Since the declaration of the Republic in 1923, Turkey has always looked to the West for its modernization and development processes. Following the Second World War, several organizations were created among countries in order to maintain joint power against conflicts, including o…
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This dissertation explores the intersection of economic history, development economics, and land use. In the first chapter, I examine whether imperial legacy causally determines contemporaneous savings behaviors, with considerable attention dedicated to identifying the channels …
This study is about the reassertion of the state and the tightening of border controls in an era otherwise defined by the retreat of the state and the opening of borders. Focusing on a particularly striking example of this trend, I explain the causes and consequences of the rapi…
This research offers an empirical analysis of the economic effects on Morocco from implementing a Free Trade Area (FTA) with the European Union (EU) signed in 1996. Since the FTA translates largely into unilateral discriminatory tariff elimination against EU imports, there are c…
Economic and monetary integration efforts in West Africa over the past several decades have been highly problematic. However, with the recent commitment of the international community and key international institutions to assist Africa bring about economic advancement, such inte…
The factor determinants of industry and investment location patterns in transition economies can be expected to differ from those frequently observed in developed countries. Historically, centrally planned economies have suffered from inefficient industrial policies that are gen…
This dissertation contains three essays that deal with the political consequences of globalization. More specifically, these essays examine the constituency of globalization's losers, those that feel harmed by their country opening up to the international economy. The key questi…
This dissertation analyzes the effects of the globalization phenomenon on economic integration patterns and business cycles from three distinct perspectives. The first essay looks at the major economic linkages explaining real GDP correlations for 47 countries during the 1970-20…
Contemporary research on immigrant economic integration identifies growing economic disadvantages faced by immigrants and probes sources of the disadvantages by focusing on immigrants' pre-migration and ascriptive characteristics. However, little empirical evaluation exists on h…