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Liberalization, Ownership and Productivity in Turkish Banking
This paper examines productivity developments in public, private and foreign banks operating in Turkey over... Read More
Financial Distress and Bank Performance: Turkish Experience
Turkey experienced a severe financial crisis in 1994 that resulted in a record level economic... Read More
The Relationship of Earnings and Book Values to Equity Values: Evidence from Turkey
In this study, we examine factors associated with equity valuation in a newly emerging market,... Read More
Impact of Israeli Measures on Palestinian Child Labor and Schooling
The objective of this paper is to study the determinants that make the Palestinian children... Read More
Interest Free and Interest-Bearing Money Demand: Policy Invariance and Stability
This paper, using quarterly Iranian data for the period 1966-1998, extends the literature by investigating... Read More
Women’s Informal Employment in Palestine: Securing A Livelihood Against All Odds
The article locates women’s informal employment in the Occupied Territories (OPT) in the context of... Read More
An Empirical Investigation of Economic Cooperation among the OIC Member Countries
The regional economic blocks among OIC countries play an important role in economic improvement for... Read More
Egypt’s Growth Performance Under Economic Liberalism: A Reassessment with New GDP Estimates, 1885-1945
Following a period of rapid growth in the late 19th century, Egyptian real per capita... Read More
Succession Effects in Radically Different Environments: A Study in Turkish Banking before and after Liberalization
This study examines the consequences of managerial succession in the banking sector of a highly... Read More