Mr. Isa Sagbas
Professor of Public Economics, AfyonKocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Isa Sagbas
Date of Birth: April 20, 1969
Gender: Male
Nationality: Turkish
Country of Birth: Turkey
Contact information
Work Address: Department of Public Finance, The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
e-mail:isagbas@aku.edu.tr
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EDUCATION DETAILS
Undergraduate: Department of Public Finance, The Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University, Turkey.
Date started October 5, 1987, date finished September 12, 1991.
Master:International Development Department (MSocSc in Public Economic Management),
School of Public Policy, The University of Birmingham (UK).
Date started October 1, 1994, date finished October 15, 1995.
PhD:International Development Department, School of Public Policy,
The University of Birmingham (UK).Supervisor: Professor Kenneth J. Davey.
Title: Fiscal Equalization and the Revenue Sharing System in Turkey: An Empirical Study.
Date started November 1, 1995, date finished July 19, 1999.
WORK EXPERIENCE
March 3, 1992 – August 15, 1993: The Ministry of Finance, General Directorate of Accounting (Ankara – Turkey) Position – Civil Servant
August 16, 1993 – …. Afyon Kocatepe University, The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Public Finance (Afyonkarahisar – Turkey) Position – Full-time Professor of Public Economics
LANGUAGES
Turkish (native), English
Specific experience
Hungary- Budapest: Participant of the course: “Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Local Financial Management” organised by World Bank Institute, 2.7.2004-23.7.2004
Turkey: Participant of workshop on preparation and drafting new municipal and provincial administration revenues law. I was instructor of “Intergovernmental fiscal transfers” session. (Organised by EPRI, World Bank Institute and the Ministry of Interior, Abant- Bolu) 9.11.2005 – 13.11.2005
London – UK: Participant of the training course. “Microsimulation” Organised by Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute of Fiscal Studies (21-22 January 2010)
Research interests
local government finance, intergovernmental fiscal relations, taxtheory and policy
PROJECTS
Developing Performance Index for Small Size Municipalities in Turkey,
Project manager
Project funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council Of Turkey
(date started, September 2006; date finished, May 2007)
Measuring Gini Coefficient forAfyon,
Project manager
Project funded by AfyonKocatepe University
(date started, January 2008; date finished, June 2008)
An Analysis of Consumption Taxes with A Life Cycle Model from The Perspective of Equity,
Project manager
Project funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council Of Turkey
(date started, September 2010; date finished, May 2012)
Selected publications:
Akcay, S. Sagbas, I&Demirtas, G. (2016) Financial Development and Tax Revenue Nexus in Turkey, Journal of Economics and Development Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 103-108
DOI:10.15640/jeds.v4n1a10
Sagbas, I.Saruc, N.T. &Tunalı, C.B. (2018) How Do Universities Contact their Alumni? Practices of the Best Universities in the World University Rankings, Higher Education Journal, 8(3), 334–345. doi:10.2399/yod.18.030
Sagbas, I. Sen, H & Kar, M. (2005) Fiscal Decentralisation, the Size of the Public Sector, and Economic Growth in Turkey, v.23, pp.3-19, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, Volume: 23 issue: 1, page(s): 3-19
Sagbas, I.(2001) An Econometric Analysis of LocalFiscalResponsetoRevenueSharing in Turkey,Environment and Planning C: GovernmentandPolicy19(1) February, pp. 85 – 101.
Sagbas, I.(2000) The Impact of Population Changes on Local Expenditures in Turkey, YapıKredi Economic Review, v.11, n.1, pp.41-53.
Sagbas, I.(2001) Central-Local Fiscal Relations in Turkey: A Technical Analysis of Fiscal Equalisation, Turkish Studies, v.2, n.2, pp. 121-142.
Sagbas, I.&Saruc, T. (2004) Intergovernmental Transfers and the Flypaper Effect in Turkey, Turkish Studies, v.5, n.2, pp.79-92.
