Research Interests

Productivity Analysis; Trade and Investment; Technology Transfer; Innovation; Corporate Finance; Environmental Economics; Applied Microeconometrics.

Software

• Opreg

Selected Papers

• International Linkages, Technology Transfer, Absorptive Capacity, and Productivity

Yaşar, M. (2013). “Imported Capital Input, Absorptive Capacity, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Firm-Level Data.” Economic Inquiry, 51(1), 88-100. Abstract, Paper. Endogenous Threshold Analysis

Yaşar, M. and C. J. M. Paul (2008). “Foreign Technology Transfer and Productivity: Evidence from a Matched Sample.” Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 26(1), 105-112. Abstract, Paper. Propensity Score Matching; Multilateral Index Approach for Measuring Productivity.

Yaşar, M. and C. Morrison Paul (2007). “International Linkages and Productivity at the Plant Level: Foreign Direct Investment, Exports, Imports and Licensing.” Journal of International Economics,71(2), 373-388. Abstract, Paper

• Outsourcing, Productivity, and Input Composition

Paul, C.M. and M. Yaşar (2009). “Outsourcing, Productivity, and Input Composition at the Plant Level.”  Canadian Journal of Economics, 42(2), 422 – 439.Abstract, Paper. A Flexible Translog Production Function Estimated by Using a Semi-Parametric Empirical Model Based on Olley and Pakes (1996)

• Export Tax Rebates, Markup, and Resource Misallocation

Weinberger, A., Q. Xuefeng, and M. Yaşar (2020). “Export Tax Rebates and Resource Misallocation: Evidence from a Large Developing Country.” Canadian Journal of Economics. Forthcoming Abstract, Paper. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Globalization Institute Working Paper 302.

• Hausing, Manufacturing Concentration, Panel Data Spatial Econometrics

Feng, P., M. Yasar, and J. Cohen (2023). “Do Higher House Prices Crowd-Out or Crowd-In Manufacturing? A Spatial Econometrics Approach.” The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. Forthcoming. Abstract, Paper

Feng, P., Z. Zhou, J. Cohen, and M. Yasar (2024). “Air Pollution and the Effects on House Prices: A Push for Sustainability.” The Journal of Real Estate Research. Forthcoming. Abstract, Paper

• Industrial Organization, Information Systems, and Operations Management

Dissanayake, I.,J. Zhang, M. Yaşar, and S.P. Nerur (2018). “Strategic Effort Allocation in Online Innovation Tournaments.” Information and Management. 55(3), 396-406. Abstract, Paper

Mishra, R., R. Napier, M. Yasar (2019). “Do Competitors Respond to Capacity Changes? Evidence from U.S. Manufacturers.” Operations Management Research, 12, 159–172. Abstract, Paper

Dissanayake, I., S.P. Nerur, J. Wang, M. Yasar, J. Zhang (2021). “Impact of Helping Others in a Coopetitive Crowdsourcing Community.” Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 22 (1). Abstract, Paper

Mishra, R., A. Rasheed, M. Yasar, R. Napier, A. Nakkas (2021). “Inventory Positions in US Manufacturing: A Competitive Dynamics Approach.” International Journal of Production Economics, 238. Abstract, Paper

Dissanayake, I., M. Yasar, M. Vaghefi, S. Nerur (2024). “Driving the Innovation Race: Unraveling the Effect of Competitiveness in Crowdsourcing Contests.” Journal of Management Information Systems. Accepted. Abstract, Paper

• Export Market Diversification and Firm Productivity

Xuefeng, Q. and M. Yaşar (2016). “Export Market Diversification and Firm Productivity:Evidence from a Large Developing Country.”World Development, 82, 28-47. Abstract, Paper

• Technology Transfer, Capital and Skill Complementarity, Wages, and Productivity

Yaşar, M. and C. J. M. Paul (2008). “Capital-Skill Complementarity, Productivity and Wages: Evidence from Plant-Level Data for a Developing Country.” Labour Economics, 15, 1-17. Lead Article, Abstract, Paper

Yaşar, M. and R. M. Rejesus (2020). “International Linkages, Technology Transfer, and the Skilled Labor Wage Share: Evidence from Plant-Level Data.” World Development, 128. Abstract, Paper. Correlated Random Effects Probit; Fixed Effects Quantile Regression; Moment-Based Instrumental Variable (Lewbel, 2012).

Putra, C., M. Yasar, A. Agarwal, B. Lahiri, R. Rejesus (2024). “International Linkages and Female Share of Total Employment: Evidence from Plant-Level Panel Data.” The International Journal of Trade and Development. Forthcoming. Abstract, Paper

• Trade and Environment

Roy, J. and M. Yaşar (2015). “Energy Efficiency and Exporting: Evidence from Firm-Level Data.”Energy Economics, 52, 127-135.  Abstract, Paper. An instrumental Variables Strategy Based on a Differencing Approach.

