The relationship between long-term portfolio investments and growth in the context of asset characteristics and development level

İbrahim Halil SUGÖZÜ

This study investigates the linkage between portfolio investment and economic growth in 18 developed and 27 developing countries. Furthermore, it compares and analyzes interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing assets and the economic development level. The results of our analysis show that long-term portfolio investment is positively associated with economic growth in developing countries. Long-term portfolio investment through non-interest-bearing assets contribute more to economic growth in developing countries. However, stocks and long-term bond portfolio investment are unrelated to economi ...More

Employment Vulnerability and Earnings in Kyrgyzstan

Kamalbek KARIMŞAKOV

Employment vulnerability is considered as working under inadequate conditions. This research examined the impact of employment vulnerability on earnings with special reference to gender-based differences. Analyses were based on panel data for 2010-2013 and 2016 from the household survey. A panel data fixed-effects model with instrumental variable within the Lewbel (2012) method was applied to estimate an earnings equation. Results indicates negative impact of employment vulnerability on earnings. Women experienced this negative effect more severely. Given these empirical findings, government l ...More

Exploring the impact of information technology on motivation and performance in sports: a psychological perspective

The essential purpose of this research study is to determine the impact of information technology related to motivation and performance in sports. This research study depends upon psychological perspective research based on the primary data analysis to determine the research study develop different questions related to information technology and motivation and the sport's performance. These questions fulfill by different participants who know information technology and motivation. Information technology is the main independent variable, motivation is the mediator variable, and the performance ...More

Soviet Work Life and Labor Relations in Aitmatov's Works = Aytmatov’un Eserlerinde Sovyet Çalışma Hayatı ve Emekçi İlişkileri

Cevat ÖZYURT

The main purpose of this article is to understand the historical breaks and changes in Chingiz Aitmatov's views on Soviet working life and labor relations. His works on working life and labor relations will be analyzed by dividing them into two periods. His first works were written on the assumption that the promises of the Socialist Revolution for a new life were realized. Workers live a happy and prosperous life in harmony with the system and their environment. The problems of exploitation, stratification and social conflict have been resolved and the ontological security of the workers has ...More

Capital liberalization, growth and moral hazard: Lessons from the global financial crisis

İbrahim Halil SUGÖZÜ

The 2008 global crisis, initiated in the USA, a developed country, is significant as it's the last global crisis caused by capital flows. This study investigates the link between capital account liberalization and economic growth during the 2008 global crisis in 105 countries, including moral hazard. Furthermore, it considers portfolio equity and debt flows as asset characteristics and tests two moral hazard channels (i.e., sudden stop and credit booms) employing the OLS estimation technique. The findings show that capital inflows promote growth, with portfolio equity flows having more contrib ...More

The Effect of Ownership Structure on Financial Reporting Timeliness: An Implementation on Borsa Istanbul

Gökhan ÖZER

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the influence of corporate and foreign ownership structures on the timeliness of financial reporting. The sample of the study consists of 2,204 observations obtained from 208 companies trading in Borsa Istanbul between 2008 and 2019. Multiple regression analysis was conducted, and the relationship between ownership structure and financial reporting timelinesses was investigated. The findings indicate that corporate and foreign ownership are significantly and negatively associated with financial reporting timeliness. Robustness analysis was car ...More

The effects of the investment decisions of telecommunications firms on their financial performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

Gökhan ÖZER

In this paper we examine how the financial performance of telecommunications firms is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and investigate the role of capital expenditures in this relationship. The full sample consists of 383 unique telecommunications firms from 72 countries. Empirical models are estimated using ordinary least squares regression with the Driscoll–Kraay standard errors method. We find that the financial performance of telecommunications firms, on average, decreased slightly during the pandemic period. However, firms with higher capital expenditures have increased their financial ...More

Understanding the Role of Self-Efficacy in Sports Performance: A Longitudinal Study

The primary goal of this research project is to evaluate the influence of self-efficacy in athletic performance. This longitudinal study gives primary research data analysis to identify the research study employed useful research questions connected to self-efficacy and sports performance. This question is dependent on whether it is open-ended or closed-ended. The research study employed SPSS software for this aim, and the outcomes were useful. The descriptive statistic analysis, one-way ANOVA test analysis, variance component analysis, chi-square analysis, and the initial main test between de ...More

Does Wagner’s Hypothesis Explain the Dynamics of Health Expenditures in Transition Countries?

Zamira ÖSKÖNBAYEVA

he purpose of this study is to analyze the short and long run causal relationship between public health expenditure and GDP per capita in transition economies within the context of the Wagner hypothesis. For the period 2000-2020, the empirical analysis was conducted using a dataset covering 22 transition countries: Latvia, Belarus, Czechia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Estonia, Croatia, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Ukraine, Armenia, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Romania, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic, and Kazakhstan. Wagner emphasizes that ...More

Audit Committee and Timely Reporting: Evidence From Turkey

Gökhan ÖZER

This paper seeks to examine whether the characteristics of the audit committee impact the timely reporting represented by audit report lag (ARL), firm-based abnormal audit report lag (FAARL), and industry-based audit reports lag (IAARL). The sample of the study includes mostly hand-collected 2,284 firm-year observations obtained from Turkey's listed non-financial companies. Main regression results show that audit committee gender diversity, meeting frequency, and independence are negatively associated with timely reporting. Furthermore, additional analysis indicates the negative association be ...More

Relationship between Government Expenditure and Economic Growth in Transition Countries: Case of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan = Geçiş Ülkelerinde Devlet Harcamaları ile Ekonomik Büyüme İlişkisi: Kırgızistan ve Tacikistan Örneği = Взаимосвязь между государственными расходами и экономическим ростом в странах с переходной экономикой: на примере Кыргызстана и Таджикистана

Raziyahan ABDİYEVA | Damira BAYGONUŞEVA | Cunus GANİEV

After the collapse oi Soviet Union the membercountries was accompanied by economic and political crises. Each country has chosen own monetary and fiscal policy considering the economic situation. Even though that their economic situation is similar, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are pursuing opposite fiscal policy. More precisely, Kyrgyzstan in recent years has changed its fiscal policy towards expansionary policy, when Tajikistan is continuing contractionary policy. This paper analyses the long and the short-run causality relationships between government expenditure and economic growth in Kyrgyzs ...More

The Determinants of Tax Culture in Transition Economies: The Case of Kyrgyzstan = Geçiş Ekonomilerinde Vergi Kültürü ve Etkileyen Faktörler: Kırgızistan Örneği

Raziyahan ABDİYEVA | Cusupcan PİRİMBAYEV

Devletin fonksiyonlarını etkin ve başarılı bir şekilde yerine getirebilmesi için sürekli ve sağlıklı finansal kaynaklara ihtiyacı vardır. Devletin sağlıklı bir şekilde sürekli gelire sahip olması ancak vergi sisteminin etkinliğine bağlıdır. Vergi sisteminin başarısını ise mükelleflerin vergi yükümlülüklerini yerine getirme düzeyi belirlemektedir. Çalışmamızda bir geçiş ekonomisi olan Kırgızistan’daki mükelleflerin vergi kültürü ve bu vergi kültürünü etkileyen faktörler araştırılmaktadır. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre vergi kültürünü etkileyenen önemli faktörlerin devlete güven, kamu hizmetlerinin ...More