Monographs
Elgin, C. (2020). The informal economy: Measures, causes, and consequences. Routledge.
Elgin, C. (Ed.). (2024). Routledge Handbook of the Informal Economy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003370888
Chapters in Monographs
Elgin, C., & Yalaman, G. Ö. (2024). Provincial estimates of informality: Example from Turkey. In Routledge Handbook of the Informal Economy (pp. 230–249). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003370888-15
Yalaman, G. Ö., & Elgin, C. (2024). Tax morale: Model based estimates. In Routledge Handbook of the Informal Economy (pp. 418–433). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003370888-26
Gültepe, D., & Elgin, C. (2024). Examining the determinants of average hours worked: A cross country analysis. In Routledge Handbook of the Informal Economy (pp. 72–80). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003370888-5
Birinci, S., & Elgin, C. (2024). Shadow economy over the business cycle: How do formal and shadow cycles interact. In Routledge Handbook of the Informal Economy (pp. 213–229). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003370888-14
Elgin, C., Goksel, T., & Kimsanova, B. (2024). Access to finance and size of the informal sector. In Routledge Handbook of the Informal Economy (pp. 343–355). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003370888-22
Cantekin, K., Elveren, A. Y., & Elgin, C. (2021). Financing the welfare state system in Turkey. In C. Aspalter (Ed.), Financing welfare state systems in Asia. Routledge.
Elgin, C., Kose, A., Ohnsorge, F. & Yu, S. (2021). Understanding the informal economy: Concepts and trends. In F. Ohnsorge and S. Yu (Eds.), The long shadow of informality (pp. 35-91). World Bank. https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/37511318c092e6fd4ca3c60f0af0bea3-0350012021/related/Informal-economy-Chapter-2.pdf
Elgin, C., Kose, A., Ohnsorge, F. & Yu, S. (2021). Growing apart or moving together? Synchronization of informal- and formal-economy business cycles. In F. Ohnsorge and S. Yu (Eds.), The long shadow of informality (pp. 35-91). World Bank. https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/37511318c092e6fd4ca3c60f0af0bea3-0350012021/related/Informal-economy-Chapter-3.pdf
Elgin, C. (2021). Kayıt Dışı Ekonomi: Yerli Üretim için Engel mi Fırsat mı? In M. Tiryakioğlu (Ed.), Türkiye'nin Yerli Üretimi ve Politik Ekonomisi (pp. 55-60). İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. https://bilgiyay.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/yerliuretim1-39.pdf
Elgin, C., & Yalaman, A. (2020). COVID-19 pandemisinin yol açtiği ekonomik krize karşi açiklanan ekonomik teşvik paketleri: Bir karşilaştirma ve Türkiye örneği. In Ö. F. Çolak (Ed.), Salgın ekonomisi. Efil Yayınevi.
Elgin, C. (2020). Kayıt dişi ekonomi nedir? In E. Aydınonat, & Ü. B. Urhan (Eds.), Hayatın İçindeki İktisat. İletişim Yayınları.
Elgin, C. (2020). Kayıt dişiliğin ölçümü ve etkileri. In E. Aydınonat, & Ü. B. Urhan (Eds.), Hayatın İçindeki İktisat. İletişim Yayınları.
