Tamer Cetin

Research

My research primarily focuses on causal inference and machine learning while I remain interested in topics related to regulation, competition, antitrust and law and economics. Below you will find information on my books, selected published papers and working papers. For a complete list of publications, please visit my Google Scholar profile.

Books

• Reforming Emerging Energy Markets: Political Economy, Regulation and Competition in Turkey, Springer, NY, 2012 (with I. Atiyas and G. Gulen).
• The Economics of Regulation and Competition, Ideal Kultur Yayinlari, 2012, Istanbul (in Turkish).
• Regulation and Competition in the Turkish Banking and Financial Markets, NOVA Science Publishers, 2011 (with F. Oğuz).
• The Political Economy of Regulation in Turkey, Springer, NY, 2011 (with F. Oğuz).
• Understanding the Process of Economic Change in Turkey: An Institutional Approach, NOVA Science Publishers, NY, 2010 (with F. Yılmaz).

Selected Published Papers

• Regulation of Taxis and the Rise of Ridesharing, Transport Policy, 76, April 2019, 149–158 (with E. Deakin).
• Estimating the Economic Effects of Deregulation: Evidence from the Turkish Airline Industry, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 52(4), October 2018, 404–426 (with K. Y. Eryigit).
• The Effect of Regulation and Taxation on Cigarette Smoking: Fresh Evidence from Turkey, Health Policy, 121(12), 2018, 1288–1295.
• Toward a Wider Analysis of Market Definition: Theory and Evidence from the Turkish Telecommunications Industry, Journal of Economic Issues, 51(4), December 2017, 1137–1157.
• Independence and Accountability of Independent Regulatory Agencies: The Case of Turkey, European Journal of Law and Economics, 41, June 2016, 601–620 (with M. Z. Sobaci and M. Nargelecekenler).
• Empirical Investigation on Energy Dependence‑Consumption Nexus: Evidence from the Turkish Natural Gas Market, Applied Energy, 133, 2014, 243–251 (with F. Yuksel).
• Structural and Regulatory Reform in Turkey: Lessons from Public Utilities, Utilities Policy, 31, 2014, 94–106.
• The Economic Effects of Government Regulation: Evidence from the New York Taxicab Market, Transport Policy, 25, 2013, 169–177 (with K. Y. Eryigit).
• Estimating the Effects of Entry Regulation in the Istanbul Taxicab Market, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 45(6), 2011, 476–484 (with K. Y. Eryigit).
• Transition to the Regulatory State in Turkey: Lessons from Energy, Journal of Economic Issues, 44(2), 2010, 393–402 (with F. Yilmaz).
• The Reform in the Turkish Natural Gas Market: A Critical Evaluation, Energy Policy, 35(7), 2007, 3856–3867 (with F. Oğuz).
• The Politics of Regulation in the Turkish Electricity Market, Energy Policy, 35(3), 2007, 1761–1770 (with F. Oğuz).

Working Papers

• Debiased Machine Learned Identification
• Triple Robust Instrumental Variable Estimation
• ML‑Based Contamination Bias
• Machine Learned Causal Estimates of Dietary Intake on Blood Pressure in the US Population

Unpublished Papers

• An Economic Theory of Constitution Making
• An Empirical Investigation on the Dynamic Effects of Mergers
• Judicial Independence under Political Conflict: An Empirical Investigation of Constitutional Review in Turkey
• Institutions Matter: Evidence from Turkey
• The Institutional Theory of Regulation: An Application to the U.S. Constitution