iktisatça

Ng & Aksoy (2008): Who are the Net Food Importing Countries?

2008-04-25T08:29:00.002+03:00

Aksoy, Ataman and Ng, Francis, "Who are the Net Food Importing Countries?" (January 1, 2008). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4457. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1080472

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to update the information on net food importing countries, using different definitions of food, separating countries by their level of income, whether they are in conflict and whether they are significant oil exporters. The study also estimates the changes in net food importing status of these countries over the last two and a half decades, and, most important, the study measures the relative importance of these net food imports in the import basket of the countries. Our results show that while many low-income countries are net food importers, the importance and potential impact of the net food importing status has been highly exaggerated. Many low-income countries that have larger food deficits are either oil exporters or countries in conflict. Food deficits of most low-income countries are not that significant as a percentage of their imports. Our results also show that only 6 low-income countries have food deficits that are more than 10 percent of their imports. Last two decades have seen a significant improvement in the food trade balances of low-income developing countries. SSA low-income countries are an exception to this trend. On the other hand, there are a group of countries which are experiencing civil conflicts which are large importers of food, and these countries can not meet their basic needs. They also need special assistance in the distribution of food within their boundaries. Therefore, one should modify the WTO Ministerial Declaration, and focus on these conflict countries rather than the broad net food importers.

Keywords: Food & Beverage Industry, Emerging Markets, Currencies and Exchange Rates, Economic Theory & Research

Williamson (2008): Exchange Rate Economics

2008-02-12T18:31:00.000+02:00

Williamson, John (2008): Exchange Rate Economics. Peterson Institute for International Economics, Working Papers No. 08-3.

In his latest working paper, John Williamson summarizes the current theory of how a floating exchange rate is determined, dividing the subject into what determines the steady state and what determines the transition to steady state. He examines the inadequacies of this model, and an alternative "behavioral" model, which recognizes that the foreign exchange market is populated by both fundamentalists and chartists, is presented.

Williamson argues that the main importance of understanding the foreign exchange market for development strategy is to permit a correct appraisal of the dangers of Dutch disease. Empirically it seems that from the standpoint of promoting development it is preferable to have a mildly undervalued rate. Williamson concludes the working paper by examining implications for exchange rate regimes.

Download: http://www.petersoninstitute.org/publications/wp/wp08-3.pdf

Hodgson (2007): "Evolutionary and Institutional Economics as the New Mainstream?"

2008-02-01T21:40:00.000+02:00

Hodgson, G. (2007): "Evolutionary and Institutional Economics as the New Mainstream?", Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review, 4(1): 7-25.

Absract: Mainstream economics has changed radically since the 1980s, offering greatly enhanced opportunities for intervention by evolutionary and institutional economics. This article surveys the extent of this transformation and the extent that mainstream economics has moved in an evolutionary and institutional direction. There are also signs of a possible gestalt shift in the social sciences, where rules are seen as constitutive of social relations and social reality. This contrasts with the former emphasis in mainstream economics on incremental change and equilibria. On the other hand, mainstream economics has a preoccupation with technique over substance, and the barriers between disciplines impair appropriate conceptual developments.

Keywords: evolutionary economics, institutional economics, endogenous preferences, bounded rationality, mainstream economics

JEL: B0, B52, D0.

Download 1: http://www.geoffrey-hodgson.info/user/image/evinsteconnewmainstream.pdf
Download 2: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/eier/4/1/4_7/_article

Vural F. Savaş (2007): "Varsayalım ki" İktisat

2008-01-21T18:59:00.000+02:00

Vural Fuat Savaş (2007): Varsayalım ki İktisat. İstanbul: Nobel, 2. baskı.

tekBorsa: "Ekonomi Blog'ları Köşe Yazarlarına Karşı"

2007-05-28T22:41:00.000+03:00

İnternette giderek artmakta olan ekonomi blog'ları hakkında bir haber/değerlendirme için, tekBorsa Dergisi'nin 27 Mayıs - 2 Haziran 2007 tarihli sayısına (s. 48-50) bakılabilir.