Journal Articles
Elgin, C., & Elveren, A. Y. (2024). Unpacking the economic impact of tourism: A multidimensional approach to sustainable development. Journal of Cleaner Production, 478(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143947
Elveren, A. Y., Elgin, C., & Töngür, Ü. (2024). The effect of informality on profit rates: the role of feminization of labor. Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/01603477.2024.2394067
Elgin, C. & Öztunalı, O. (2024). Central bank independence and inflation under asymmetric information: Delegation vs. Seesaw effects. Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice, 13(3), 245-270. https://doi.org/10.2478/jcbtp-2024-0029
Elgin, C., & Elveren, A. Y. (2024). Wage-productivity gap and discrimination against Syrian refugees: Evidence from Turkey. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1017/elr.2024.15
Heilenbach, N., Ogunsola, T., Elgin, C., Fry, D., Iskander, M., Abazah, Y., Aboseria, A., Alshamah, R., Alshamah, J., Mooney, S.J., Maestre, G., Lovasi, G.S., Patel, V., & Al-Aswad, L.A. (2024).Novel methods of identifying individual and neighborhood risk factors for loss to follow-up After ophthalmic screening. Journal of Glaucoma, 33(4), 288 – 296. https://doi.org/10.1097/IJG.0000000000002328
Elgin, C. (2024). Corporate social responsibility: Formal versus informal firms. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31(2), 776 – 783. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2602
Sood, S., Lidder, A.K., Elgin, C., Law, J.C., Shukla, A.G., Winn, B.J., Khouri, A.S., Miller-Ellis, E.G., Laudi, J., SooHoo, J.R., DeVience, E., Syed, M.F., Zerkin, A., & Al-Aswad, L.A. (2024). Salary negotiations: Gender differences in attitudes, priorities, and behaviors of ophthalmologists. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 257, 154-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2023.08.001
Yasar, S., & Elgin, C. (2024). Democracy and fiscal-policy response to COVID-19. Public Choice 198(1-2) 25–45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-023-01107-3
Elgin, C., Yalaman, A., & Yasar, S. (2023). Economic stimulus measures in the pandemic: The role of fiscal decentralization. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 16(1), 167–184. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsac047
Elgin, C., Özgür, G., & Cantekin, K. (2023). Measuring green technology adoption across countries. Sustainable Development, 31(1), 1 – 11.
Elgin, C., Williams, C., & Öz Yalaman, G. (2023). Evaluating the effectiveness of labor market interventions on reducing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Review of Development Economics, 27(1), 352 – 374.
Cantekin, K., Elgin, C., & Elveren, A. Y. (2023). Persistency of military spending and fiscal policy responses to Covid-19. Critical Military Studies, 9(4), 568–581. https://doi.org/10.1080/23337486.2022.2158771
Iskander, M., Hu, G., Sood, S., Heilenbach, N., Sanchez, V., Ogunsola, T., Chen, D., Elgin, C., Patel, V., Wronka, A., & Al-Aswad, L. A. (2022). Validation of the New York University Langone eye test application, a smartphone-based visual acuity test. Ophthalmology Science, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xops.2022.100182
Elgin, C., Williams, C. C., Oz-Yalaman, G., & Yalaman, A. (2022). Fiscal stimulus packages to COVID-19: The role of informality. Journal of International Development, 34(4), 861. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3628 Full-text on Open access: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9015423/
Elgin, C., Torul, O., & Turk, T. (2022). Marginal cost of public funds under the presence of informality. Hacienda Pública Española, 241(2), 79-103. https://doi.org/10.7866/HPE-RPE.22.2.4
Elgin, C., & Iyidost, E. (2022). Velocity of money and shadow economy. Applied Economics Letters, 29(18), 1741–1745. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2021.1961117
Elgin, C., Elveren, A. Y., Özgür, G., & Dertli, G. (2022). Military spending and sustainable development. Review of Development Economics, 26(3), 1466-1490. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12893
Cantekin, K., Elgin, C., & Elveren, A. Y. (2022). Evolution of the relationship between incarceration and the labor market in the United States, 1945-2016. The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, 47(1-2), 114-137.