Banarjee, S., J. Roy, and M. Yaşar (2020). “Exporting and Pollution Abatement Expenditure: Evidence from Firm-Level Data.” Forthcoming, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Globalization Institute Working Paper 393. Abstract, Paper

• The Political Economy and Trade Policy

Lee, B., M. Yaşar, and A.A. Rasheed (2018). “Predictors of Foreign Corporate Political Activities.” Global Strategy Journal. 8(3), 503-514.  Abstract, Paper. Rare Events or Separation; Penalized Maximum Likelihood; Poisson; Residual Regression.

Yaşar, M. (2013). “Political Influence of Exporting and Import-Competing Firms: Evidence from Eastern European and Central Asian Countries.” World Development, 51, 154-168. Abstract, Paper. Multivariate Probit Model Using a Simulated Maximum-Likelihood Algorithm.

Yaşar, M., R. Rejesus, Y. Chen and U. Chakravorty (2011). “Political Influence of Firms in the Tradables and Non-Tradables Sectors: A Cross-Country Analysis.” Economics and Politics, 23(3), 297-312. Lead Article. Abstract, Paper

• Trade, Immigration, and Culture

Yaşar, M., D. Lisner and R. Rejesus (2012). “Bilateral Trade Impacts of Temporary Foreign Visitor Policy.” Review of World Economics/Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 148 (3), 501-521.

Wang, Y., Z. Yang and M. Yasar (2020). “A Multilevel Investigation into the Effect of Cultural Distance on Bilateral Trade: The Roles of Product Type and Uncertainty Avoidance.” Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, forthcoming.

• Firm Productivity and Spillovers from Academic, Industrial, and Foreign Linkages

Yaşar, M. and C. M. Paul (2012). “Firm Performance and Knowledge Spillovers from Academic, Industrial and Foreign Linkages: The Case of China.” Journal of Productivity Analysis, 38(3), 237-253. Lead Article. Abstract, Paper

Yaşar, M. and C. Morrison Paul (2007). “Firm Performance and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Transition Economies.” Economic Bulletin, 15(2), 1-11. Abstract, Paper

Yaşar, M. and C. J. M. Paul (2009). “Size and Foreign Ownership Effects on Productivity and Efficiency: An Analysis of Turkish Motor Vehicle and Parts Plants.” Review of Development Economics, 13(4), 576 – 591. Abstract, Paper. Translog Production Function, Stochastic Production Frontier (SPF), Quantile Regression Methods.

Roy, J. and M. Yaşar,(2013). “Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Indonesian Plant-Level Data.” In E. Guillon and L. Chauvet (ed.), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Policies, Economic Impacts and Global Perspectives, Nova Science Publishers: Hauppagge, NY.

Reprinted in Roy, J. and M. Yaşar (2013). “Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Plant-Level Data.” Journal of Current Issues in Globalization,  6 (3), 483-492. Abstract, Paper

Lahiri, B., M. Yaşar, C. Putra (2024). “Horizontal and Vertical Foreign Direct Investment Linkages, Absorptive Capacity, and Domestic Investment.” Journal of Economic Studies.  Forthcoming. Abstract, Paper

• Exporting, Selection, Learning-by-Exporting, and Productivity

Yaşar, M. (2015). “Direct and Indirect Exporting and Productivity: Evidence from Firm-Level Data.”Managerial and Decision Economics, 36, 109-120. Abstract, Paper. Test for Selection on Observed and Unobserved Variables.

Yaşar, M., P. Garcia, C.H. Nelson, and R.M. Rejesus (2007). “Is there Evidence of Learning-by-Exporting in Turkish Manufacturing Industries?” International Review of Applied Economics, 21(2), 293-305. Abstract, Paper. Olley & Pakes’ (1996) Dynamic Behavioral Model with Two State Variables.

Yaşar, M., C.H. Nelson and R. M. Rejesus (2006). “Productivity and Exporting Status of Manufacturing Firms: Evidence from Quantile Regressions.” Review of World Economics/ Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 142(4), 675-694. Abstract, Paper

Yaşar, M., C.H. Nelson and R. M. Rejesus (2006). “The Dynamics of Exports and Productivity at the Plant Level: A Panel Data Error Correction Model (ECM) Approach.” In B. Baltagi (ed.), Panel Data Econometrics: Theoretical Contributions and Empirical Applications, Elsevier, Amsterdam. Abstract, Paper. Dynamic / System GMM Approach proposed by Arellano and Bover (1995) and Blundell and Bond (1998, 2000).

Yaşar, M. and R.M. Rejesus (2005). “Exporting Status and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Matched Sample.” Economics Letters, 88(3), 397-402. Abstract, Paper. Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and Difference-in-Difference (DID) Estimators.

