Finansal, ekonomik, bankacılık sektörel ve kurumsal gelişim ve üretkenlik

ABSTRACT FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC, BANKING SECTOR AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY Özcan, Gökçe Masters of Arts, Department of Economics Supervisor: Fatma Taşkın November 2004 This thesis explores the links between Malmquist Productivity Index (and its two components, namely efficiency change and technological change) and the banking sector, economic, financial development and institutional variables. Re sults show that there is a positive link between the banking, economic and financial variables and the productivity indexes. Also, data show that cross-country dif ferences in legal and accounting systems play significant role in the improvement of the productivity indexes- Malmquist Index and its two components, efficiency change and technical change. Keywords: Productivity, Malmquist Index ui