Çalışmanın amacı, 22 OECD ülkesi için 19912003 dönemi verilerini kullanarak araştırma geliştirme harcamaları ile işgücü verimliliği arasındaki ilişkiyi panel veri yöntemleri kullanarak incelemektir. Bu amaçla, fiziki ...

In this chapter we investigate whether the term structure of interest rates contains useful information about future real economic activity in Turkey for the period 1995:1 to 2003:3. The best model to describe the relationship ...

We consider multiple linear regression models under nonnormality. We derive modified maximum likelihood estimators (MMLEs) of the parameters and show that they are efficient and robust. We show that the least squares ...

Salient features of a family of short-tailed symmetric distributions, introduced recently by Tiku and Vaughan [1], are enunciated. Assuming the error distribution to be one of this family, the methodology of modified ...

Real interest rate is a crucial variable that determines the consumption, investment and saving behavior of individuals and thereby acts as a key policy tool that the central banks use to control the economy. Although many ...

This article attempts to study the concept of empowerment in the Turkish context based on the case studies of women's organisations implementing empowerment training programs. The study brings together the evaluations of ...