In recent years, one of the hottest debates on Turkish economy is the conflict on resource allocation between real estate and industry sectors. The debate was so intense that ex-minister of Economy Mr. Ali Babacan declared his opinions. Mr. Babacan's statements about the creation of fixed...

Purpose: This paper aims to answer how effective the loan-to-value (LTV) regulation has been since 2011 for conventional and Islamic (participation) banks in Turkey in terms of curbing mortgage loan growth and delinquency[1]. Design/methodology/approach: The authors first use unit root tests...

Increasing amounts of capital flows to developing countries and emerging markets tend to stimulate economic activity in these countries on one hand, and lead to serious macroeconomic fluctuations on the other hand. Foreign investors' activities in an emerging market, specifically in a stock...

Pricing the real estate property and pre-determining increasing and decreasing movements in prices by establishing the real estate price index in the country have an important place in order to provide price stability in national economies and predict formation of financial crisis. In this...

The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a long-run relationship between macroeconomic indicators and property price index in Dubai. This paper uses the monthly data for the eight year period from January 2003 to December 2010. In order to identify long term equilibrium...

For many years, economists have been using statistical tools to estimate parameters of macroeconomic models. Forecasting plays a major role in macroeconomic planning and it is an essential analytical tool in countries' economic strategies. In recent years, researchers are developing new...

During last 10 years some EU countries had economical instability. They have short and long term challenges such as unemployment, population ageing, globalization etc. In this study it is aimed to analyze macroeconomic indicators of EU countries' economic growth using panel data approach. Static...

Current account deficit has been a popular research topic among Turkish economists. The study investigates the relation between current account deficit of Turkey and house prices in the country. This paper uses the classical linear regression model and this is run for three times. The results of...

Banking sector is an essential part of a nation's economy and represents one of the most important components of a nation's capital. Similarly, the loan portfolio represents an important component of a bank's total assets. These assets generate huge interest income which is a critical measure of...