Hobhouse (2007): "Değişim Tohumları"

2007-03-21T10:34:00.000+02:00

Değişim Tohumları:

İnsanlık Tarihini Değiştiren 6 Bitki

Henry Hobhouse

İstanbul: Doğan Kitap, Şubat 2007. [ideefixe.com]

Şeker, çay, pamuk, patates, kinin ve koka. Bu tohumlar en az insan faktörü kadar dünya tarihi üzerinde etkili oldu. Hobhouse bize tohumların birer ürün, yiyecek ve ilaç kaynağı olarak insanların ve ulusların kaderini defalarca nasıl değiştirebildiğini ve çoğu zaman nasıl da öngörülemeyen sonuçlar doğurduğunu anlatıyor."Değişim Tohumları", son 400 yıla ait tüm bakış açınızı değiştirebilecek güçlü, zihin açıcı, bilgilendirici bir kitap; tam bir kıvrak zekâ örneği…"Değişim Tohumları", okurken tarihe global bir bakış açısıyla yaklaşan yazar Henry Hobhouse’u takdir etmekten kendinizi alamayacağınız nükteli bir araştırma.

World Values Survey

2007-03-21T10:23:00.000+02:00

The Worlds Most Comprehensive Investigation of Political and Sociocultural Change
http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org
This is a place to learn more about values and cultural changes in societies all over the world.

WIDER/UNU: "How the world's wealth is distributed"

2007-02-16T19:56:00.000+02:00

World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University:
"How the world's wealth is distributed - the top two percent own half "

Kim & Morse: "What Has Mattered to Economics Since 1970?"

2007-01-12T18:52:00.000+02:00

NBER Working Paper No. W12526
by E. Han Kim, Adair Morse and Luigi Zingales
Full text of the paper

Ünlü İktisatçı Milton Friedman öldü...

2006-11-16T19:00:00.000+02:00

Nobel Prize economist Milton Friedman dead
SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman died Thursday at the age of 94, according to a spokesman for the Milton and Rose Friedman Foundation. Spokesman Robert Fanger did not know the cause of death. Friedman won the Nobel in 1976 for "his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy," according to the Nobel Prize Web site.

Haber hakkında ek/Türkçe bilgi için:
http://ntvmsnbc.com/news/391122.asp

Ayrıca: http://gregransom.com/prestopundit/?p=1322

Inside the Economist's Mind: Conversations with Eminent Economists

2006-11-10T10:35:00.000+02:00

Inside the Economist's Mind: Conversations with Eminent Economists
by Paul A. Samuelson & William A. Barnett (2006)

Barnett's ITEM Blog on the book: http://economistmind.blogspot.com

ArchAtlas - Archaeological Atlas Project

2006-10-26T11:16:00.000+03:00

ArchAtlas, http://www.archatlas.org

Türkiye İktisatçılar Sıralaması, 1999-2005

2006-10-23T10:40:00.000+03:00

Marmara Üniversitesi'nden Doç. Dr. Murat Çokgezen'in hazırladığı "Türkiye İktisatçılar Sıralaması"na ve ilgili açıklamalara, http://www.e-konomistdergi.com/iktisat.asp adresinden ulaşılabilir.

Benzer nitelikli diğer uluslararası karşılaştırmalar için buraya tıklayınız...

Microsoft Excel Kullanarak İktisat Öğrenmek/Öğretmek İçin

2006-09-28T11:54:00.000+03:00

Microsoft Excel yardımıyla iktisat öğrenmek/öğretmek için üç yararlı kitap:

Duke, Michael I. , Katherine Smith, L. Murphy Smith & Lawrence C. Smith (2003): Microsoft Excel for Macroeconomics. Prentice Hall.

