This study empirically tests for long-run equilibrium relationship and the direction of causality between imports and energy consumption in Singapore. The results of the present study reveal that a long-run equilibrium relationship exists between import growth and energy consumption growth in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the direction of causality between the monthly stock returns and the monthly net foreign investor flows, and the existence of feedback trading by foreign investors for the “blue chip” stocks of the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE), an...

Purpose – To measure the size of underground economy and the amount of tax evasion in Cyprus by employing monetary and non‐monetary approaches over the period 1960‐2003 and to compare the Cyprus figures with some European experience existing in the literature. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – To analyze and compare service quality in the commercial banking sector of a small island economy – Cyprus and to investigate the relationship between overall bank customer satisfaction in the Turkish‐ and Greek‐speaking areas of Cyprus and positive word‐of‐mouth about...

Purpose – There are international students studying in the universities of Northern Cyprus that come from more than 68 countries. Travel agencies are among those firms which are affected the most from these international students. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate how...

Purpose – To analyze the impact of agricultural sector on the economy of North Cyprus, which suffers from political problems and drought over the years. Design/methodology/approach – Annual data covering 1975‐2002 period has been used to find the direction of causality in Granger sense...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the possible co‐integration and the direction of causality between financial development, international trade and economic growth in India. Design/methodology/approach – Annual data covering the 1965‐2004 period have been used to investigate...