Refereed Publications

  • Bakis, O., and Filiztekin, A. (2025). Intergenerational education mobility of minorities in Turkey. Turkish Studies, 1–25. [SSCI]
  • Bakis, O., and Polat, S. (2023). Wage inequality dynamics in Turkey. Empirica, 50, 657–694. [SSCI]
  • Altindag, O., Bakis, O., and Rozo, S. (2020). Blessing or burden? The impact of refugees on businesses and the informal economy. Journal of Development Economics, 146. [SSCI]
  • Bakis, O., Inci, E., and Senturk, R. O. (2019). Unbundling curbside parking costs from housing prices. Journal of Economic Geography, 19(1), 89-119. [SSCI]
  • Bakis, O., and Borkan, B. (2016). Determinants of academic achievement of middle schoolers in Turkey. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 16(6), 2193-2217. [SSCI]
  • Atiyas, I., and Bakis, O.(2015). Structural change and industrial policy in Turkey. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 51(6), 1209–1229. [SSCI]
  • Bakis, O. (2015). Recent trends in the Turkish labor market. İktisat İşletme ve Finans, 30(351), 73-110. [EconLit]
  • Bakis, O., Kaymak, B., and Poschke, M. (2015). Transitional dynamics and the optimal progressivity of income redistribution. Review of Economic Dynamics, 18(3), 679-693. [SSCI]
  • Bakis, O., and Polat, S. (2015). Wage inequality in Turkey: 2002-10. Economics of Transition, 23(1), 169-212. [SSCI]
  • Atiyas, I. and Bakis, O. (2014). Aggregate and sectoral TFP growth in Turkey: a growth accounting exercise. İktisat İşletme ve Finans, 29(341), 9-36. [SSCI]
  • Bakis, O., Davutyan, N., Levent, H., and Polat, S. (2013). Quantile estimates for social returns to education in Turkey: 2006-2009. Middle East Development Journal, 5(3), 1350017-1-1350017-23. [EconLit]
  • Bakis, O., Davutyan, N., Levent, H., and Polat, S. (2011). Sectoral human capital spillovers: evidence from Turkey. İktisat İşletme ve Finans, 26(298), 9-20. [SSCI]

Refereed Publications (in Turkish)

  • Bakis, O., and Gürsel, S. (2024). İstanbul işgücü piyasasında rezervasyon ücretleri [In English: Reservation wages in Istanbul labour market]. Ekonomi-tek, 13(2), 140-159. [TRDizin]
  • Bakis, O., and Acar, U. (2021). Türkiye ekonomisinde toplam faktör verimliliği: 1980-2019 [In English: Total factor productivity in Turkish economy]. Journal of Research in Economics, 5(1), 1-27. [EconLit]
  • Bakis, O. (2018). Zincirlenmiş hacim serileri ile GSYH’de ne değişti? [In English: What changed with GDP in chained volume measures?]. Ekonomi-tek, 7(2), 1-36.
  • Bakis, O., Polat, S., and Ulus, M. (2018). Türkiye’de çalışılan saatlerin dağılımı ve değişimi [In English: Distribution of hours worked in Turkey and its evolution]. Efil Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 1(4), 108-127.
  • Bakis, O. (2018). Yeni GSYH serilerinin getirdiği farklılıklar ve sorunlar [In English: The Differences and the problems of the new GDP series]. Journal of Research in Economics, 2(1), 15-42. [EconLit]
  • Bakis, O. (2017). Kuşaklar arası eğitim hareketliliği: AB-Türkiye karşılaştırması [In English: Intergenerational educational mobility: An EU-Turkey comparison]. Finans Politik & Ekonomik Yorumlar, 54(634), 97-105. [TRDizin]
  • Bakis, O. (2015). Türkiye’de eğitimin bireysel getirisi: 1988-2008 [In English: Private returns to education in Turkey: 1988-2008]. Finans Politik & Ekonomik Yorumlar, 52(601), 69-75. [TRDizin]

Other Publications

  • Bakis, O., Dalgic, D. E., Deniz, P., Finger, M., Gumus, I., and Köksal, E. (2022). Assessment of a carbon tax as a tool to decarbonize Turkey’s energy supply 2050. IC4R | İstanbul Center for Regulation, Report Series No.1.
  • Bakis, O., and Atiyas, I. (2020). Productivity, reallocation, and structural change: An assessment. In A. S. Akat and S. Gürsel (Eds.), Turkish Economy at the Crossroads: Facing the Challenges Ahead (pp. 91-122). World Scientific Publishing: Singapore.
  • Bakis, O., Atiyas, I., and Gürakar, E. (2019). Anatolian tigers and the emergence of the devout bourgeoisie in the Turkish manufacturing industry. In I. Diwan, A. Malik, and I. Atiyas (Eds.), Crony Capitalism in the Middle East: Business and Politics from Liberalization to the Arab Spring (pp. 90-118). Oxford University Press: Oxford.
  • Bakis, O., Karanfil, F., and Polat, S. (2016). Depositor myopia and banking sector behaviour. In F. Ulgen (Ed.), Financial Development, Economic Crises and Emerging Market Economies (pp. 156-169). Routledge: London.
  • Bakis, O., Karanfil, F., and Polat, S. (2012). Interactions between economic growth, innovation, financial development and sustainability in emerging countries. In J. M. Carcillo (Ed.), Developing Economies: Innovation, Investment and Sustainability (pp. 223-234). Nova Publishers: New York.
  • Bakis, O., Polat, S., Davutyan, N., and Levent, H. (2010). Social returns to education in Turkey: A quantile regression approach. In D. S. Beckett (Ed.), Secondary Education in the 21st Century (pp. 101-119). Nova Publishers: New York.

