Ünal Zenginobuz's Research

 

Ongoing Work

 

-     “Subscription Equilibrium with Production: Neutrality and Constrained Suboptimality of Equilibria”. (with A.

      Villanacci)

-     “Distribution of Profit Shares and Non-Existence of Equilibrium in a Simple Production Economy”. (with B.

      Ünveren)

-     “On the Non-Existence of Equilibrium and Underconsumption”. (with B. Ünveren)

-     “The Impact of  Status Concerns on Subscription Equilibria in a Public Good Economy”.

-     “Simple Tax Schemes that Pareto Improve upon No-Government Equilibrium Outcomes in a Public Good

      Economy”.

-     “The Regulation of Mixed Oligopolies Through a Revenue Contest”. (with E. Berberoğlu)

-     “Revenue Contest as a Regulatory Mechanism”. (with H. Evrenk)

-     “A Note on Privatization in Mixed Oligopolies”.

-     “On Assessing the Overall Costs of Means Testing in Social Provision of Services and Social Assistance

      Programs”.

 

Papers under Review

 

-   "Imperfect Competition in a Mixed Electricity Market with Market-Based Congestion Management".

     (with A. Mumcu, and S. Oğur)

-   “The Customs Union with EU and the Structure and Performance of the Turkish Manufacturing Industry”.

     (with R. Erzan, and A. Filiztekin)

-   “The Diffusion of Independent Regulatory Agencies in Emerging Economies: A Comparative Perspective”.  

     (with G. Sosay)

-   “Imperfect Competition between Private and Public Generators on Electric Power Networks”. (with A. Mumcu, and S. Oğur)

 

Working Papers and Other Manuscripts

 

-           Independence and Accountability of Regulatory Agencies in Turkey”, Boğaziçi University Research Papers, ISS/EC 2007-17, İstanbul, July 2007. (with G. Sosay)

-    Turkey’s Customs Union with the European Union: A Framework for Evaluating the Impact of Economic Integration”, Boğaziçi University Research Papers, ISS/EC 2007-15, İstanbul, July 2007.  (with R. Erzan and A. Filiztekin)

-    Customs Union with EU and the Impact of Foreign Competition on the Structure and Performance of Turkish Manufacturing Industry”, Boğaziçi University Research Papers, ISS/EC 2007-14, İstanbul, July 2007. (with R. Erzan and A. Filiztekin)

-   Yurttaşların Cebinden Devletin Kasasına: Türkiye'de Kim Ne Kadar Vergi Ödüyor? (From Taxpayers’ 

     Pockets  to State Coffers: Who Pays How Much Taxes in Turkey?)”,  Boğaziçi University Research Papers,

     ISS/EC 2006-18, İstanbul, November 2006. (with G. Özertan, İ. Sağlam, and F. Gökşen)

-    Independent Regulatory Agencies in Emerging Economies”,  Boğaziçi University Research Papers, ISS/EC

      2005-10, İstanbul, October 2005. (with G. Sosay).

-    “Political Economy of Independent Regulatory Authorities: Some Observations on the Case of Turkey”,

      manuscript, Istanbul, 2002.

-     “Competition Between Regulated and Unregulated Generators on Electric Power Networks”, Boğaziçi

      University Research Papers, ISS EC 01-04, İstanbul, May 2001. (with A. Mumcu and S. Oğur)

-     “Economic Impacts and Valuation of Black Sea Coastal Erosion”, report prepared for the United Nations

      Office of the Project Services (UNOPS), Division for Environmental Programmes, RER-93-G/31, February

      1998. (with M. R. Sertel)

-     “Some Observations on Cost Recovery and Infrastructure Investment Decisions: The Case of an

      Integrated Wastewater and Solid Waste Treatment Plant in a Medium-Size Turkish City”, paper presented

      at the Fiscal Decentralization Symposium, 1st Mediterranean Development Forum, Marrakech, Morocco,

      May 12-17, 1997.

-     “No-Government Equilibrium, and Choosing Taxing Schemes in a Public Good Economy”, Boğaziçi University

      Research Papers, ISS EC 97-08, İstanbul, September 1997.

-     “Concern for Relative Position, Rank-Order Contests, and Contributions to a Public Good”, Boğaziçi

      University Research Papers, ISS EC 97-07, İstanbul, September 1997.

-     “An Evaluation of Management and Ownership Alternatives: Two Turkish State Enterprises”, IDRC Report

      3-P-85-0135, İstanbul, 1988. (with F. Adaman, C. Karataş, and M. R. Sertel)

-     “Production Function Estimates in Two Turkish State Enterprises”, Research Paper ISS/E 87-05, Boğaziçi

      University, İstanbul, 1987. (with F. Adaman and M. R. Sertel)

-     “Comparing the Performance of a Cournot Oligopoly under Different Forms of Regulation”, Unpublished

      M.A. Thesis, Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, 1987.

-     “KİT’lerde Özelleştirme (Privatization in State Economic Enterprises)”, manuscript, İstanbul, 1987. (with A.

      Adaman)

 

Publications

 

Journal Articles

-   “On Regulatory Agencies in Turkey and Their Independence”, Turkish Studies, Volume 9, Number 3, September 2008. (forthcoming)

-   The Effect of Spillovers on the Provision of Local Public Goods”, Review of Economic Design, Volume 11, Number 3, 199-216, 2007. (with F. Bloch)

-   On the Neutrality of Redistribution in a General Equilibrium Model with Public Goods”, Journal of Public   Economic Theory, Volume 9, Issue 2, 2007. (with A. Villanacci)

-   Subscription Equilibria with Public Production: Existence and Regularity”, Research in Economics, Volume 60, Issue 4, 199-215, 2006. (with A. Villanacci).

-   Pareto Improving Interventions in a General Equilibrium Model with Private Provision of Public Goods”,   Review of Economic Design, Volume 10, Number 3, 249-71, 2006. (with A. Villanacci)

-   Tiebout Equilibria in Local Public Good Economies with Spillovers”, Journal of Public Economics, Volume  90, 1745-1763, 2006. (with F. Bloch)

-   Existence and Regularity of Equilibria in a General Equilibrium Model With Private Provision of a Public   Good”, with A. Villanacci, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Volume 41, 617-636, 2005. (with A.

     Villanacci)

-    On Environmental Concern, Willingness to Pay, and Postmaterialist Values: Evidence from İstanbul”,   Environment and Behavior, Volume 34, Number 5, 460-77, September 2002. (with  F. Adaman and F. Gökşen)

-   Vulnerability to Purely Contagious Balance of Payment Crises in Emerging Economies: An Application to   the Cases of Russia, Turkey, and Brazil”, Russian and East European Finance and Trade, Volume 37, Number 5, 5-21, September-October 2001. (with C. Akçay)

-     Pseudo-Experimental Estimates of Labor Supply Functions in Two Turkish State Enterprises”,  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations, Volume 14, 165-78, 1992. (with F. Adaman and M. R. Sertel)

 

Articles in Edited Volumes

-   “Impacts of the Tax System on Poverty and Social Exclusion: A Case Study on Turkey”, in: Adaman F.     and  D. Yükseker (Eds.), Special Issue on Poverty and Social Exclusion, New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 38, 159-179, Spring 2008. (with F. Gökşen, G. Özertan, and İ. Sağlam)  

-   An Analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Turkish Banking Sector”, in: Colton N. and S. Neaime  (Eds., Money and Finance in the Middle East: Missed Opportunities or Future Prospects?, Research in Middle East Economics, Volume 6, 133-162, Elsevier JAI, Amsterdam, 2005. (with A. Mumcu)

-   Political Economy of Citizens’ Participation in Environmental Improvement: The Case of Istanbul”, in: Gökşen F., O. Seippel, M. O’Brien, Ü. Zenginobuz, F. Adaman, and J. Grolin (Eds),   Integrating and Articulating Environments: A Challenge for Northern and Southern Europe, Integrated Assessment Studies, Volume 3, Swets & Zeitlinger, Leiden, 2003. (with  F. Adaman and F. Gökşen)

-   “Likely Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Turkish Banking Sector: A stylized Model and Simulations”, in: Erzan R. (Ed.),  Turkish Banking At The Crossroads, Special Issue, Boğaziçi Journal: Review of  Social, Economic, and Administrtive Studies, Volume 15, Number 1, 35-55, 2001. (with A. Mumcu and M. A. Orhan)

