The transmission of policy decisions to financial markets is an integral part of the monetary transmission mechanism. However, one of the major problems in estimating the effect of monetary policy on asset prices is the simultaneous response of policy actions and the asset prices to each other....

(This paper is in Turkish) This paper based on three-digit (international standard industrial classification, ISIC-Rev.3) panel data over the 1991-2000 period measures technical efficiency and total factor productivity growth in the public and privately owned manufacturing sub-sectors in Ýzmir...

In today’s world in which several countries face financial crises, banking industry has become very important for national economies in order to realize optimal resource use. Therefore, banking industry should operate productively and increase its efficiency. In this study, firstly, efficiency...