• Institutions, Corruption, Education, and Productivity

Yaşar, M. C. M. Paul, and M. Ward (2011). “Property Rights Institutions and Firm Performance:A Cross-Country Analysis.” World Development, 39(4), 648-661. Abstract, Paper

Chen, Y., M. Yaşar and R.M. Rejesus (2008). “Factors Influencing the Bribery Payouts by Firms: A Cross-Country Analysis.” Journal of Business Ethics. 77(2), 231-244 .Abstract, Paper

Maganini, N. D., A. A. Rasheed, M. Yaşar, H.H. Sheng (accepted). Cross-listing and Price Efficiency: An Institutional Explanation. Journal of International Business Studies. Abstract, Paper

Maganini, N. D., A. A. Rasheed, M. Yaşar (accepted). Legal Systems and Stock Market Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis of Stock Indices Around the World”. The Journal of Institutional Economics. Abstract, Paper

Yang, J., Q. Hao, M. Yaşar (accepted). Institutional Investors and Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: The 2000-2018 Period. International Review of Finance. Abstract, Paper

• Creative Destruction, Productivity Growth, and Productivity Decomposition

Yaşar, M, R.M. Rejesus, and I. Mintemur (2006). “Plant-level Dynamics and Aggregate Productivity Growth in the Meat Processing Industry: Evidence from Longitudinal Data.” Agribusiness: An International Journal, 22(1), 91 – 107. Abstract, Paper. Multilateral TFP Index Measure

Yaşar, M, R.M. Rejesus, and I. Mintemur (2004). “Is there Evidence of Creative Destruction in the Turkish Manufacturing Sector? Lessons from a Cross-Industry Analysis of Aggregate Productivity Growth.” Applied Economics, 36(17), 1937-1945. Abstract, Paper. Decompose the Aggregate Industry Level Productivity measure into four sources: (1) changes from
within plant productivity; (2) changes from reallocation of factors towards more productive plants; (3) changes from plant entry; and (4) changes from plant exit.

• Agricultural and Urban Economics

Connor, L., Rejesus, R., & Yasar, M. (accepted). Crop Insurance Participation and Cover Crop Use: Evidence from Indiana County-level Data. Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. Abstract, Paper

Rejesus, R., M. Mutuc, M. Yaşar, A. Lapitan, and F. Palis (2012). “Sending Vietnamese Rice Farmers Back to School: Further Evidence on the Impacts of Farmer Field Schools.” The Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 60(3), 407-426. Abstract, Paper

Li, J., R. Terry, M. Yasar (2021). “Who Benefits More? The Heterogeneous Impact of Highways on County Growth.” Transportation Planning and Technology. Forthcoming.

Kim, S. M. Shahandashti, and M. Yasar (2023) “The Effect of Anti-Price Gouging Law on Disaster Recovery Speed: Evidence from Reconstruction in Virginia and Maryland after Hurricane Sandy.” ASCE’s Natural Hazards Review. Forthcoming.

Feng, P., M. Yasar, R. Rejesus (2023). “Innovation and Regional Economic Convergence.” The Annals of Regional Science. Part of a collection: Sustainable Economic Growth: Advancing the U.N.’s SDG 8. Forthcoming.

• Production Function Estimation, Simultaneity, and Selection

Yaşar, M., R. Raciborski, and B. Poi (2008). “Production Function Estimation in Stata Using the Olley and Pakes Method.” The Stata Journal, 8(2),221-231.Abstract, Working Paper Version, Program, Web Appendix for OPREG Command

Professional Services

• Associate Editor (Co-Editor), International Economic Journal.

• Associate Editor (Co-Editor), Emerging Markets Finance and Trade.

• Referee for American Economic Review; American Political Science Review; Applied Economics; Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy; Borsa Istanbul Review; Chinese Management Studies; Contemporary Economic Policy; Economic Analysis and Policy; Economic Development and Cultural Change; Economics of Innovation and New Technology; Economic Inquiry; Economics Letters; Economic Modeling; Economic Systems; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade; Empirical Economics; Energy Economics; Food Policy; International Economic Journal; International Journal of Production Economics; Journal of African Development; Journal of Business Ethics; Journal of Business Research; Journal of Comparative Economics; Journal of Development Economics; Journal of Development Studies; Journal of Economics & Management Strategy; Journal of Environmental Economics and Management; Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade; Journal of Infrastructure Systems; Journal of Institutional Economics; Journal of International Economics; Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money; Journal of Policy Modeling; Journal of Productivity Analysis; Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists; Land Economics; Open Economies Review; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Physica A; Public Choice; Production and Operations Management; Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance; Regional Science and Urban Economics; Research Policy; Review of Income and Wealth; Review of Development Economics; South Eastern Europe Journal of Economics; TCMB Çalışma Tebliği Serisi; Stata Journal; The Annals of Regional Science; The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development; The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics; The Southern Economic Journal; The World Economy; Urban Water Journal; Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv/Review of World Economics; World DevelopmentEconomics; World Development; World Trade Review.

• Grant reviewer for National Science Foundation (NSF); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

• Book reviewer for College Market Research, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Pearson Prentice Hall, South-Western/Thomson Learning, Routledge Taylor&Francis Group.

Selected Conference Presentations

• American Economic Association; Chinese Economists Society Conference; INFORMS; International Conference on Panel Data; International Industrial Organization Conference; Midwest International Trade Conference; North American Productivity Workshop; North American Summer Meeting of Econometric Society; Southern Economic Association Conference; the European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis.