In this work, behavior of money multipliers for a developing country, Turkey is examined and is calculated by estimating the values of the model constructed for the purpose for the period of 1952-1972. However, model lends itself for applications covering any other period.Study includes three...

Turkish Abstract: 'Özel Çekme Hakları' deyimi baslıca iki şeyi ifade etmektedir: Birinci olarak bir 'hesap birimini' simgelemektedir. Öte yandan bir 'açık kredi' anlamına gelmektedir. Özel Çekme Hakları Para Fonu'nun bir hesap standardı olarak görülmelidir. Bunların 'kağıt...

We use quanto credit default swaps to analyze the impact of a credit event in the Euro zone on the Euro-Dollar exchange rate. In light of the European debt crisis, market participants are willing to pay more for protection against a sovereign credit event if the payment in such an event is...

Recent findings have heightened the debate about the usefulness of public information in asset markets. Using daily composite and sector index returns, this paper examines the role of public information arrival in an emerging, high-inflation economy like Turkey. The findings reveal that real GDP...

This brief provides a short guiding tour to the Euro zone crisis. It looks at the current situation, the context in which the zone has to deal with such a situation, the way we got here, and the possible way out. The latter outlines a set of minimum steps required to make the euro sustainable

Financial markets have experienced unprecedented transformations, signs of which have emerged since the late 1970s. In recent years substantial consolidation occurred. In response to changes in macroeconomic variables, such as GDP, industrial production, inflation and the political business...

This research investigates Banks' profitability in the United Arab Emirates from 2008 to 2012 using Bankscope Data Base, Financial Statement, and quantitative methodology techniques. This study focuses on 4 banks, 2 Islamic banks (Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank - Public Joint...

In spite of significant institutional and macroeconomic reforms over the last decade or two, capital flows to developing economies remain highly volatile. In 1996, net private capital flows to emerging markets reached US$230 billions; by 1997 these flows had been cut in half; by 1998 halved...

About 80 years ago Fredderick Soddy was probably the first scientist pointing out the importance of the second law of thermodynamics in the economy. Up today the majority of economists don't pay any attention to this fact, proved in the mean time quantitatively. The present world financial...

A transition finance country pilot was initiated by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in partnership with the government of Cabo Verde. The study aims to capture the challenges facing Cabo Verde following graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) to Lower Middle Income Category...