{"title":"Investigating the Sheltering Effect of Sustainability Indices During the Coronavirus Crash","authors":"Burcu TOSUN, Pelin ÖZGEN","doi":"10.54821/uiecd.1345196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54821/uiecd.1345196","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to demonstrate that making sustainability investments benefits a firm not just in terms of enhanced investor trust and visibility, but also in terms of providing a safe haven for them during difficult times. For this purpose, the abnormal returns of the companies which are listed in the Sustainability Index of Borsa Istanbul are compared with the rest of the companies during the “Coronavirus crash” which took hold of every financial market in the world. To determine if the businesses represented by the BIST SI are less impacted by the Covid-19 crash than the rest, an independent samples t-test is used. The primary approach used is event study methodology, where the LNV test for the BIST100 index is applied to confirm the impact of the \"event\" in question. Findings show that, like other financial markets, Borsa Istanbul had a price drop in March 2020. Also, it was observed that inclusion in the Sustainability Index reduced average loss. This implies that it is reasonable to make sustainable investments and, as a result, to be included in the sustainability indexes, as inclusion has been found to be particularly helpful in reducing loss during crisis times.","PeriodicalId":496761,"journal":{"name":"Uluslararası işletme ve ekonomi çalışmaları dergisi","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135344893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Financial wellbeing during covid-19 pandemic: Concerns on medical costs","authors":"Esra KARAPINAR KOCAĞ","doi":"10.54821/uiecd.1343533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54821/uiecd.1343533","url":null,"abstract":"Financial wellbeing which represents a great concern for individuals regardless of their social stature or their current employment situation constitutes an important element of individual wellbeing. This paper utilize Global Financial Inclusion Database (Global Findex, 2021) which is based on national representative surveys of about 128,000 adults across more than 120 countries. Empirical analysis in which ordered probit model was applied aim to investigate if there exists an association between financial concerns on medical costs and COVID-19. Findings of the empirical investigation reveal that being in the group of those who are very worried about financial hardship due to Covid-19 outbreak increases the probability of reporting being very worried about medical cost payments by about 34.5 percentage points. Therefore, it is seen that pandemic detrimentally related to individuals’ increased concerns over medical costs. These findings are expected to guide policy makers on the management of healthcare system and measures to improve individual wellbeing.","PeriodicalId":496761,"journal":{"name":"Uluslararası işletme ve ekonomi çalışmaları dergisi","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135926109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bank-Specific Determinants of Financial Stability in Participation Banks: Fresh Evidence from the Driscoll-Kraay Estimator","authors":"Selim GÜNGÖR","doi":"10.54821/uiecd.1333150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54821/uiecd.1333150","url":null,"abstract":"Since its first introduction as a primary policy goal by a big central bank, financial stability has received a great deal of interest as a distinct matter, separate from price stability and the efficient functioning of the financial sectors. Accordingly, different financial analysts and scholars in the financial system have tried to unravel the complexity of financial stability and have conducted theoretical and empirical research at different levels. This study aims to reveal the internal factors affecting the financial stability of participation banks operating as Islamic banks in Turkey. Therefore, we consider the data of 6 participation banks for the 2019Q1-2023Q1 period. Moreover, we assess the stability of participation banks with the Z-score, one of the most popular financial stability indicators. As a result of the analyses with the Driscoll-Kraay robust standard errors estimator, firstly, we found a negative relationship between risk-weighted and non-risk-weighted capital ratios and bank stability. Secondly, we concluded that while there is a negative relationship between bank stability and bank size, there is a positive relationship between cost-to-income ratio, loan ratio and deposit (funds collected) ratio and bank stability. Finally, among the diversification indicators, we observed a negative relationship between asset and fund diversification and bank stability; in contrast, there is a positive relationship between income diversification and bank stability. This study shows that the factors affecting bank stability from most to least are income diversification, fund and asset diversification, deposits (collected funds) ratio, non-risk weighted capital ratio, cost-to-income ratio, loan ratio, risk-weighted capital ratio and bank size, respectively.","PeriodicalId":496761,"journal":{"name":"Uluslararası işletme ve ekonomi çalışmaları dergisi","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136264038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OECD ÜLKELERİNDE FİNANSAL İNOVASYON VE ÇEVRE KİRLİLİĞİ İLİŞKİSİ","authors":"Murat TEKBAŞ","doi":"10.54821/uiecd.1331928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54821/uiecd.1331928","url":null,"abstract":"Climate changes as a result of environmental degradation have negative effects in many areas. Many studies in the economics literature have examined the effects of these negativities from different perspectives. In this study, the relationship between financial innovation and CO2 emission, which is newly used in the literature, is examined for 14 OECD member countries. LLC and IPS unit root tests, Pedroni and Kao cointegration tests and FMOLS estimator were used in the analyzes for the period between 2009 and 2019. According to the findings obtained from the analyzes, it is seen that financial innovation, economic growth and urbanization have negative effects on CO2 emissions. In addition, in the results of Dumitrescu-Hurlin causality test applied in the study, it was determined that there is a bidirectional causality relationship between economic growth, urbanization and CO2 emissions, and a unidirectional causality relationship between financial innovation and CO2 emissions. In this direction, it is considered important that companies and governments should act together. It is considered that the creation of green loans by financial intermediaries for environmentally sensitive projects can encourage investors. In order to prevent environmental degradation from a holistic perspective, the government should take measures such as subsidies and tax reductions to encourage environmentally friendly projects.","PeriodicalId":496761,"journal":{"name":"Uluslararası işletme ve ekonomi çalışmaları dergisi","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136264037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Content Analysis of the Post-graduate Theses Related with Competition in Civil Aviation","authors":"Nisa EKŞİLİ, Aslı Gülden SOYUGÜZEL, Derya ÖZİLHAN ÖZBEY","doi":"10.54821/uiecd.1331407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54821/uiecd.1331407","url":null,"abstract":"With the liberalization in the civil aviation sector, competition has started to increase. Firms operating in the sector had to continue their services in a competitive environment. For this reason, scientific studies and theses have been conducted on competition for firms operating in the field of civil aviation. The aim of the research is to profile the postgraduate theses prepared in the field of civil aviation and competition in Turkey by examining them bibliometrically. All postgraduate theses prepared in the field of civil aviation and competition in the National Thesis Center were included in the research. The number of theses prepared in the field of civil aviation and competition topic was determined as 24. Content analysis method, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. It was determined that most of the theses examined adopted the qualitative research method. When the samples of the theses are examined, Turkish Airlines for 10 theses and Pegasus for 8 theses were taken as samples. The first five frequently used keywords are competition, airlines, airline transportation, competitive strategies, and civil aviation, respectively.","PeriodicalId":496761,"journal":{"name":"Uluslararası işletme ve ekonomi çalışmaları dergisi","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135149767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}