Elgin, C., Torul, O., & Aydoğdu. E. (2021). Risky choices in a natural experiment from Turkey: Var misin yok musun?. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2021.101685
Elgin, C. (2021). Pigouvian exploitation, informality, and economic growth: Theory and evidence. Efil Journal of Economics Research 4(3). https://shop.efilyayinevi.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/EfilJournal-Cilt-4-Sayi-3.pdf
Elgin, C., & Elveren, A. Y. (2021). Informality, inequality, and feminization of labor. Women's Studies International Forum, 88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2021.102505
Elgin, C., Yalaman, A., Yasar, S., & Basburg, G. (2021). Economic policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of central bank independence. Economics Letters, 204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109874
Elgin, C. (2021). Foreign direct investment, informality and technology transfer. Review of Development Economics, 25(2), 994-1015. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12742
Yalaman, A., Basbug, G., Elgin, C., & Galvani, A. (2021). Cross-country evidence on the association between contact tracing and COVID-19 case fatality rates. Scientific Reports, 11(2145). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78760-x
Elgin, C., Elveren, A.Y., & Bourgeois, J. (2021). Informality, inequality and profit rate. Applied Economics Letters, 28(12), 1017-1020. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2020.1795065
Jia, J. S., Lazzaro, A., Lidder, A .K., Elgin, C., Alcantara-Castillo, J., Gedde, S. J., Khouri, A.S., Shukla, A. G., Sperber, L. T. D., Law, J. C., Modi, Y. S., Kim, E. T., SooHoo, J. R., Winn, BJ., Chen, R. W., & Al-Aswad, L. A. (2021). Gender compensation gap for ophthalmologists in the first year of clinical practice. American Academy of Ophthalmology, 128(7), 971-980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.11.022
Elgin, C., & Basbug, G. Yalaman, A. (2020). Economic policy responses to a pandemic: Developing the Covid-19 economic stimulus index. Covid Economics: Vetted and Real Time Papers, (3), 40-54. http://web.boun.edu.tr/elgin/COVID_19.pdf
Elgin, C. (2020). Teaching economics of COVID-19. World Economics Association: Commentaries, 10(3), 10-12. https://www.worldeconomicsassociation.org/newsletterarticles/covid-19/
Ozgur, G., Elgin, C., & Elveren A. Y. (2020). Is informality a barrier to sustainable development? Sustainable Development, 29(1), 45-65. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/sd.2130
Oyvat, C., Öztunalı, O., & Elgin, C. (2020). Wage-led versus profit-led demand: A comprehensive empirical analysis. Metroeconomica, 71(3), 458-486. https://doi.org/10.1111/meca.12284
Cantekin, K., & Elgin, C. (2020). Incarceration and labor market conditions of the underclass in the United States: An empirical investigation. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 26, 529–546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-019-09412-8
Basbug, G., & Elgin, C. (2020). Economic policy responses to Covid-19: The case of EU and non-EU Mediterranean countries. FEMISE & Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) – COVID-19 Med Briefs, (9). https://www.femise.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CMI-FEM-Brief-9.pdf
Elgin, C. (2020). Shadow economies around the world: Evidence from metropolitan areas. Eastern Economic Journal, 46, 301–322. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41302-019-00161-4
Elgin, C. (2019). Evolution and predictors of the homicide rate in Turkish provinces: Evidence from panel data. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 25, 379–390. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-018-9389-y
Erturk, F., & Elgin, C. (2019). Informal economies around the world: Measures, determinants and consequences. Eurasian Economic Review, 9, 221–237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40822-018-0105-5
Ateşağaoğlu, E., & Elgin, C. (2018). Ortakliğin giderilmesi (izale-i şüyu) davalari: Taşinmaz satişlari için istatistiksel bir analiz [Termination of co-ownership cases: A statistical analysis for immovable property sales]. Türkiye Barolar Birliği Dergisi, 139, 221-237. http://tbbdergisi.barobirlik.org.tr/m2018-139-1809
Basbay, M., Elgin, C., & Torul, O. (2018). Socio-demographics, political attitudes and informal sector employment: A cross-country analysis. Economic Systems, 42(4), 556-568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2018.03.003
