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This paper empirically investigates the leading indicators of the 1994, 2000/2001, and 2009 Turkish financial crises by applying stepwise regression and probit and logit models to three sets of quarterly data. Empirical findings show that although there are a common set of leading indicators, including current account balance, domestic debt, exports, external debt, and real effective exchange rate, the three crises in Turkey are different in structure, and each has different characteristics with different leading indicators due to changes in the nature of the Turkish economy. Our findings indicate that at the current state of the Turkish economy, several fundamental macroeconomic variables, banking sector stability, and global economic developments are the main leading indicators for the crisis. Policymakers could minimize the risk of financial crises by imposing tighter regulations on banks to avoid default and credit risk, following liquidity levels in the markets, and closely following the stability of global economic indicators.
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1.1 Results Summary Table
Variable | Used in | Significant | ||||||||||||||
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
SW | P | L | SW | P | L | SW | P | L | SW | P | L | SW | P | L | ||
Bank lending | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | ||||||||||
Bank lending to the private sector | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st | 1st/3rd | 3rd | ||||||
Budget balance | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||||||||||
Capital adequacy | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | |||||
Commercial banks’ foreign assets | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st/2nd | 1st/3rd | |||||||
Commercial banks’ foreign liabilities | 2nd & 3rd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd/3rd | ||||||||
Consumer total loans | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||||||||
Credit cards to private sector | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd/3rd | 1st/2nd/3rd | 1st/2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |||
Current account balance | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||
Deposit rate | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st/2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |||||
Domestic credit | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st/3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd |
Domestic debt (bills) | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st | 2nd/3rd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd | |||||||||||
Exports | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd/3rd | 3rd | |||||
External debt | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st/3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st/2nd/3rd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd/3rd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd/3rd | 1st/3rd | 3rd | 3rd |
Federal fund middle rate | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |
Federal fund overnight rate | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd/3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | ||
Foreign direct investments | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 3rd | 1st | |||||||||||||
Gold price | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||
Government consumption | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | |||||||||||
Imports | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st /2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||||
Industrial production | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st/2nd/3rd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd/3rd | 1st/3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st | |||
Inflation | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st | 1st/2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | |||
LIBOR rate | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | |||||||||
Long-term interest rates (6 months) | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | ||||||||||||
M1 | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd/3rd | /3rd | /3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st | |||
M2 | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd |
M3 | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st/2nd | 2nd/3rd | ||||||||||
Net foreign assets | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||||
Net international reserves | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||||
Nonperforming loans/total loans | 3rd | 3rd | ||||||||||||||
Oil price | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st/2nd/3rd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd/3rd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | ||
Past-due loans | 2nd & 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd/3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||||
Portfolio investment | 2nd & 3rd | |||||||||||||||
Real effective exchange rate | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | ||||||
Stock price index | 1st, 2nd & 3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 3rd | 2nd/3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 2nd | |||||
TL to dollars | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st/2nd/3rd | 1st/3rd | 1st/3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | ||||
TL to euro | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||||||
Total credit cards | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||||||||
Total deposits | 2nd & 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||||||||
Trade balance | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd |
Unemployment | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||||
US T-bill rate | 1st, 2nd, & 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st/2nd | 1st/2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd |
1.2 Detailed Results Tables (Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11)
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Kaakeh, M., Gökmenoğlu, K.K. (2022). Leading Indicators of Turkey’s Financial Crises. In: Özataç, N., Gökmenoğlu, K.K., Rustamov, B. (eds) New Dynamics in Banking and Finance. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93725-6_2
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