Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 40 Issue 6

The cyclicality of the demand for crude oil: evidence from the OECD

George Tawadros

– The purpose of this paper is to analyse the cyclical relationship between the demand for crude oil and real output for the OECD.

Institution and decomposition of natural disaster impact on growth

Eiji Yamamura

This paper aims to investigate whether natural disasters enhance efficiency improvement, capital accumulation and technological progress. Further, this paper examines whether the…

Investor sentiment and yield spread determinants: evidence from European markets

Spyros Spyrou

This paper aims to investigate the yield spread determinants for a sample of European markets in the light of the recent financial crisis. It utilises findings from two different…

Connecting corruption to ethnic polarization and religious fractionalization

Edward Nissan, Shahdad Naghshpour

– The paper aims to investigate the connection between corruption and ethnic polarization and religious fractionalization.

An investigation on competitiveness in services: Turkey versus European Union

Mahmut Hiziroglu, Abdulkadir Hiziroglu, Abdullah Hulusi Kokcam

The aim of this study is to investigate the competitiveness of the selected services in Turkey in comparison with the EU and the selected EU countries based on three comparative…

Gender effects of education on economic development in Turkey

Aysit Tansel, Nil Gungor

This study is concerned with the separate output effects of female and male education, as well as output effects of the educational gender gap. Several recent empirical studies…

Nuclear energy, CO2 emissions and economic growth: The case of developing and developed countries

Abdullah Alam

The paper aims to study the relationship between economic growth, nuclear energy consumption and carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions for a panel of 25 countries over a period of…