Independent Regulatory Agencies (IRA) has been in fact established as a result of the state’s desire to undertake the role of a referee rather than being a market player in our country. Though IRAs’ initial establishment aim was as such, it has caused considerable discussions in the field of...

In this study, a market liquidity index for Turkey is built, which presents information about the course of the liquidity in the financial markets. Moreover, the impact of the 2007-2009 global financial crisis on Turkey's financial system is examined by comparing the index to VIX, a risk...

Due to the complex and close interaction of banks with other economic units, any trouble in banking sector might have repercussion on the whole economy which makes the market structure and competition in banking sector as a cynosure. In fact, in order to understand the market structure,...