Regional Studies on Economic Growth, Financial Economics and Management : Proceedings of the 19th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference.

Intro -- Preface -- Eurasia Business and Economics Society -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Part I: Accounting and Finance -- The Effects of Operating Leases Capitalization on Financial Statements and Accounting Ratios: A Literature Survey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Methodology -- 2.1 Sample and Data -- 2.2 Analysis -- 2.3 Results -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Social Change and Business Development Through Transnational Companies in Turkey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Multiple Modernizations and Their Diffusion -- 3 Transnational Organizations and Social Change in Turkey -- 4 Corporate Culture, CSR Concepts, and Labor Relations in Turkey -- 5 Transnational Organizations and Social Change -- References -- Sustainability Reporting Assurance: A Literature Survey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Method -- 3 Findings -- 3.1 How Are Structured the Assurance Statements? -- 3.2 Does Assurance Increase Quality and Credibility of SR? -- 3.3 What Are the Determinants of the Adoption of External Assurance? -- 3.4 Who Are the Assurance Bodies? Are There Differences Between Their Scopes, Methodologies and Statements? -- 3.5 What Are the Stakeholders´ Preferences and Demand Drivers of SR Assurance? -- 3.6 Which Countries and Industries Are More Likely to Have an Assurance Statement? -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Gamma-Hedging of Warrants: Evidence from Frankfurt Stock Exchange -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology and Data -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Financial Risk Tolerance as a Predictor for Malaysian Employees´ Gold Investment Behavior -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Empirical Results -- 5 Conclusion and Implication -- References -- Part II: Empirical Studies on Emerging Economies.

Policy of Inflation Targeting in the Presence of Budget Deficits and Hyperinflation: Difference-in-Differences Estimation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology and Data -- 3 Results and Interpretations -- 3.1 Estimation of Effect on Budget Deficits -- 3.2 Estimation of Effect on Inflation Variability -- 3.3 Estimation of Effect on GDP Growth -- 4 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Assessing Predictors for Health Insurance Purchase Among Malaysian Public Sector Employees -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Research Methodology -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Background of Respondents -- 4.2 Investment and Personality Constructs -- 4.3 Health Risks -- 4.4 Predictors for Health Insurance Purchase -- 5 Conclusion and Implication -- References -- Aeronautical Excellence Through European Strategic Partnerships -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Aeronautical Research in Romania -- 3 Aeronautical Programs and Policies -- 4 Romania in European and International Groups -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Why Can´t We Make It? The Cardinal Business Sins of Domestic Companies in a Transitional Economy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Methodology and Hypotheses -- 4 Findings and Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Analysis of Female Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Turkey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Data -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- Appendix: Descriptive Statistics -- References -- Part III: Growth and Development -- The Effect of Human Capital on Economic Growth: A Time Series Analysis for Turkey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Economic Growth and Human Capital -- 2.1 Definition and Evolution (Development) of Human Capital -- 2.2 Investments in Human Capital -- 2.2.1 Education Investments -- 2.2.2 Health Investments -- 3 Factor of Human Capital -- 3.1 Human Development Index -- 3.2 Technological Development.

4 Econometric Analysis and Results -- 4.1 Data, Assumptions, Model, and Methodology -- 4.2 Findings and Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Sustainable Development in the European Union in the Years 2004-2013 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Characteristics of the SEM Methodology -- 3 Multivariate Analysis of the Level of Sustainable Development Using Structural Equation Modeling -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Long-Run Causal Effect of Greek Public Investments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data Description and Preliminary Diagnostics -- 2.1 Preliminary Diagnostics -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Linear Granger Causality Test -- 3.2 Non-linear Granger Causality Test -- 3.2.1 Bandwidth Selection -- 3.2.2 Data Sharpening as a Bias Reduction Method -- 4 Empirical Results -- 4.1 Results of the Non-linear Granger Causality -- 5 Summary and Conclusions -- 6 Critique on GDP as a Measure for Growth: Recommendations -- References -- Farmer´s Social Responsibility in Post-industrial Rural Development: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reasoning the Origination of the Main Challenges for Farmers in Post-industrial Rural Development -- 3 Social Responsibility of Farmers and Post-industrial Rural Development Conceptions -- 3.1 Corporate Social Responsibility and Farmers -- 3.2 Multifunctional Agriculture and Sustainability -- 3.3 Endogenous Rural Development -- 3.4 Place-Based Approach -- 3.5 Networking -- 4 Conceptual Framework of Farmer´s Social Responsibility in Post-industrial Rural Development -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Economic Growth and Energy Consumption for OECD Countries -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Data and Methodology -- 4 Empirical Results -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- A Regional Scale Analysis of Economic Convergence in Poland in the Years 2004-2012 -- 1 Introduction.

