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Pandemics, Income Inequality, and Refugees: The Case of COVID-19
(2024.01.01) Büyükakin, F.; Özyilmaz, A.; Isik, E.; Bayraktar, Y.; Olgun, M.F.; Toprak, M.
Refugees are more vulnerable to COVID-19 due to factors such as low standard of living, accommodation in crowded households, difficulty in receiving health care due to high treatment costs in some countries, and inability to access public health and social services. The increasing income inequalities, anxiety about providing minimum living conditions, and fear of being unemployed compel refugees to continue their jobs, and this affects the number of cases and case-related deaths. The aim of the study is to analyze the impact of refugees and income inequality on COVID-19 cases and deaths in 95 countries for the year 2021 using Poisson regression, Negative Binomial Regression, and Machine Learning methods. According to the estimation results, refugees and income inequalities increase both COVID-19 cases and deaths. On the other hand, the impact of income inequality on COVID-19 cases and deaths is stronger than on refugees.
The role of institutional quality in the relationship between financial development and economic growth: Emerging markets and middle-income economies
(Borsa Istanbul Anonim Sirketi, 2023) Bayraktar, Y.; Ozyilmaz, A.; Toprak, M.; Olgun, M.F.; Isik, E.
In this study, the relationship between economic growth and financial development was analyzed for emerging markets and middle-income economies. The effect of financial development on growth, whether there is institutional quality or not, has also been investigated. In addition, which financial development indicator is more effective for growth has been examined. Six institutional quality indicators and seven financial development indicators were used. According to the Dumitrescu–Hurlin causality test results, there is a causality relationship between all financial development indicators and growth. According to the estimation results, financial development indicators have a positive effect on growth in the presence of institutional quality. However, if institutionalization is not included in the model, the effect of financial development indicators on economic growth is statistically insignificant.
The role of institutional quality in the relationship between financial development and economic growth: Emerging markets and middle-income economies
(2023.01.01) Bayraktar, Y.; Ozyilmaz, A.; Toprak, M.; Olgun, M.F.; Isik, E.
In this study, the relationship between economic growth and financial development was analyzed for emerging markets and middle-income economies. The effect of financial development on growth, whether there is institutional quality or not, has also been investigated. In addition, which financial development indicator is more effective for growth has been examined. Six institutional quality indicators and seven financial development indicators were used. According to the Dumitrescu-Hurlin causality test results, there is a causality relationship between all financial development indicators and growth. According to the estimation results, financial development indicators have a positive effect on growth in the presence of institutional quality. However, if institutionalization is not included in the model, the effect of financial development indicators on economic growth is statistically insignificant. Copyright (c) 2023 Borsa Istanbul Anonim S,irketi. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).