Browsing by Publisher "Academic Journals"
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Effects of gender on credit card usage among university students in Turkey
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Publisher and Date:(Academic Journals, 2011)In recent years much has been written about credit card usage among university students. Despite a vast number of studies little has been written about credit card usage among university students in developing countries. This research surveyed university students in Turkey in an attempt to understand their uses of credit cards. In particular we examined the impact of gender on credit card use. The literature on the impact of gender on credit card usage is a bit unsettled and this study seeks to ...
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Electronic government services in Europe: Strategies projects and applications
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Publisher and Date:(Academic Journals, 2011)In Europe national electronic government incentives have made a significant contribution to the modernization of administration and its processes as well as its customer oriented services. In this study European strategies and projects for electronic government as well as their implementation plans were analyzed followed by an examination of the electronic services offered by the national governmental authorities in Austria European pioneers in electronic government the United Kingdom the electronic ...
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Measuring bank branch performance using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA): The case of Turkish bank branches
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Publisher and Date:(Academic Journals, 2011)The aim of this study is to develop a performance model for measuring the relative efficiency and potential improvement capabilities of bank branches by identifying their strengths and weaknesses. Another purpose is to investigate the production and profitability aspects of branches. Under both production and profitability approaches efficiency characteristics of branches which are grouped according to different sizes and regions have similar tendencies. In both analyses it is apparent that branch ...
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The behaviour of the Istanbul Stock Exchange Market: An intraday volatility/return analysis approach
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Publisher and Date:(Academic Journals, 2011)This study investigates intraday effects in the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) during the latest period of financial turmoil which began in August 2007 and extended to February 2010. We tested for the possible existence of intraday anomalies using both return and volatility equations empirically applying GARCH (pq) models. The unique data set we utilized was compiled from 15-min intraday values of the ISE-100 Index which are formed by averaging historical ten-second tick data. This study contributes ...