Duke, Michael I. , Katherine Smith, L. Murphy Smith & Lawrence C. Smith (2003): Microsoft Excel for Microeconomics. Prentice Hall.

Soper, Jean (2004): Mathematics for Economics and Business: An Interactive Introduction. Blackwell Publishing, 2 edition; including an interactive CD-ROM in the back of the book which includes the award-winning MathEcon software, Excel files, Powerpoint slides, all definitions and 'remember' boxes, and additional practice questions.

Patterson: "An Introduction To Applied Econometrics"

2006-09-28T11:49:00.000+03:00

Patterson, Kerry (2000): An Introduction To Applied Econometrics. Palgrave Macmillan.

Dinamik İktisada Giriş

2006-09-28T11:31:00.000+03:00

Dinamik ekonomik modellere giriş hakkında yararlı üç kitap:

Shone, Ronald (2003): Economic Dynamics: Phase Diagrams and their Economic Application. Cambridge University Press; 2 edition.

Ferguson, B. S. & G. C. Lim (1998): Introduction to Dynamic Economic Models. Manchester University Press.

Goldberg, Samuel (1986): Introduction to Difference Equations. Dover Publications; 2nd edition.

İktisat Öğrencileri için Ödev Yazma Rehberi

2006-09-26T21:35:00.001+03:00

AÜSBF İktisat Bölümü öğretim elemanlarından Dr. N. Emrah Aydınonat'ın büyük bir emek ve özenle hazırladığı İktisat Öğrencileri için Ödev Yazma Rehberine internetten html veya pdf formatında ulaşılabilir. Bu Rehber, iktisat okumakta olan ve ödev/tez hazırlayan bütün lisans, yüksek lisans (master) ve doktora (PhD) öğrencilerine son derece yararlı olacaktır.

Hofstede: "Cultures and Organizations - Software of the Mind"

2006-07-07T09:30:00.000+03:00

Geert Hofstede (1991): Cultures and Organizations - Software of the Mind. London: Profile Books.

Geert Hofstede & Geert Jan Hofstede (2004): Cultures and Organizations - Software of the Mind. London: McGraw-Hill, 2nd ed.

Book Reviews:

Geert Hofstede Analysis:

PPT Presentation:

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~dalbello/

Geert H. Hofstede: A Selected Bibliography

www.library.wwu.edu/ref/subjects/cbe/guides/hofstedebib.shtml

Geert Hofstede, The Founder of a Culture "Science"

Linsmeier & Pearson (1996): "Risk Ölçümü"

2006-04-08T15:48:00.000+03:00

RepEc - LogEc sistemindeki "çalışma metinleri" (working papers) kategorisinde bugüne dek en çok "download" edilen iktisat makaleleri sıralamasında en başta Linsmeier ve Pearson'un şu makalesi geliyor:

Linsmeier, T. J & Neil Pearson (1996): "Risk Measurement: An Introduction to Value at Risk", EconWPA.

Abstract: This paper is a self-contained introduction to the concept and methodology of "value at risk," which is a new tool for measuring an entity's exposure to market risk. We explain the concept of value at risk, and then describe in detail the three methods for computing it: historical simulation; the variance-covariance method; and Monte Carlo or stochastic simulation. We then discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the three methods for computing value at risk. Finally, we briefly describe some alternative measures of market risk.

Akerlof (1970) " 'Limon' Piyasası: Kalite Belirsizliği ve Piyasa Mekanizması"

2006-04-08T15:27:00.000+03:00

RepEc - LogEc sistemindeki "dergi makaleleri" (journal articles) kategorisinde bugüne dek en çok "download" edilen iktisat makaleleri sıralamasında en başta Akerlof'un şu makalesi geliyor:

Akerlof, G. A. (1970): "The Market for 'Lemons': Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 84(3): 488-500.

Turkishtime: "Dünya hangi Türk iktisatçıları okuyor?"

