Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: K. Batu Tunay Author-Email: kbatutunay@hotmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Marmara Üniversitesi Finansal Bilimler Fakültesi Author-Name: Necla Tunay Author-Email: necla.tunay@marmara.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Marmara Üniversitesi Finansal Bilimler Fakültesi Title: DETERMINANTS OF CONSUMER LOANS IN TURKEY: A STUDY ON ALTERNATİVE CONSUMER LOANS Abstract: Consumer loans that their risks are lower than corporate loans and their profitability is satisfactory are an important type of placement for banks. It is seen that the households also have a serious demand for these loans to finance various consumption expenditures. These assessments are valid to a large extent in Turkey and therefore the volume of consumer loans has increased in recent years. In our study, the determinants of consumer loans in Turkey were investigated econometrically in the context of international literature. Using two dynamic regression models, a sample of quarterly data covering the periods 2005:4 to 2022:4 was analyzed. In the analyzes, it was tried to determine the variables explaining the alternative consumer loans. The findings revealed that consumer loans are dependent on the past  and are affected positively by the disposable income level and negatively by the interest rate in almost all estimates. In some models, inflation and unemployment rates were also found to be effective on consumer loans. Consumer loans are affected positively by the inflation rate and negatively by the unemployment rate. Journal: Eurasian Econometrics Statistics & Emprical Economics Journal Pages: 48-61 Volume: 23 Issue: 23 Year: 2023 Month: Feb DOI: 10.17740/eas.stat.2023-V23-05 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/econstat/article/view/1115 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:econst:v:23:y:2023:i:23:p:48-61 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Funda H. SEZGİN Author-Email: fsezgin@iuc.edu.tr Author-Name: Emek DÜMEN Author-Email: dumene@iuc.edu.tr Author-Name: Gülay Merve BAYRAKAL Author-Email: merve.bayrakal@iuc.edu.tr Title: DETERMINATION OF CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR ANIMAL-DERIVED FOOD CONSUMPTION IN THE MARMARA REGION AND EVALUATION OF CONSUMER-RELATED VARIABLES IN TERMS OF MICROBIOLOGY Abstract: Even if foods are produced using the most appropriate procedures during their production, transportation, and sales stages, the foods purchased can become significant risk factors for human health due to various variables once they enter a consumer's home. The purpose of this study is to determine the household consumption profiles of animal-derived food products (including milk and its products, meat and its products, seafood, and poultry and its products) for the provinces of Edirne, Tekirdağ, Kırklareli, Istanbul, Kocaeli, Adapazarı, Yalova, Bursa, Bilecik, Balıkesir, and Çanakkale in the Marmara region. Since the data were not normally distributed, the Kruskal-Wallis test, a non-parametric method, was used. According to the analysis results, significant differences were determined for meat and meat products as well as milk and dairy products in terms of microbiological parameters (p<0.05). On the other hand, no significant difference was obtained for seafood and poultry meat products (p>0.05). When looking at the source of the difference, both for meat and meat products and for milk and dairy products, E. Coli and the Coliform Group were obtained significantly higher. Journal: Eurasian Econometrics Statistics & Emprical Economics Journal Pages: 1-13 Volume: 23 Issue: 23 Year: 2023 Month: Feb DOI: 10.17740/eas.stat.2023-V23-01 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/econstat/article/view/1304 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:econst:v:23:y:2023:i:23:p:1-13 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Canan ŞENTÜRK Author-Email: canansenturk@sdu.edu.tr Title: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND INTRA-INDUSTRY TRADE IN TURKEY AND SELECTED EU COUNTRIES: DUMITRESCU-HURLIN PANEL CAUSALITY ANALYSIS Abstract: Intra-industry trade between developing and developed countries has been increasing in connection with the integration of the global economy and the outsourcing activities of multinational companies in the last fifty years. The expansion of intra-firm trade associated with increasing foreign direct investment on a global scale is considered as one of the main factors driving the growth of intra-industry trade between the source of investment and the host country. The aim of this study is to empirically test the relationship between foreign direct investment and intra-industry trade. In the research, Grubel-Lloyd index calculation was made by using the data of selected EU countries (Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia) and Turkey for the period 