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View AllForeign policy as a tool in constructing national identity: A case study of Gallipoli campaign
Orthodox foreign policy studies take states as given in international politics. As the principal actor in international politics, the state has a distinct character different from the outside. Orthodox Turkish foreign policy studies postulate that Turkey has been the member of the Westphalian nation state order and it has had a set of policies and actions oriented towards the external world. This thesis is a post-structural foreign policy study that problematizes the orthodox literature. It will be argued that the state is not given, the Turkish national identity is neither homogenous nor stable, and Turkish foreign policy is an identity productive discursive practice. The study scrutinizes the annual presidential statements on Gallipoli Campaign in order to demonstrate the way in which Turkish foreign policy discourses produce and reproduce the national identity. The analysis focuses on two different periods. The first period under the scope is between the years of 2001 and 2007 and the second period is between the years of 2015 and 2017. The study argues that the presidential statements on the battle aim to create the Turkish self in each period. Gallipoli Campaign is the source of the other in the present. Thus, the discursive authority of the presidential statements constitutes the Turkish self. Keywords: Foreign policy, orthodox foreign policy studies, post-structuralism,Gallipoli Campaign
Optimal auditing for tax evasion
In tax evasion literature, many studies take tax rate, penalty rate, and audit rate exogeneously. The main aim of this study is to endogenise the audit rate and differentiate utility function for taxpayers according to their risk parameters. Tax payers decide whether or not to evade depending on tax rate, penalty rate, and audit rate imposed by the government and their own risk behavior, from there the rate of evaders is found. And by using this rate, the audit rate that maximizes the tax revenue function is found. Our results show that, in some cases while the highest audit rate provides the maximum tax rate, in other cases lower audit rate maximizes the tax revenue depending on the level of tax rate and penalty rate.
Attitude towards incentives for blood donation in Europe
Obviously there are many factors which motivate blood donors during the donation process. Materials incentives can be a policy tool for increasing blood donor recruitment. To shed more light on factors that affect blood donation, we analyze Euro-barometer survey (82.2) which conducted in October 2014 with 27868 individuals in EU counties. This thesis demonstrates how selected material incentives especially monetary incentives are perceived generally among European individuals. Thus, we examine monetary incentives' encouragement, discouragement or make no difference towards blood donation within demographic groups (Gender, education, and marital status), social economics variables (occupation, community and household), wealth index (ownership durables), GDP per capita and blood donation sites (Countries). We find that the rate of individuals who don't accept cash payment for blood donation in 28 EU countries is above 15%, except individuals who located in Czech Republic, Latvia and Romania. For people who have higher scores on wealth index are less likely to accept cash incentives for blood donation. In addition GDP per capita of each country of EU is statistically significant determinant of attitude towards blood donation. That is, in high GDP per capita countries, potential donors' interest in monetary incentives falls. Keywords: Monetary incentives, altruism, blood donation
The effects of foreign trade on economic growth in COMESA countries
The study evaluates the relationship between foreign trade and economic growth and tests the null hypothesis of granger non-causality between the two variables using data for COMESA regional economic bloc. Annual panel data from 1980 to 2014 was analyzed using Quantile Regression method. The study also employed ARDL model to estimate the long run relationship between foreign trade and economic growth. The estimation results indicate that foreign trade is largely insignificant and only statistically significant with positive effects on economic growth up to the 10th percentile for COMESA member states. On the other hand, economic growth is also largely insignificant with significant but negative effect on foreign trade between 65th and 85th percentile. Further, ARDL model shows that in the long run, foreign trade has a negative effect on growth while growth has a positive influence on trade.
The effect of war on risk preferences and self-control behavior: The case of Syrian children
War may have even consequences for people who get away from war-ridden places. A growing literature examines how natural disasters and other catastrophes affect human's preferences in a long-lasting manner. Syrian War has been particularly worth close examination as it caused 2nd largest human movement in the world after the 2nd World War. In this study, we examine the effects of Syrian war on the risk, time preferences and self-control ability of children at very young ages. Following Gneezy and Potters (1997), we measure children's risk preferences by playing an incentivized game. We also measure their self-control behavior with another incentivized game. To identify the effect of the war from other confounding effects, we compare children born in Syria and exposed to the war with Turkish children who are not exposed to the war. We restrict our sample to 5-14-year-old children. We find that conflict affects behavior: children exposed to war are more risk seeking and more patient, also being exposed to war teaches them controlling themselves better.
Türk Rekabet Hukukunda uzlaşma prosedürü
Uzlaşma müessesinin uygulanma amacı olan etkin ve hızlı bir şekilde uyuşmazlık çözümlenmekte bu esnada kaynakların optimal kullanımı sağlanmaktadır. Bu durum usul ekonomisinin bir görünümünü oluşturmaktadır. 4054 sayılı Kanun'un 9/3'te devam eden bir incelemenin Kurum ile teşebbüslerin ortak bir çözümde buluşarak anlaşması halinde uyuşmazlığın erken bir aşamasında sona erdirilmesine olanak sağlaması uzlaşma müessesi açısından uygulama alanı bulamamıştır. Tasarı'nın geçici 6'ıncı maddesinde düzenlenen uzlaşma kurumu ile prosedürün kanuni çerçevede uygulanması olanaklı hale gelebilecektir. Türk rekabet mevzuatına yeni bir usul kazandıracak olan uzlaşmaya ilişkin Tasarı düzenlemesinin yakından ilişkili olduğu pişmanlık programı ve ceza yönetmeliği mekanizmalarıyla birlikte uygulama alanı bulup bulamayacağı, bu bağlamda uzlaşma müessesesine ihtiyaç olup olmadığı hususunda karşılaştırılmalı olarak açıklamalara yer verilmiştir. Çalışmada uzlaşma müessesi kavramı, prosedürün çerçevesinin çizilmesi, uzlaşma prosedürünün Türk rekabet mevzuatının bütünü içine yayılması edilmesi ve ülke uygulamaları ile doktrinde yer alan değerlendirmeler çerçevesinde ele alınmıştır. Bu kapsamda uzlaşma kurgusunda hangi bileşenlere yer verileceği, tasarıda öngörülen uzlaşma müessesesinin mehaz Avrupa Birliği (AB) ile Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (ABD) uygulamalarından nerelerde ayrıştığı, sürecin nasıl işletileceği ve yönetileceği, hâlihazırda bulunan ve planlanan düzenlemeler eşliğinde fiili uygulama alanı bulup bulamayacağı hususlarında, özellikle sürece ilişkin ikincil düzenlemeler ayağında açıklamalarda bulunulmuştur. 4054 sayılı Kanun'un Taslak metni ile AB mehaz hukukunun karşılaştırılmalı bir analizine yer verilerek uygulamada karşılaşılabilecek sorunlar ve bu sorunların çözümleri hususunda önerilere yer verilmiştir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Türk Rekabet Hukuku, uzlaşma prosedürü, kartel, pişmanlık programları.