2006-04-01T22:00:00.000+03:00

Turkishtime'daki haberde; iktisatla ilgili 360 bin kadar çalışmanın arşivlendiği RepEc sistemine dahil olan çalışmalarla ilgili olarak, (1) Türk iktisatçıların yazdıkları ve son 10 yılda en çok "download" edilen 10 makale ve yazarları, (2) RepEc arşivindeki "bütün" makaleleri itibariyle en çok okunan Türk iktisatçıların sıralaması ve (3) Türkiye'deki üniversitelerde çalışan Türk iktisatçılar arasında makaleleri bugüne dek en çok "download" edilen iktisatçılar tanıtılıyor.

Kaynak: Turkishtime Dergisi, Sayı 48, Nisan 2006.

Nobel Ödüllü İktisatçı Schelling İle Söyleşi

2005-10-22T15:18:00.000+03:00

An interview with Thomas C. Schelling: Interpretation of game theory and the checkerboard model

by Dr. N. Emrah Aydınonat

This note is mainly based on a short interview with Thomas C. Schelling (TCS), who shared the Nobel Prize with Robert J. Aumann in 2005. The interview took place on 06.03.2001 at University of Maryland, College Park, USA. It consists of two parts. The first part is about his interpretation of game theory, particularly about the use of game- theoretic models in explaining the origin and maintenance of conventions, and norms. The second part is on the origin of Schelling?s influential checkerboard model of residential segregation, particularly about his approach to modeling social phenomena exemplified by this model. The note ends with some concluding remarks.

Citation: Aydınonat, N. E. (2005): "An interview with Thomas C. Schelling: Interpretation of game theory and the checkerboard model", Economics Bulletin, 2(2): 1-7.

PDF: http://econwpa.wustl.edu/eps/mhet/papers/0510/0510001.pdf

Ayrıca bak.: "Thomas Schelling Türkiye'de".

Kumcu: "İktisat Eğitimi Üzerine Düşünceler"

2005-09-11T09:30:00.000+03:00

Dr. Ercan Kumcu'nun 7 Ağustos 2005'ten bu yana Hürriyet Gazetesi'nde "İktisat Eğitime Üzerine Düşünceler" başlığıyla yayınlanan yazılarına aşağıdaki linklerden ulaşılabiliyor:
07.08.2005: İktisat eğitimi üzerine düşünceler (1)
14.08.2005: İktisat eğitimi üzerine düşünceler (2)
21.08.2005: İktisat eğitimi üzerine düşünceler (3)
28.08.2005: İktisat eğitimi üzerine düşünceler (4)
04.09.2005: İktisat eğitimi üzerine düşünceler (5)
11.09.2005: İktisat eğitimi üzerine (6)

Alesina & Spolaore: "The Size of Nations"

2005-06-02T16:04:00.000+03:00

Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore (2003): The Size of Nations. The MIT Press.
Alesina and Spolaore use the tools of economic analysis to examine the formation and change of political borders. They argue that while these issues have always been at the core of historical analysis, international economists have tended to regard the size of a country as "exogenous," or no more subject to explanation than the location of a mountain range or the course of a river. The authors consider a country's borders to be subject to the same analysis as any other man-made institution. In The Size of Nations, they argue that the optimal size of a country is determined by a cost-benefit trade-off between the benefits of size and the costs of heterogeneity. In a large country, per capita costs may be low, but the heterogeneous preferences of a large population make it hard to deliver services and formulate policy. Smaller countries may find it easier to respond to citizen preferences in a democratic way.
More info (incl. Table of Contents): The MIT Press or Amazon.com
Sample chapter: Download!

Lal: "The Impact of Factor Endowments, Culture, and Politics on Long-Run Economic Performance"

2005-06-02T15:49:00.000+03:00

Deepak Lal (1998/2001): Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Factor Endowments, Culture, and Politics on Long-Run Economic Performance. The MIT Press.
For more info: The MIT Press or Amazon.com
For the Table of Contents: Please click here!