Browsing by Author "Bilgin, Mehmet Hüseyin"
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An analysis of the unemployment selected MENA countries and Turkey
One of the most important economic and social problems of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the high rate of unemployment. Unemployment in the selected MENA countries like Egypt Israel Jordan and Turkey are examined as well as the relationship between growth and unemployment. For this reason active labor market policies should be designed to address job creation in addition to structural reform in labor markets.
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Bank credit in uncertain times: Islamic vs. conventional banks
Authors:Bilgin, Mehmet Hüseyin; Danışman, Gamze Öztürk; Demir, Ender; Tarazi, Amine
Publisher and Date:(Elsevier Ltd, 2020)This paper explores whether the impact of economic uncertainty on credit growth differs for Islamic vs. conventional banks. Using a sample of 416 banks (58 Islamic and 358 conventional) in 12 countries, the findings indicate that an increase in economic uncertainty significantly decreases the credit growth of conventional banks but does not have any significant impact on Islamic banks’ credit growth. Our results are robust to alternative specifications and addressing endogeneity concerns using GMM ...
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Bireysel performansa dayalı ücret ve Türkiye`de uygulamaları
Bu çalışmamız, performansa dayalı.ücret uygulamaları hakkındadır. Bu çalışmamızda, bireysel performansa dayalı ücretin. Türkiye' de nasıl uygulandığı araştırılmıştır. Bu araştırma kapsamında, performansa dayalı ücret sistemini uygulayan ve özel sektörde faaliyet gösteren 4 firma incelenmiştir, inceleme yapılan firmaların insan kaynaklan departmanlarında görev alan ilgili sorumlularıyla karşılıklı olarak ya da telefon ile yapılan görüşmelerde veya fax, internet gibi iletişim araçlarıyla yapılan ...
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Determinants of Currency Crises in Turkey Some Empirical Evidence
Authors:Karabulut, Gökhan; Bilgin, Mehmet Hüseyin; Danisoglu, Ayse Celikel
Publisher and Date:(M.E Sharpe Inc., 2010)Currency crises have become a serious threat for developing countries especially since the financial deregulation process and the collapse of the Bretton Woods system. In the past two decades Turkey has experienced two major currency crises. This study aims to predict the determinants of currency crises in Turkey by using an ordered probit model. According to the results short-term debt/GDP real exchange rate deposit interest rates foreign exchange reserves/imports and credit/deposit variables are ...
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Do structural breaks in exchange rate volatility matter? Evidence from Asia-Pacific currencies
Authors:Su, Yongyang; Lau, Chi Keung Marco; Bilgin, Mehmet Hüseyin
Publisher and Date:(Bilgesel Yayincilik San & Tic Ltd, 2011)Using the U.S. dollar exchange rate return series of three major Asia-Pacific currencies this paper investigates the empirical relevance of structural breaks in exchange rate volatilities. We find significant evidence of structural breaks in the unconditional variances of all three exchange rate returns implying unstable GARCH processes for these exchange rates. Various methods of accommodating structural breaks were considered when forecasting daily exchange rate volatility using GARCH models. ...
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Doğrudan yabancı sermaye yatırımları çerçevesinde inşaat malzemeleri sektörü
Çalışma dört ana başlıkta toplanmaktadır. Birinci bölümde doğrudan yabancı sermaye yatırımlarına ilişkin kavramsal çerçeve ve dünyadaki gelişimi, İkinci bölümde Türkiye'deki doğrudan yabancı sermaye yatırımın gelişimi ve mevcut durumu, Üçüncü bölümde ortak girişim tanımı, türleri, oluşturma nedenleri, avantaj ve dezavantajları, dördüncü bölümde ise inşaat malzemeleri sektörünün dünyadaki ve Türkiye'deki durumu ayrıca bir uygulama örneği incelenmiştir.
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Enflasyon hedeflemesi ortamında Türk bankacılık sektörü
Enflasyon Hedeflemesi Ortamında Türk Bankacılık Sektörü. Ekonominin tüm kesimleri üzerinde olumsuz etkilere sahip olduğu belirtilen enflasyonun tek haneli oranlara düşürülmesi izlenen istikrar politikalarının ortak noktalarından biri olmuştur. Fiyat istikrarını nihai hedef olarak kabul eden ve kendine özgü yasal, teknik ve kurumsal özelliklere sahip olan enflasyon hedeflemesi stratejisi 1990'lı yıllardan itibaren bazı gelişmiş ve gelişmekte olan ülkelerde para politikası alanında uygulanmıştır. ...
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Export Conditions of the Chinese Textile Industry: An Analysis in Comparison with Selected ASEAN Countries
Authors:Lau, Chi Keung Marco; Bilgin, Mehmet Hüseyin
Publisher and Date:(Sage Publications Ltd, 2010)This paper provides a comprehensive and disaggregated set of elasticity estimates to date in the face of MFA abolishment. The estimates made here are at a detailed level of disaggregation and should provide researchers with opportunities for future analysis. We used the gravity model to estimate the trade elasticity of China's apparel cottons in the US market for the period between 1989 and 2009. From the gravity model two phenomena are observed. First there exists a unique long-run equilibrium ...
