Global Issues in Banking and Finance

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.

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.

Presents current developments in the fields of banking and finance from an international perspective

Chapter 1. Determinants of Financial Inclusion: The Case of 125 Countries from 2004 to 2017.- Chapter 2. Corporate Governance: Achieving Good Corporate Governance in order to Deal with the Contagion Effects of Financial Crisis.- Chapter 3. Education Matters for the Bottom of the Pyramid in Economic Development.- Chapter 4. What Drives the Banking Performance? Case of Eurasian Economic Union Countries.- Chapter 5. Spillover effect of interest rate volatility on banking sector development in Nigeria: Dynamic ARDL bound test approach.- Chapter 6. Detecting Price Explosivity (Bubble) in Turkey's Stock Prices: Evidence from an Radf Technique.- Chapter 7. The Firm-Specific Determinants Of Capital Structure in Beverage Industry in Europe.- Chapter 8. Asymmetric Effects of Credit Growth on the Current Account Balance: Panel Data Evidence.- Chapter 9. Nonlinearity in Emerging European Markets: Pre and Post Crisis Periods.- Chapter 10. The Behaviour of the Financing Decision of the Russian Listed Companies.- Chapter 11. Fiscal Sustainability from a Nonlinear Framework: Evidence from 14 European Countries.- Chapter 12. Does the financial performance of banks change during the Global Financial Crisis? The case of Palestine.