Global Issues in Banking and Finance

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Determinants of Financial Inclusion: The Case of 125 Countries from 2004 to 2017

   • Nader Alber

   Pages 1-10

3. Asymmetric Effects of Credit Growth on the Current Account Balance: Panel Data Evidence

   • Mehmet Fatih Ekinci, Tolga Omay

   Pages 11-25

4. What Drives the Banking Performance? Case of Eurasian Economic Union Countries

   • Alimshan Faizulayev, Isah Wada

   Pages 27-33

5. Education Matters for the Bottom of the Pyramid in Economic Development

   • Amna Khaliq

   Pages 35-49

6. The Behaviour of the Financing Decision of the Russian Listed Companies

   • Bezhan Rustamov

   Pages 51-64

7. Fiscal Sustainability from a Nonlinear Framework: Evidence from 14 European Countries

   • Esra Hasdemir, Tolga Omay

   Pages 65-81

8. Corporate Governance: Achieving Good Corporate Governance in order to Deal with the Contagion Effects of Financial Crisis

   • Mustafa Avcin

   Pages 83-109

9. Spillover Effect of Interest Rate Volatility on Banking Sector Development in Nigeria: Dynamic ARDL Bound Test Approach

   • Alimshan Faizulayev, Isah Wada

   Pages 111-125

10. Detecting Price Explosivity (Bubble) in Turkey’s Stock Prices: Evidence from an Radf Technique

    • Kelvin Onyibor, Okan Şafakli

    Pages 127-142

11. Nonlinearity in Emerging European Markets: Pre and Post Crisis Periods

    • Ceyda Aktan, Tolga Omay

    Pages 143-159

12. The Firm-Specific Determinants of Capital Structure in Beverage Industry in Europe

    • İlhan Dalci, Hasan Ozyapici, Doğan Unlucan

    Pages 161-172

13. Does the Financial Performance of Banks Change During the Global Financial Crisis? The Case of Palestine

    • Wesam Hamed, Alimshan Faizulayev

    Pages 173-186

14. Back Matter

    Pages 187-188

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This volume presents current developments in the fields of banking and finance from an international perspective. Featuring contributions from the 4th International Conference on Banking and Finance Perspectives (ICBFP), this volume serves as a valuable forum for discussing current issues and trends in the banking and financial sectors, especially in light of the global economic challenges triggered by financial institutions. Using the latest theoretical models, new perspectives are brought to topics such as international banking and finance, Islamic banking, fintech, and corporate finance. Offering an opportunity to explore the challenges of a rapidly changing industry, this volume will be of interest to academics, policy makers, and scholars in the fields of banking, insurance, and finance.

• Financial institutions
• corporate finance
• investments
• banking
• financial economics

• Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Turkey

  Nesrin Ozatac, Korhan K. Gokmenoglu

​Nesrin Ozatac is a Professor at Eastern Mediterranean University. Since 2015, she is the Chair of the Department of Banking and Finance. Her research interests lie mainly in the area of banking, microfinance, financial development and energy finance.Korhan K. Gokmenoglu is an associate professor at the Department of Banking and Finance in the Eastern Mediterranean University. His research field focuses on applied econometrics, energy economics, environmental degradation, and macroeconomics.

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