Access to Credit and Aggregate Consumption Function

Volume: 15 Number: 2 May 1, 2015
  • Zekeriya Yıldırım
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Access to Credit and Aggregate Consumption Function

Abstract

This paper examines the aggregate consumption function for Turkey considering changes in credit regimes. The findings suggest that changes in access to domestic credit substantially affect both short- and long-run dynamics between aggregate consumption and macroeconomic variables. They show that the financial variables have a relatively strong effect on aggregate consumption, and the effect of income on aggregate consumption decreases in the recent period [2003-2013] which is characterized by the loose-credit regime. Furthermore, the results suggest that fluctuations in the aggregate consumption are primarily driven by the financial shocks rather than the income shocks during this period. Overall, with greater access to domestic credit, in the recent decade, the link between aggregate consumption and financial variables strengthens, and thereby the excess sensitivity of aggregate consumption to income declines in Turkey. This implies that policy makers should mainly focus on the financial variables to curb the rapid domestic consumption growth

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Zekeriya Yıldırım This is me

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May 1, 2015

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May 1, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 15 Number: 2

APA
Yıldırım, Z. (2015). Access to Credit and Aggregate Consumption Function. Ege Academic Review, 15(2), 239-252. https://izlik.org/JA65LW32KC
AMA
1.Yıldırım Z. Access to Credit and Aggregate Consumption Function. ear. 2015;15(2):239-252. https://izlik.org/JA65LW32KC
Chicago
Yıldırım, Zekeriya. 2015. “Access to Credit and Aggregate Consumption Function”. Ege Academic Review 15 (2): 239-52. https://izlik.org/JA65LW32KC.
EndNote
Yıldırım Z (May 1, 2015) Access to Credit and Aggregate Consumption Function. Ege Academic Review 15 2 239–252.
IEEE
[1]Z. Yıldırım, “Access to Credit and Aggregate Consumption Function”, ear, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 239–252, May 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA65LW32KC
ISNAD
Yıldırım, Zekeriya. “Access to Credit and Aggregate Consumption Function”. Ege Academic Review 15/2 (May 1, 2015): 239-252. https://izlik.org/JA65LW32KC.
JAMA
1.Yıldırım Z. Access to Credit and Aggregate Consumption Function. ear. 2015;15:239–252.
MLA
Yıldırım, Zekeriya. “Access to Credit and Aggregate Consumption Function”. Ege Academic Review, vol. 15, no. 2, May 2015, pp. 239-52, https://izlik.org/JA65LW32KC.
Vancouver
1.Zekeriya Yıldırım. Access to Credit and Aggregate Consumption Function. ear [Internet]. 2015 May 1;15(2):239-52. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA65LW32KC