Global Approaches in Financial Economics, Banking, and Finance

This volume discusses the impact of Financial Economics, Growth Dynamics, and the Finance & Banking sector in the economies of countries. The contributors analyse and discuss the effects of the recent financial crises on the economic growth and performance in various countries. The volume covers aspects like foreign borrowing, impact on productivity and debt crises that are strongly affected by the financial volatility of recent years and includes examples from Europe and Asia.

Hasan Dincer is an Associate Professor of Finance at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey. He has worked in the finance sector as a portfolio specialist and his major academic studies focuses on financial instruments, performance evaluation, and economics. He is the executive editor of the International Journal of Finance and Banking Studies (IJFBS) and the founder member of the Society for the Study of Business and Finance (SSBF).

Umit Hacioglu is an Associate Professor of Finance at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Hacioglu has BAs in Business and International Business from Beykent University. He received his MBA from Beykent University and his PhD in Finance and Banking from Kadir Has University. He has published extensively in major academic journal focusing on financial markets, behavioral finance, performance evaluation, and economics of markets. He edits and serves on several journals related to his core research areas—behavioral finance and financial decision making.

Serhat Yuksel is Assistant Professor of Finance in Istanbul Medipol University. Before this position, he worked as a senior internal auditor for seven years in Finansbank, Istanbul,Turkey and 1 year in Konya Food and Agriculture University as an assistant professor.