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Political Boundaries, Consumption and Cultural Capital: Cross-Border Shopping in Post-socialist Slovenia
Get PDFThe contribution deals with a cultural memory and a tourism in the case of cross-border shopping in Slovenia, a former socialist republic of Yugoslavia. It points out the special position that Slovenia had with its geographical location while sharing borders with Austria and Italia by analysing narratives of informants, born before WW2. The contribution examines cross-border shopping to “Western” capitalistic countries in the period between mid-1960s and late 1980s, since in the mid-1960s Yugoslavia opened up towards the West, and in the period after the disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991. The contribution makes an important distinction between “shopping tourism” and “leisure tourism”, since Yugoslav citizens travelled abroad in large numbers for both recreation and shopping. The article places reasons for cross-border shopping into a wider context of socialist economy. Also, a detailed description of shopping practices with an emphasis on gender division is given and the discussion of the perception of people on cross-border shopping in the context ofpolitical implications of the historical changes and processes of de- and re-bordering in (post)socialist Yugoslavia
Territorial Development of European Cross-Border Areas from the Perspective of Statistical Data and Analyses
Get PDFBorder regions are often considered peripheral regions that lag behind in regional development. However, surprisingly few studies have applied statistical data and analyses to examine the territorial development of European border areas. This paper discusses the development of European cross-border areas (CBAs) from the perspective of statistical data and analyses. It considers the territorial development of the CBAs, and the specificities and challenges of statistical data and methods when studying such territorial development. The study makes use of data and methods developed in the Ulysses research project, which was carried out during 2010–2012 as part of the ESPON 2013 program. This paper illustrates how statistical analyses reveal the diverse development of European CBAs, and points out the kind of challenges faced in the statistical analyses of the territorial development of CBAs. The concepts of border area and ‘border effect’ are used to illustrate these. Lastly, the paper addresses the policy relevance of the research findings, and how this may affect the research process
The Relationship Between Corporate Governance and Reputation on Financial Markets: Evidence From Turkey
Get PDFThis study aims to measure the relation between corporate governance and reputation management, which has been gradually important for banks. Reputation fact, which may be perceived differently in every sector and business, has a distinctive structure in finance sector, too. Banks, having direct relationship with money, totally take on a reputation job. However, conducted international and national studies show that financial institutions and especially banks take place in sub steps within all sectors in reliance grading. This situation forms a paradox in itself and the fact that institutions, whose job is reputation, are the institutions, having lowest reputation, leads to discussion. In this study, the relationship between reputation management and corporate governance of İşbank and Turkcel
Geopolitical shifts and intercommunal cooperation - The changes of geographical directions of international municipal cooperation in France, Germany and Poland.
Get PDF The article describes geographical directions of the international cooperation of the municipalities of big cities in France, Germany and Poland. The study was conducted on the existing twinning agreements of the cities in the years 1945-2009. Particular attention was paid to the years 1980-2009. As a big city was recognized a city with the population above 100 thousand inhabitants in 2009. The political changes of 1989 in Europe, influenced the cooperation of the cities. While before 1989 the municipal international cooperation in Poland was rather small and limited to one side of the Iron Curtain, the end of the socialist system resulted in the rapid expansion of the international cooperation. That growth can be identified especially for Poland. The geographical directions of the cooperation of Polish cities changed and moved from East Europe and the so called neutral states to West Europe. At the end of the period of the analysis, the links with East Europe were reestablished in Poland. The cooperation in Germany was characterized by the existence of inter-German twin cities agreements. France is presented in the study as a comparison country. There are visible links with the Northern Africa countries. Cities from all the analyzed countries are establishing intercontinental partnerships, which could be understood as a sign of globalization. 
The Impact of Macro-Prudential Measures on Retail Loans: Evidence from Turkey
Get PDFFollowing the global financial crisis, savings rate to GDP ratio in Turkey declined to severe levels. The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency of Turkey took various macro-prudential measures to limit the retail loans in the banking sector to support the policies for increasing the savings rate. The aim of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of these measures, thus the comparison of the growth rate of the loan types for the period of December 2010-September 2013 to October 2013-September 2015 with Welchs’ t-tests. The results of the analysis points to the success of BRSA measures with significant declines in consumer loans, namely car loans, general purpose loans and credit cards with installments. 
Does Our Values Become Worsen? — A Study of the Effects of Fiscal Policies on Households’ Life in Sudan
Get PDFAs a result of the secession of South Sudan, Sudan has experienced the largest increases in the budget deficit, shortages of hard currencies, highest inflation rates, and debt accumulation. In this paper, we attempt to extend and contribute to prior research on the impacts of fiscal policies on households’ life in Sudan. An online data from 1999 until 2013 were used to examine the effects of fiscal policy on households’ life in Sudan. To do this, the OLS and VECM estimation procedures were considered. Our results supported hypotheses that the households’ life has become more worsen than the situation in post-separation of South Sudan, which caused decline in the economy. The paper contributes to prior research within this field by addressing one of the challenges households in Sudan
THE REAL STEP IN CONVERGENCE PROJECT: A PARADIGM SHIFT FROM REVENUE RECOGNITION TO REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS
Get PDFRevenue is a crucial number to users of financial statements in assessing an entity’s financial performance and position. In May 2014, the IASB and FASB published a new joint standard (IFRS 15 vs. ASC 606) on revenue recognition which replaces most of the detailed guidance on revenue recognition that currently exists under US GAAP and IFRS. The new rules will apply to all entities that enter into contracts with customers. Coming up with a joint standard about recognizing revenue is a major achievement for the standard setters, but for corporate world the real work is fast approaching. According to first introduction paragraph of the standard IFRS 15 establishes principles for reporting useful information to users of financial statements about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from an entity’s contracts with customers. Adoption of the joint standard on revenue recognition will represent a major advancement toward the ultimate goal of creating one set of high quality international accounting standards. The purpose of this study is two-fold: first to highlight the history and background of the new standard; second to make some policy recommendations for companies towards preparation for new standard