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Income Inequality and FDI: Evidence with Turkish Data
Authors:Ucal, Meltem Şengün; Haug, Alfred Albert; Bilgin, Mehmet Hüseyin
Publisher and Date:(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016)This article explores how foreign direct investment (FDI) and other determinants impact income inequality in Turkey in the short- and long-run. We apply the nonlinear auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) modelling approach which is suitable for small samples. The data for the study cover the years from 1970 to 2008. The empirical results indicate the existence of a co-integration relationship among the variables with asymmetric adjustment of the income distribution in the short- and long-run. ...
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Is China Integrated With Her Major Trading Partners: Evidence On Financial And Real Integration
Authors:Bilgin, Mehmet Hüseyin; Lau, Chi Keung Marco; Tvaronaviciene, Manuela
Publisher and Date:(Vilnius Gediminas Tech Univ, 2010)Applying the new panel unit root test developed in this paper we can overcome the pitfalls of old-fashioned panel unit root tests making it possible for researchers testing individual series for a unit root while taking contemporaneous cross-sectional dependence and structural break into account. The proposed test was used to investigate the status of financial and real integration of China Japan UK the European Union and the United States based on the empirical validity of real interest parity ...
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Is U.S. labor market flexibility a prescription to curve Turkey's high unemployment?
This paper compares the U.S. and Turkish labor markets in terms of flexibility and draws some results for Turkey. In paper the U.S. is considered a flexible model and Turkey a rigid model. Since 2001 unemployment is one of the most serious problems in Turkey. Despite rapid economic growth in 2000s the job creation capacity of the economy has not improved and high unemployment still remains a worrisome problem. The paper also discusses the reasons for different unemployment rates in Europe and in ...
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Kobi borsalarının Kobi finansmanındaki yeri : dünya uygulamaları ve Türkiye üzerine bir inceleme
Dünya ekonomisinde çok önemli bir yeri olan KOBİ'lerin özkaynak yetersizliği nedeniyle yaşadıkları sorunlar, ülkeler arasında değişiklikler göstermekle birlikte, hemen hemen aynı konu başlıkları altında toplanmaktadır. Türkiye'de de son yıllarda KOBİ'lerin ekonomi içindeki paylarının önemi daha da iyi anlaşılmış ve en ciddi sorunlarından birini oluşturan finansman konusunda alternatif yöntemler ve kurumlar kurulmaya başlanmıştır. 2008 dördüncü çeyreği itibarıyla uygulamaya geçilmesi planlanan ...
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Relationship Between Financial Crisis And Foreign Direct Investment In Developing Countries Using Semiparametric Regression Approach
Authors:Ucal, Meltem Şengün; Ozcan, Kivilcim Metin; Bilgin, Mehmet Hüseyin; Mungo, Julius
Publisher and Date:(Vilnius Gediminas Tech Univ, 2010)This paper analyzes whether and to what extent the inflow of FDI is affected before and after the occurence of a financial crisis in developing countries. The paper uses a semiparametric Generalized Partial Linear Models (GPLM) regression approach to check the appropriateness and effectiveness of financial crisis in the FDI regression model. The results indicate that FDI inflows decrease in the years after a financial crisis and an upturn in FDI inflows the year before a financial crisis hit the country.
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Rental Price Convergence In A Developing Economy: New Evidence From Nonlinear Panel Unit Root Test
Authors:Bilgin, Mehmet Hüseyin; Lau, Chi Keung Marco; Demir, Ender; Astrauskiene, Nijole
Publisher and Date:(Vilnius Gediminas Tech Univ, 2010)We examine the hypothesis of nonlinear rental price convergence using relative rental price index of three major cities of Turkey namely Istanbul Izmir and Ankara span from the period from January 1994 to February 2010. Our results indicate that all cities exhibit rental price convergence towards its national mean level for the period of January 1994 to December 2004. In contrast none of the cities show evidence of convergence from January 2005 to February 2010. The evidence clearly shows rental ...
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The Turkish handmade carpet industry: an analysis in comparison with select Asian countries
Authors:Bilgin, Mehmet Hüseyin; Demir, Ender; Lau, Marco Chi Keung; To, Chester Kin-Man; Zhang, Zhi-Ming
Publisher and Date:(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2011)The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the Turkish handmade carpet industry and to compare it with select Far East countries. In particular the Turkish handmade carpet industry is compared with the handmade carpet industries of Iran India China Afghanistan Pakistan and Nepal. In this context the determinants of handmade carpets in the US market are analyzed empirically. Our results show that the Turkish handmade carpet industry has been experiencing a period of recession in the past decade. ...
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Türkiye'de İşsizliğin Yapısal Analizi
The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the structure and dimensions of unemployment in Turkey. Besides its dimensions, the composition of unemployment is also very important and the unemployment rates are higher than the official rates in Turkey. The unemployment is an urban intensive problem and it is widespread especially over the young workers, women and low-educated labor in Turkey. The amount of people who has been unemployed more than one year is also very high. The implication of ...