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Early childhood human capital investment in children
(Marmara Üniversitesi, 2016-06)
Early childhood investment is extremely important in forming the human capital. In order to understand the investment during this period, a human capital production function which takes parental skills, and investments as ...
Will a fat tax work?
(Wiley, 2016-01)
Of the many proposals to reverse the obesity epidemic, the most contentious is the use of price-based interventions such as the fat tax. Previous investigations of the efficacy of such initiatives in altering consumption ...
No comment?! The drivers of reactions to online posts in professional groups
(Elsevier, 2016-08)
Social media has moved beyond personal friendships to professional interactions in high-knowledge industries. In particular, online discussion forums are sponsored by firms aiming to position themselves as thought-leaders, ...
Transforming poverty-related policy with intersectionality
(AMA, 2016)
Despite progress toward poverty alleviation, policy making still lags in thinking about how individuals experience poverty as overlapping sources of disadvantage. Using the lens of intersectionality, this article identifies ...
Do display ads influence search? Attribution and dynamics in online advertising
(Elsevier, 2016-09)
As firms increasingly rely on online media to acquire consumers, marketing managers rely on online metrics such as click-through rate (CTR) and cost per acquisition (CPA). However, these standard online advertising metrics ...
Performance of inflation targeting in retrospect
(Springer International Publishing, 2016)
Both inflation and inflation expectations declined considerably in the inflation targeting countries during the past two decades. The questions of whether this decline has actually been an outcome of inflation targeting ...
Turn-of-the-month effect: New evidence from an emerging stock market
(Elsevier, 2016-08)
This paper analyzes the turn-of-the-month (ToM) effect in Turkish equity returns. We show that the ToM effect is strongly significant in BIST100 index over 1988–2014, and distinct from other calendar anomalies. In particular, ...
The Turkish appetite for gold: An Islamic explanation
(Elsevier, 2016-06)
A significant constituent of household wealth in Turkey is gold. Families accumulate gold especially on a variety of cultural occasions such as female-only gold days, circumcision feasts, and engagement and wedding ceremonies. ...
Cash flow news, discount rate news, and momentum
(Elsevier, 2016-11)
We examine the effect of aggregate cash flow news and discount rate news on momentum returns. We find that momentum profits are higher following aggregate positive cash flow news, even in down markets or low sentiment ...
Like the ad or the brand? Marketing stimulates different electronic word-of-mouth content to drive online and offline performance
(Elsevier, 2016-09)
Electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) is often tracked in volume and valence metrics, but the topic of conversation may vary from the brand to its advertising to purchase statements. How do these different topics affect company ...
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