Daskaya, N &Sagbas, I (2019) Consumption Inequality in Turkey: An Empirical Study, Consumption and Consumption Research Journal, 11(1), 23-42 (TURKISH)
Erdogan, N &Sagbas, I (2016) Tax and Socio-Economic Development Relationship: The Case of Afyonkarahisar, Public Finance Research Journal, v.2, n.3 (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I.&Fisne, M. (2010) Regional Policy in European Union, in Kar, M. & Arıkan,H. (Eds.), European Union’s Common Policies and Turkey, Beta Publication, Istanbul, pp.261-279. (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I.& Kucukilhan, M. (2005) Evaluation Public Revenues in European Union’s Turkey Progress Reports, in Kar, M. & Arıkan, H. (Eds.), The Relations Between Turkey and European Union, Seckin Publication, Ankara, pp.442-467. (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I.(2000) Theory of Fiscal Equalisation, Journal of Afyon Kocatepe University The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, v.2, n.1, pp.173-184. (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I.& Odabas, H. (2002) Tax Competition, Fiscal Equalisation and European Union, Economics Business and Finance, v.17, n.198, pp.63-71. (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I. (2002) The Impact of Public Expenditures on Convergence, Journal of Afyon Kocatepe University The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, v.4, n.2, pp.137-148. (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I.(2003) Public Choice Theory and Perception of Local Taxes in Turkey, Journal of Public Administration, v.36, n.1, pp.169-178. (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I.& Sen, H. (2003) Causality between Tax Revenues and Public Expenditures: A Literature Review, Tax World, v.22, n.258, pp.137-144. (TURKISH)
Saruc, T &Sagbas, I. (2003) Measuring Tax Ethics: An Empirical Study on Turkey, Journal of Afyon Kocatepe University The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, v.5, n.1, pp.79-96. (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I.& Saruc, T. (2003) The Impact of Tax Policies on Electorate’s Political Party Choice, Tax Problems, n.130, pp.130-146. (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I. (2003) Local Public Expenditures in Turkey and Economies of Scale, Journal of Public Finance, n.143, pp.16-29. (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I. (2004) Centre-Local Relations: An Analysis of New Law Proposal, Cerceve, n.31, pp.43-48. (TURKISH)
Saruc, T. &Sagbas, I. (2004) The Relation Between Equity Perception of Tax Payers and Tax Evasion, Finance&Political Economy Comments, v.41, n.482, pp.64-74. (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I.& Odabas, H. (2004) Musgrave and Buchanan’s Contributions to Public Finance, Tax World, v.23, pp.116-124. (TURKISH)
Bayraklı, H.H., Sagbas, I.& Ural, L. (2004) An Analysis of the Factors that Affect Tax Evasion Tendency: Usak Case, Journal of Afyon Kocatepe University The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, v.6, n.1, pp.197-214. (TURKISH)
Selected Conference Proceedings and Presentations:
Sagbas, I.&Saruc, T. (2007) An Econometric Analysis of the Flypaper Effect and Local Tax Effort in Turkey, 1st World Meeting of Public Choice Societies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 28 March -1 April 2007.
Saruc, T. &Sagbas, I. (2003) Intergovernmental Transfers and the Flypaper Effect in Turkey, 59th Annual Meeting of International Public Finance Institute, 25-28 August 2003, Prag, Czech Republic.
Sagbas, I (2000) Local Tax Capacity and Local Tax Effort in Turkey, Paper presented at the State Institute of Statisitics (Ankara, Turkey) Research Symposium, 27-29 November, 2000. (FULL TEXT PUBLISHED, proceedings book, pp.202-208) (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I. (2003) Public Expenditures and Economies of Scale in Turkey, 1st Urban Economics Research Symposium, Pamukkale University, 10-12 September 2003, Denizli. (FULL TEXT PUBLISHED, proceedings book, pp.166-183). (TURKISH)
Bayraklı, H.H., Saruc, T. &Sagbas, I. (2004) The Factors that Affect Tax Evasion and The Methods for Prevention, 19th National Public Finance Symposium, Antalya. (FULL TEXT PUBLISHED, proceedings book, pp.204-254) (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I. (1998) The Revenue Sharing System and Fiscal Equalization in Turkey: An Econometric Approach, Paper presented at the Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey) International Conference on Economics 2, 9-12 September, 1998. (ABSTRACT PUBLISHED, abstract book, p.92)
Sagbas, I. (2000) The Impact of Demographic Changes on Local Expenditures, Paper presented at the Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey) International Conference on Economics 4, 13-16 September, 2000. (ABSTRACT PUBLISHED, abstract book, p.227) (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I.& Caliskan, A. (2000) The Impact of Urbanisation on Local Elections, Paper presented at the Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey) International Conference on Economics 4, 13-16 September, 2000. (ABSTRACT PUBLISHED, abstract book, p.226) (TURKISH)
Sagbas, I. (2001) Perception of Local Taxes, Paper presented at 7th National Conference of the Turkish Social Science Association, Ankara, 27-29 November, 2001. (ABSTRACT PUBLISHED) (TURKISH)
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