Database of firms in Istanbul, 1926-50

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Seven Ağır, Middle East Technical University; Cihan Artunç, University of Arizona

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Project Citation: 

Agir, Seven, and Artunç, Cihan. Database of firms in Istanbul, 1926-50. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-11-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/E107183V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is a replication package for "The Wealth Tax of 1942 and the Disappearance of Non-Muslim Enterprises in Turkey," published in the Journal of Economic History. Turkey imposed a controversial tax on wealth to finance the army in 1942. This tax was arbitrarily assessed and fell disproportionately on non-Muslim minorities. We study the heterogeneous impact of this tax on firms by assembling a new dataset of all enterprises in Istanbul between 1926 and 1950. We find that the tax led to the liquidation of non-Muslim-owned firms, which were older and more productive, reduced the formation of new businesses with non-Muslim owners, and replaced them with frailer Muslim-owned startups. The tax helped "nationalize" the Turkish economy but had negative implications for productivity and growth.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources European Commission (Marie Curie Grant 2013ABH67840006); National Science Foundation (SES 1559273)

Scope of Project

Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Istanbul, Turkey
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1926 – 1950
Universe:  View help for Universe All firms ever established until 1926.
All active firms in the following years: 1926, 1929, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1950.
The years 1929, 1935, and 1938 exclude firms of the smallest capitalization category.

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source
İstanbul Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası. İstanbul Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası Mecmuası, vol. 42 (1–12). 1926.
—. İstanbul Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası Mecmuası, vol. 43 (1–6). 1927.
—. İstanbul Ticaret ve Sanayi Odasına mukayyet ticari, sınaî ve malî müesseseler ve efrat. İstanbul: Marifet Matbaası, 1929.
—. İstanbul Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası adres kitabı: İstanbul Ticaret ve Sanayi Odasında kayıtlı fevkalade birinci, ikinci ve üçüncü sınıf ticari, sınaî, mali müesseseler. İstanbul: Marifet Basımevi, 1935.
—. İstanbul Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası adres kitabı: İstanbul Ticaret ve Sanayi Odasında kayıtlı fevkalade birinci, ikinci ve üçüncü sınıf ticari, sınaî, mali müesseseler. İstanbul: Marifet Basımevi, 1938.
—. İstanbul Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası adres kitabı: İstanbul Ticaret ve Sanayi Odasında kayıtlı fevkalade birinci, ikinci ve üçüncü sınıf ticari, sınaî, mali müesseseler. İstanbul: Marifet Basımevi, 1941.
—. Adres Kitabı. İstanbul: İstanbul Ticaret Odası, 1950.


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