Elgin, C., & Sezgin, M. B. (2017). Sectoral estimates of informality: A new method and application for the Turkish economy. The Developing Economies, 55(4), 261-289. https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.12151
Cantekin, K., & Elgin, C. (2017). Extent and growth effects of informality in turkey: Evidence from a firm-level survey. The Singapore Economic Review, 62(5), 1017-1038. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590815500794
Atesagaoglu, O. E., Bayram, D., & Elgin, C. (2017). Informality and structural transformation. Central Bank Review, 17(4), 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbrev.2017.11.002
Elgin, C., & Tosun, H. (2017). A note on informality and public trust. Economics Bulletin, 37(4), 2595-2601. https://ideas.repec.org/a/ebl/ecbull/eb-17-00472.html
Elgin, C., Atesagaoglu, O., E., & Oztunali, O. (2017). Determinants of ticket prices in Turkish aviation industry. Journal of Yasar University, 12(48), 329-338. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/357314
Atesagaoglu, O. E., Elgin, C., & Oztunali, O. (2017). TFP growth in Turkey revisited: The effect of informal sector. Central Bank Review, 17(1), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbrev.2017.02.002
Elgin, C., Gurdal, M. Y., & Yɪlmaz, M. (2016). Religiosity and fairness perceptions. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 9(3-4), 182–199. https://doi.org/10.1037/npe0000066
Elgin, C., & Erturk, F. (2016). Is informality a barrier for convergence? Economics Bulletin, 36(4), 2556-2568. http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2016/Volume36/EB-16-V36-I4-P246.pdf
Atesagaoglu, O. E., & Elgin, C. (2015). Cyclicality of labor wedge and informal sector. Economics Letters, 136, 141-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.09.024
Asfuroglu, D., & Elgin, C. (2016). Growth effects of inflation under the presence of informality. Bulletin of Economic Research, 68(4), 311-328. https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12057
Basbay, M., M., Elgin, C., & Torul, O. (2016). Energy consumption and the size of the informal economy. Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 10(1): 1–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2016-14
Elgin, C., & Schneider, F. (2016). Shadow economies in OECD countries: DGE vs. MIMIC approaches. Bogazici Journal, 30(1), 51-75. https://doi.org/10.21773/boun.30.1.3
Elgin, C., & Birinci, S. (2016). Growth and informality: A comprehensive panel data analysis. Journal of Applied Economics, 19(2), 271-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1514-0326(16)30011-3
Yüksel –Elgin, C., & Elgin, C. (2016). Intraocular pressure elevation after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Ophthalmology, 9(1), 139-144. https://doi.org/10.18240/ijo.2016.01.23
Elgin, C. (2015). Informal economy in a dynamic political framework. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 19(3), 578-617. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100513000497
Elgin, C. & Oztunali, O. (2014). Pollution and informal economy. Economic Systems, 38(3), 333-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2013.11.002
Elgin, C., & Solis-Garcia, M. (2015). Tax enforcement, technology, and the informal sector. Economic Systems, 39(1), 97-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2014.05.007
Elgin, C., & Çakır, S. (2015) Technological progress and scientific indicators: A panel data analysis. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 24(3), 263-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2014.938573
Elgin, C., & Öztunalı, O. (2014). Institutions, informal economy, and economic development. Emerging Markets, Finance and Trade, 50(4), 117-134. https://ideas.repec.org/p/bou/wpaper/2013-03.html
Elgin, C., & Öztunalı, O. (2014). Environmental Kuznets curve for the informal sector of Turkey (1950-2009). Panoeconomicus, 61(4), 471-485. https://ideas.repec.org/p/bou/wpaper/2013-05.html
Elgin, C., & Yucel, E. (2014). Determinants of the preference for leisure. Economics E-Journal, 8(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2014-9
Arouri, M., Ben Youssef, A., & Elgin, C. (2014). Informal economy in Africa: Building human capital to set the Gazelles free. African Development Bank, 85-97. http://ideas.econ.boun.edu.tr/RePEc/pdf/201404.pdf
Elgin, C., & Uras, B. R. (2014). Homeownership, informality and the transmission of monetary policy. Journal of Banking and Finance, 49, 160-168.
