Anti-corruption will feature prominently in Turkey's talks on EU accession. Despite claims to the contrary, the data show that corruption levels in Turkey are not radically different than those in many other accession countries. While Turkey already meets many of the requirements for negotiating...

The 1999 OECD Convention on the Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactions (Anti-Bribery Convention) represented a leap forward in international cooperation to fight corruption. Roughly summarising, the Convention obliged all OECD member states to criminalise the payment...

Purpose – This paper aims to present to capital market regulators (particularly in Turkey) with options for regulating the quickly expanding area of socially responsible investment (SRI). Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes a public economics perspective, focusing on the social...

Purpose – This paper aims to present to capital market regulators (particularly in Turkey) with options for regulating the quickly expanding area of socially responsible investment (SRI). Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes a public economics perspective, focusing on the social...