(This paper is in Turkish) In this paper we have empirically investigated the validity of the contractionary devaluation hypothesis in Turkey by using the Structural VAR methodology developed by Bernanke (1986). The model used in this study shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, real...

Çalışmanın hedefi telekomünikasyon altyapısı ile ekonomik büyüme arasındaki nedensellik ilişkisinin yönünü OECD ülkeleri için belirlemektir. Bu amaçla ampirik model 21 OECD ülkesi için 1975-2012 periyodunu kapsayacak şekilde uygulanmıştır. Önceki çalışmalardan farklı...

This paper presents the panorama of zombie firms in the Turkish economy, which are highly inefficient, highly indebted firms that have low or sometimes negative productivity, and provides an analysis of the impact of these firms on economic activity for the period 2012-2015. Our results suggest...

In this research, we discuss the past and current trends in defining poverty to look at the topic from different perspectives and to provide an outline of future work that we aim to complete the picture on the qualitative and quantitative side. For this purpose, our focus here is to evaluate the...

Does education make people more or less religious? The previous literature offers mixed findings on the relationship between education and religiosity. This may be due to endogeneity bias: education and religiosity can be caused by a third variable such as culture or upbringing. We instrument...