2 The Role of the Convergence Process in the Study of Macroeconomics and the Economic Policy -- 3 Analysis of the Club Convergence and Conditional beta-Convergence in Poland, with the Consideration of the Spatial Regime -- 4 Discussion on the Results Obtained -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Shadow Economy and Economic Growth in Turkey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Causes of Shadow Economy -- 2.1 Economic Drives -- 2.2 Fiscal Drives -- 2.3 Sociological Drives -- 3 The Outcomes of Shadow Economy -- 4 Shadow Economy and Economic Growth in Turkey Since Millennium -- References -- Part IV: International Trade and Reginal Studies -- Investigation of Economic Integration of Central and Eastern European Countries -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Indexes of Trade Integration -- 3 Research Methodology -- 4 Research Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Trade Between the European Union and African-Caribbean-Pacific Countries -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Trade Relations Between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries in the Twenty-First Century -- 3 The EU´s Merchandise Trade with ACP Countries in the Years 2000-2014 -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- The Evaluation of EU Countries Population At-Risk-of-Poverty: The Aspect of Income Inequality Changes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Poverty Concept and Measurement -- 3 At-Risk-of-Poverty Changes in EU Countries -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- How do Housng Market and Mortgage Solve. The Housng Problem in the Regons of Russa? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Basic Positions and Results -- 3.1 Housing Problem in Russia -- 3.2 Mortgage in Regions of Russia -- 3.3 Housing market in regions of Russia -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- The Changing Nature of Countryside and Farming: Towards a Socially Responsible Provision of Public Goods in Transition Economi... -- 1 Introduction.

2 The Common Changes and Features of Countryside and Farming in the Soviet Union -- 3 Lithuanian Countryside Conditions and Farming Just After the Collapse of Soviet Union -- 3.1 Social, Economic and Environmental Features of the Countryside -- 3.2 Changing Conditions of Farming -- 4 Recent Rural Development Features and Provision of Public Goods -- 4.1 Ecological Shifts towards Socially Responsible Provision of Public Goods -- 4.2 Support from the European Union for the Provision of Public Goods -- 5 Socially Responsible Provision of Public Goods -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Part V: Management and Marketing -- Mobbing: A Qualitative Analysis of Cases from Turkish White-Collar Employees -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 3 Approach and Methodology -- 4 Main Findings -- 4.1 Antecedents -- 4.2 Facilitators -- 4.3 Consequences -- 4.3.1 Work-Related Consequences -- 4.3.2 Non- Work-Related Consequences/Spillover Effects -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Entrepreneurial Intentions and Cultural Orientations. An Exploratory Analysis in Italian and Turkish Universities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Background and Hypotheses -- 2.1 TPB: A Model for Entrepreneurial Intention -- 2.2 Entrepreneurial Culture and Business Owner´s Cultural Orientation -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Samples -- 3.2 Measures -- 4 Results -- 5 Discussion, Limitations and Conclusions -- References -- Drivers of Consumer Decision Making- Comparative Analysis of Behavioral and Neuroeconomics Models -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Behavioral Models -- 2.1 Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory -- 2.2 Application of Psychoanalytic Motivation to Consumer Research -- 3 The Development of Neuroeconomics -- 3.1 Neuroeconomics Contribution -- 4 Data and Method -- 5 Findings -- 5.1 Criticism of Freudian Perspective -- 5.2 Filling Gaps with Neuroeconomics.

6 Conclusions, Limitations and Future Research.

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