-   “Contagion and Policy Interdependence among Emerging Markets”, in: Erzan R. (Ed.), Learning to Live with Volatile Capital Movements and Contagion, An Emerging Market Perspective: Turkey, Special Issue,  Boğaziçi Journal: Review of  Social, Economic, and Administrtive Studies, Volume 14, Number 1, 31-44, 2000. (with C. Akçay and R. Erzan)

-   “Economic Evaluation of Health-Care Issues: A Framework for Evaluating the Costs of HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Other STD’s in Turkey”, in: Adaman F. and D. Sunar (Eds.), Social, Economic and Cultural Aspects of  HIV/AIDS in Turkey, Special Issue, Boğaziçi Journal: Review of Social, Economic, and Administrative Studies, Volume 13, Number 1-2, 105-119, 1999. (with F. Adaman)

-   “Some Estimates of the Welfare Cost of Taxes on Labor Income in Turkey”, in: Bulutay T. (Ed.), Impositions and Policies Related to the Turkish Labour Market, State Institute of Statistics, Publication No. 2263, Ankara, 1998.

-   “Origins of Theories of Regulation in Economic Analysis and Some Observations on Possible  Development of Regulatory Institutions in Turkey”, in: Adaman F. (Ed.), Reforming and Restructuring the State, Special Issue, Boğaziçi Journal: Review of Social, Economic, and Administrative Studies, Volume 9, Number 2, 25- 43, 1995.

 

      In Turkish:

-     “AB ile Gümrük Birliğinin Türkiye İmalat Sanayiine Etkileri (The Impact of the Customs Union with EU on the Turkish Manufacturing Industry)”, in: Bilge A., and H. Ersel (Eds), Gümrük Birliği ve Türkiye Sanayisi  Üzerine Etkileri (Customs Union and its Impact on the Turkish Industry), TEPAV Publications, Ankara,

      2007.

-   “Uluslararası Karşılaştırmalar (International Comparisons)”, in: TÜSİAD Research Report, Bağımsız   Düzenleyici Kurumlar ve Türkiye Uygulaması (Independent Regulatory Agencies and the Case of Turkey, TÜSİAD, Publication No. TÜSİAD-T/2002-12/349, İstanbul, 2002.

-   Türkiye Elektrik Sektöründe Yeniden Yapılanma, Özelleştirme ve Regülasyon (Restructuring, Privatization,   and Regulation of Turkish Electricity Supply Industry)”, in: Atiyas İ. (Ed.), Devletin  Düzenleyici Rolü (The Regulatory Role of State), TESEV Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000. (with S. Oğur)

-   “Araştırma Fonlarında Kaynak Tahsisat Yöntemleri (Resource Allocation Methods for Research Funds)”,  in: Adaman F. (Ed.), Cumhuriyetimizin 75. Yılında Üniversitelerimiz (Turkish Universities in the 75th Year of   the Republic), Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000.

-   Elektrik Sektöründe Özelleştirme, Rekabet ve Regülasyon (Privatization, Competition, and Regulation  in   Electricity Supply Industry)”, in: Rekabet Kurumu Perşembe Konferansları (Turkish  Competition Authority  Thursday Conferences), Rekabet Kurumu, Ankara, February 2000.

-   “Türkiye’de Emekten Alınan Vergilerin Refah Maliyeti ile İlgili Bazı Tahminler (Some Estimates of the Welfare Cost of Taxes on Labor Income in Turkey)”, in: Bulutay T. (Ed.), Türk İşgücü Piyasası ile İlgili Yükler ve Politikalar, Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü, Yayın No. 2262, Ankara, 1998.

 

Refereed Articles in Proceedings

-   Competition Policy in Turkey”, in: Proceedings of the ERF's Eight Annual Conference, Cairo, January 2002. (with A. Mumcu)

 

Edited Volume

-    Integrating and Articulating Environments: A Challenge for Northern and Southern Europe,  Co-Editor, Integrated  Assessment Studies, Volume 3, Swets & Zeitlinger, Leiden, 2003. (with F. Gökşen, O. Seippel, M. O’Brien, F. Adaman, and J. Grolin)

 

Monograph

-   A Growth-Oriented Tax Policy for Turkey (Türkiye İçin Büyüme Odaklı Bir Vergi Politikası), The Turkish Enlargement Business Council of the European Round Table of Industrialists, Istanbul, November 2005.

 

 

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