1996-2019. The index of intra-industry trade and foreign direct investment net inflows and net outflows are analyzed by Westerlund cointegration and Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel causality analysis as two models. According to the results of the analysis, there is a one-way causality from net inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) to intra-industry trade, while there is a two-way causality relationship between net outflow of foreign direct investment (FDIO) and intra-industry trade. Journal: Eurasian Econometrics Statistics & Emprical Economics Journal Pages: 13-24 Volume: 23 Issue: 23 Year: 2023 Month: Feb DOI: 10.17740/eas.stat.2023-V23-02 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/econstat/article/view/1306 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:econst:v:23:y:2023:i:23:p:13-24 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ümmügülsüm HAYIROĞLU ALTINTAŞ Author-Email: ummugulsumaltintas@stu.aydin.edu.tr Author-Name: Mustafa METE Author-Email: musatafamete@aydin.edu.tr Title: THE INTERMEDIATE EFFECT OF PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS ON THE EFFECT OF MANAGING STRESS IN HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS ON EMPATHIC TENDENCY BEHAVIOR Abstract: Healthcare workers constitute the most stressful workforce in society due to the direct impact of their services on human life, overtime, occupational safety risks (the threat of violence and spreading disease), and a disproportionately high workload. On the other hand, empathy is an important motivator to consider in health because it provides a person with social reconciliation, while enhanced compassion, enhanced awareness, communication skills and emotional skills help manage other antisocial behaviors such as irritability and anger. There are many studies in the literature that personality traits can emerge with different behavior and attitude styles in every person who encounters such situations and changes. For this reason, it is important for the staff to cope with stress and to understand the needs of the patient for quality health care delivery. The aim of the study was to investigate the mediating effect of personality traits on the effect of coping with stress on empathic disposition behavior of 585 health workers in different positions and institutions.As a result of the study, it was observed that personality traits have a mediating role in the effect of coping with stress on empathic tendency. Coping with stress was positively related to empathic disposition. As the level of coping with stress increases, the empathic tendency also increases. Journal: Eurasian Econometrics Statistics & Emprical Economics Journal Pages: 25-36 Volume: 23 Issue: 23 Year: 2023 Month: Feb DOI: 10.17740/eas.stat.2023-V23-03 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/econstat/article/view/1307 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:econst:v:23:y:2023:i:23:p:25-36 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nur AKTAŞ Author-Email: nur_aktas@hotmail.com Title: THE EFFECT OF INNOVATION ON COMPETITION IN BRICS-T COUNTRIES: AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS Abstract: One of the important elements for economies to gain competitive advantage is innovation. Especially, developing countries have to support innovative activities, which are income-generating activities, since they are high-growth targets. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of innovation on competitiveness in the developing country group BRICS-T (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Türkiye). For this reason, using the Global Competitiveness Index, Global Innovation Index and GDP data of the BRICS-T countries for the period 2011-2021, the panel was analyzed by cointegration. As a result of the analysis, the independent variables considered in the country group for the panel in general were found to be positively statistically significantly related to innovation and GDP competition. Throughout the panel, the Global Innovation Index variable increases the Global Competitiveness Index variable by 18.4%, and the GDP variable also affects the global competition variable by 13.5%. According to countries covered in the BRICS-T country group; The countries where innovation affects competition the most are Russia and China, and the countries where it is least affected are South Africa and Türkiye. It has been determined that the effect of innovation on competitiveness in BRICS-T countries, which is the developing country group, is more than GDP. Journal: Eurasian Econometrics Statistics & Emprical Economics Journal Pages: 37-47 Volume: 23 Issue: 23 Year: 2023 Month: Feb DOI: 10.17740/eas.stat.2023-V23-04 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/econstat/article/view/1308 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:econst:v:23:y:2023:i:23:p:37-47