Observing that the Turkish Lira has appreciated against the US Dollar in the recent years in spite of the higher inflation rate in Turkey brings a question about the applicability of PPP to Turkish case. We provide Turkish Balance of Payments, an indicator of funds flow, as an explanatory factor...

Given the secrecy that wraps the flows of the GCC countries' petrodollar surpluses to the United States and the pressures on these countries to spend and recycle more, this study attempts to uncover the direct and reverse causal relationships between the GCC financial accounts and the US current...

This paper examines the roles of futures prices of crude oil, gasoline, ethanol, corn, soybeans and sugar in the energy-grain nexus. It also investigates the own- and cross-market impacts for lagged grain trading volume and open interest in the energy and grain markets. According to the results,...

This paper examines the roles of futures prices of crude oil, gasoline, ethanol, corn, soybeans and sugar in the energy-grain nexus. It also investigates the own- and cross-market impacts for lagged grain trading volume and open interest in the energy and grain markets. According to the results,...

Given the secrecy that wraps the flows of the GCC countries petrodollar surpluses to the United States and the pressures on these countries to spend and recycle more, this study attempts to uncover the direct and reverse causal relationships between the GCC financial accounts and the US current...

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are viewed currently as pillars of relative political, economic and financial stability, with the prospect of a major shift in future world power. The paper aims at investigating the relationships among the economic, financial and political...

Turkish Abstract: Fosil tabanlı enerji kaynakları üzerinde oluşan tükenme baskısı; yarattıkları çevresel sorunlar ve buna bağlı gelişen kamu kaygıları; bu kaynakların coğrafi olarak yoğunlaşmasıyla ilintili tekellerin yarattığı enerjide bağımlılık ilişkileri;...

This paper examines the roles of futures prices of crude oil, gasoline, ethanol, corn, soybeans and sugar in the energy-grain nexus. It also investigates the own- and cross-market impacts for lagged grain trading volume and open interest in the energy and grain markets. According to the results,...