This study is the first attempt to empirically examine the determinants of suicides in the case of Turkey using the time-series data for the period 1974-2007. This research proposes that the suicides in Turkey are related to some economic and social factors and they exhibit a dynamic...

In this research, firstly, the production of wheat, wheat flour, and, the situation of flour mill industry in the world and Turkey, were investigatited. The support policies which were applied to wheat in Turkey, the capacity for flour mill industry, production, import, export affair were...

We explore the possible role of interdependence of expectations in emerging market economies and analyze the crisis transmission mechanism within the ”pure”contagion framework. We consider the cases of Russia, Turkey, and Brazil, and assess whether the fundamentals of these countries allowed...

Implementation of structural adjustment policies in Developing Countries (DCs) signifies a rupture from the development, modernisation and industrialisation policies which were under state’s control, contrary to the industrialised states’ experiences. Even though the intensity and extension...

This study aimed to test five fundamental factors (growth, profitability, leverage, liquidity, and efficiency) and two market ratios (earning ratio, and price earning ratio) that predicted to influence stock price in several groups of manufacturing industries listed in Jakarta Stock Exchange...

We present a dynamic model of capacity utilization and growth which takes into due account the joint determination of the international competitiveness (measured by the real exchange rate) and functional income distribution. It follows that how distribution, capacity utilization and growth vary...

This short note presents the research rankings of economists and economics departments at world-wide and Turkish scale using RePEc data base as of June 2011. Brief suggestions and conclusions are provided for the Turkish researchers and economics departments so that they could increase their...

India’s success story in services is well documented at the national level, but similar literature does not exist for India’s states. In this paper, we bridge this gap in research by looking at India’s services growth at the sub-national level and in doing so, also challenge existing...

Different goods are produced by different sectors in an economy. The fact that sectors use different production technologies is named technology-bias. The technology-bias is well documented and has important theoretical implications for economic growth and unemployment. We provide a theoretical...

This study evaluates attitudes of Turkish university students towards markets and influence of taking a course in economics on these attitudes, and compares the results with students in other countries. The study results show that the opinions of university students in Turkey about the justice...