The aim of the paper is to investigate the presence of herding towards the market in Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) during the period of 2nd January 1997-29th February 2008. We got the evidence of the existence of herding behavior in ISE by the implementation of the methodology which is based on...

We focused on two main questions that should be asked during the privatization of telecommunication sector in order to achieve the goal of privatization: What to sell and how to sell? Emphasizing the establishment of an efficient telecomunication market and maximization of the revenue from this...

Aim of this study is to investigate profitability of momentum investment strategy in ISE. Sample of the study consists of the stocks traded in National Market of ISE from July 2000 to June 2010. We use 3, 6, 9, 12 month holding and testing periods. Performance of momentum strategy is tested by...

Increasing and sustaining the quality of life for people can be possible when they are healthy. Good health conditions require good quality and reachable health care services. Because of the market failure as a result of asymmetric information, public sector as well as private one provides...

Recent financial crises and especially large corporate bankruptcies, have led bank managements and financial authorities to follow and monitor both financial and real sector risks, and to focus on firm failures. Bank of International Settlements, has therefore, taken the decision to include the...