2
Profitability of brokerage houses in Turkey
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2019) Kadioglu, Eyup; Günalp, Burak; Gunalp, Burak; 9839; Yönetim Bilişim Sistemleri
This paper uses a direct measure of efficiency to examine the relationship between market structure and the performance of brokerage houses in Turkey. This methodology involves two stages: First, a stochastic translog cost frontier is specified to obtain a direct measure of efficiency. Second, this measure is included in a profitability equation along with market concentration and market share variables. These two equations are then estimated using quarterly data from 112 brokerage houses for the period 2008-2015. The results show that the efficiency of brokerage houses does not influence profitability when measured directly. Market share, on the other hand, is found to be one of the main determinants of profitability, providing support for the relative market power hypothesis.
Citation - WoS: 7
Citation - Scopus: 6
The effects of federal regulations on corruption in US States
(Elsevier Science inc, 2020) Dincer, Oguzhan; Günalp, Burak; Gunalp, Burak; 9839; Yönetim Bilişim Sistemleri
Using the newly constructed Federal Regulation and State Enterprise Index (FRASE Index) to measure the federal regulations and the existing Corruption Convictions Index (CCI), we investigate the effects of federal regulations on corruption in U.S. states. Controlling for several demographic and economic variables including the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom Index (EFI), which measures the size and scope of government in U.S. states, we find a positive and statistically significant relationship between federal regulations and corruption. Our findings have important policy implications. A 1 standard deviation increase in FRASE Index causes CCI to increase by approximately 0.5 standard deviations. Standardized coefficient of EFI is also approximately equal to 0.5. In other words, it is possible to mitigate the effects of regulations at the federal level by reducing the size and the scope of the government at the state level.