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- Kitap BölümüYalnız künye2020Public debts and personal income distribution: An empirical practice for EU countries
Keyifli, Nazli
- BildiriAçık Erişim2019POLITICAL POLARIZATION, INCOME INEQUALITY AND SIZE OF GOVERNMENT
Akdede, Sacit Hadi; Keyifli, Nazli; Oktar, SA; Taskin, Y
This paper empirically investigates the determinants of political polarization. Size of government and income distribution are the main independent variables along with other controlling variables. The statistical analysis uses panel data econometric. The sample of countries includes 57 countries and time period spans between 1990 and 2015. Results of regressions analysis indicates that increased income inequality increases political polarization. Political polarization is derived from World Values Survey (WVS). It is measured as standard deviation of responses to the question what is role for government. In addition, results of our empirical indicates that increased government size reduces the political polarization. The paper explains the links for these findings. It concludes with some policy implications.
- BildiriYalnız künye2018The Relationship between Corruption and Tax Burden: The Moderator Effect of Strength of Auditing and Reporting Standards
Yesilcelebi, Gul; Keyifli, Nazli; Procházka, D.
The aim of this study is to examine the moderator effect of strength of auditing and reporting standards on the relationship between corruption and tax burden in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The study was conducted on annual data during the period 2011–2015 about the corruption, tax burden and strength of auditing and reporting standards of OECD member countries. In this context, data of corruption (Corruption Perceptions Index – CPI) were collected from Transparency International – the Global Coalition against Corruption; data of tax burden were collected from International Monetary Fund (IMF) database, and data of strength of auditing and reporting standards were collected from The Global Competitiveness Reports. The study analysed the relationship between corruption and tax burden and the moderator effect of strength of auditing and reporting standards on the relationship between two variables by the panel data analysis. The results of this analysis showed that have significantly and a negative relationship between corruption and tax burden; strength of auditing and reporting standards have significantly and a positive strengthen relationship between corruption and tax burden.