Elgin, C., & Oyvat, C. (2013). Lurking in the cities: Urbanization and the informal economy. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 27, 36-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2013.06.003
Elgin, C., & Uras, B. R. (2013). Is informality a barrier to financial development? SERIEs, 4, 309-331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13209-012-0092-9
Elgin, C., & Kuzubas, T. U. (2013). Wage-productivity gap in OECD economies. Economics E-Journal, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2013-21
Elgin, C., & Mazhar, U. (2013). Environmental regulation, pollution and the informal economy. SBP Research Bulletin, 9(1), 62-81. https://ideas.repec.org/p/bou/wpaper/2012-07.html
Elgin, C., & Kuzubaş, T. U. (2013). Current account balances and macroeconomic volatility. Economic Modelling, 33, 381-387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2013.04.032
Elgin, C., & Uras, B. R. (2013). Public debt, sovereign default risk and shadow economy. Journal of Financial Stability, 9(4), 628-640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2012.09.002
Elgin, C. (2013). Internet usage and the shadow economy: Evidence from panel data. Economic Systems, 37(1), 111-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2012.08.005
Elgin, C., Goksel, T., Gurdal, M. Y., & Orman, C. (2013). Religion, income inequality, and the size of the government. Economic Modelling, 30, 225-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2012.08.017
Elgin, C. (2012). Cylicality of shadow economy. Economic Papers, 31(4), 478-490. https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-3441.12011
Elgin, C. (2012). A theory of economic development with endogenous fertility. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 16(5), 686-705. https://ideas.repec.org/p/bou/wpaper/2010-06.html
Elgin, C. (2012). Vergiler ve Kayıtdışı Ekonomi: Bir Değerlendirme ve Türkiye Örneği [Taxes and informal economy: An evaluation and case for Turkey]. METU Studies in Development, 39(2), 237-258. https://ideas.repec.org/p/bou/wpaper/2011-05.html
Elgin, C. (2012). Unionization and Informal Economy. Economics Bulletin, 32(3), 2615-2623. https://ideas.repec.org/a/ebl/ecbull/eb-12-00353.html
Elgin, C., & Tumen, S. (2012). Can sustained economic growth and declining population coexist? Barro-Becker Children meet Lucas. Economic Modelling, 29(5), 1899-1908. https://ideas.repec.org/p/bou/wpaper/2010-11.html
Elgin, C., & Garcia, C. S. (2012). Public trust, taxes and the informal sector. Bogazici Journal, Bogazici University, Department of Economics, 26(1), 27-44. http://www.bujournal.boun.edu.tr/docs/134122797226_1_2.pdf
Elgin, C., & Kuzubas, T., U. (2012). Wage-productivity gap in Turkish manufacturing sector. Economics Discussion Papers.
Elgin, C., & Cicek, D. (2011). Not-quite-great depressions of Turkey: A quantitative analysis of economic growth over 1968–2004. Economic Modelling, 28(6), 2691-2700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2011.08.010
Cicek, D., & Elgin, C. (2011). Cyclicality of fiscal policy and the shadow economy. Empirical Economics, 41, 725-737. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-010-0409-0
Elgin, C., & Cicek, D. (2011). Accounting for Turkish Business Cycles. Iktisat Isletme ve Finans, 26(309), 9-32. https://ideas.repec.org/a/iif/iifjrn/v26y2011i309p09-32.html
Elgin, C. (2011). Niçin kayitdişi oluruz? Iktisat ve Toplum, 7, 74-78. https://iktisatvetoplum.com/nicin-kayit-disi-oluruz-ceyhun-elgin/
Elgin, C. (2010). Political turnover, taxes and the shadow economy. Bogazici University, Department of Economics. https://ideas.repec.org/p/bou/wpaper/2010-08.html
Encyclopedia Entries
Elgin, C. (2015). Underground economy. In Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118663202.wberen356