We examine the impact of banking reform and financial crisis of 2001 on non-financial firm dynamics. Our analysis integrates the two lines of literature on financial liberalization, banking reform and access to capital and banking competition, which were addressed earlier by Bertrand, Schoar and...

Gas from the Russian Federation accounts for a quarter of the consumption in the European Union and for more than 40% of its imports. In 2010 essentially all of these imports depended on transit through either Belarus or Ukraine, both being major importers of Russian gas themselves. On both...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the network effect on the probability of job finding. This paper uses a specific data set from the Izmir region, prepared by the Turkish Statistical Institute for a specific project carried out by Izmir University of Economics in cooperation with the Izmir...

In this paper, we develop a structural macro econometric model for Turkey, to assess the role of structural characteristics of an emerging economy on macroeconomic indicators. In this model, standard macroeconomic policy results are observed as the target levels and actual levels. Technically,...

The Turkish Health System underwent several evolutions from the early days of the Republic until the beginning of 1990s. The most radical changes came after 1990s in the context of reforms implemented within Turkey’s accession process to European Union. The Turkish Health System has been...

The aim of this study demographic characteristics of consumers, to identify the relationship between living standards and food shopping habits, determine the level of awareness by the MFAL of measures taken to ensure food safety and to develop recommendations in this context.Research is the...