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...

This study comes up with a measure of the structural budget balance for the Turkish economy between 2006-2010 in order to assess fiscal stance and evaluate the sensitivity of the budget balance with respect to the business cycles. Calculating structural budget balance requires three steps:...