Other Publications (in Turkish)

  • Bakis, O. (2024). 500 Büyük Sanayi Kuruluşu’nun Son 10 Yıllık Eğilimleri. İSO Sanayi Dergisi, İSO 500 Özel sayısı, https://www.iso500.org.tr

  • Bakis, O., and Acar, U. (forthcoming). 1980 sonrası Türkiye ekonomisinde yapısal dönüşüm [In English: Structural transformation in the post-1980 Turkish economy]. In Prof. Dr. Seyfettin Gürsel’e Öğrencilerinden Armağan: Türkiye Ekonomisinin Güncel Sorunları.

  • Bakis, O., and Köksal, E. (forthcoming). Türkiye’de dijital eşitsizlik 2007-2021 arasında nasıl şekillendi? [In English: How did digital inequality evolve in Turkey between 2007-2021?]. In Prof. Dr. Seyfettin Gürsel’e Öğrencilerinden Armağan: Türkiye Ekonomisinin Güncel Sorunları.

  • Bakis, O., and Atiyas, I. (2023). 1980 sonrası Türkiye ekonomisinde verimlilik, kaynak tahsisi ve yapısal değişim [In English: Productivity, resource allocation and structural change in the Post-1980 Turkish economy]. In A. S. Akat and S. Gürsel (Eds.), Çıkmaz Yol: Dünden Yarına Türkiye Ekonomisi (pp. 71-98). İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları: İstanbul.

  • Bakis, O., and Köksal, E. (2022). Türkiye’de bilgi iletişim harcamaları ve dijitalleşme [In English: Information and communications technology expenditure and digitalization in Turkey]. Betam Araştırma Raporu.

  • Bakis, O., and Acar, U. (2019). Tanzim satış enflasyonu düşürdü [In English: Direct sale points reduced the inflation rate]. İktisat ve Toplum Dergisi, 102, 31-37.

  • Bakis, O., and Atiyas, I. (2018). Sıçrama yapan şirketler [In English: Leaping companies]. TÜSİAD Publication, No. TUSIAD-T/2018, 04-593.

  • Bakis, O., and Atiyas, I. (2014). İmalat sanayi sektörleri rekabet göstergeleri raporu [In English: Report on manufacturing industries competitiveness indices]. TÜSİAD Publication, No. TUSIAD-T/2014-05/551.

  • Bakis, O., and Atiyas, I. (2011). Türkiye’de büyümenin kısıtları: bir önceliklendirme çalışması [In English: Constraints to growth in Turkey: a study of prioritization]. TÜSİAD Publication, No. TUSIAD-T/2011/11/519.

  • Bakis, O., Jobert, T., and Tuncer, R. (2008). Kamu harcamaları ve büyüme: zaman serileri analizi [In English: Public expenditures and growth: a time series analysis]. Betam Research Report Series No. 1.

Working Papers

  • Bakis, O. (2024). Resource reallocation and total factor productivity in Turkiye: 2000-2022. Betam Working Paper Series No. 022.
  • Bakis, O. (2024). İstanbul işgücü piyasasında rezervasyon ücretleri. Betam Working Paper Series No. 023.
  • Bakis, O., and Acar, U. (2020). Türkiye ekonomisinde toplam faktör verimliliğinin seyri: sektörel bakış, 1980-2018. Betam Working Paper Series No. 19.
  • Atiyas, I., Bakis, O., and Orhan, Y. K. (2017). Firm dynamics and job creation in Turkey - some preliminary results. TUSIAD-Sabanci University Competitiveness Forum Working Paper No. 2017-1.
  • Atiyas, I., and Bakis, O. (2015). Identifying the links between innovation and FDI flows in Turkey. TUSIAD-Sabanci University Competitiveness Forum Working Paper No. 2015-1.

Work in Progress

  • Atiyas, I., Bakis, O., and Erdemli, R. K. In search of the Holy Grail: impact of foreign direct investment on target firms in Turkey.

  • Bakis, O. A numerical solution to the second-best optimal taxation.

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