John Taskinsoy

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)

Dr / Senior Lecturer

94300 Kota Samarahan

Sarawak, Sarawak 94300

Malaysia

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1.

Facebook’s Project Libra: Will Libra Sputter Out or Spur Central Banks to Introduce Their Own Unique Cryptocurrency Projects?

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Jul 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Libra; Facebook; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Blockchain; Digital Coin; Dollar Hegemony

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This Time is Different: Facebook’s Libra Can Improve Both Financial Inclusion and Global Financial Stability As a Viable Alternative Currency to the U.S. Dollar

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Aug 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 878 (33,257)
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Libra; Facebook; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Blockchain; Digital Coin; Dollar Hegemony

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Is Facebook’s Libra Project Already a Miscarriage?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Aug 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 739 (42,140)
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Libra; Facebook; Libra Association; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Blockchain; Digital Coin

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Bitcoin Mania: An End to the US Dollar’s Hegemony or another Cryptocurrency Experiment Destined to Fail?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Jan 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Bitcoin; Cryptocurrency; Dollar Hegemony; Blockchain; Double Spending

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Diminishing Dollar Hegemony: What Wars and Sanctions Failed to Accomplish, COVID-19 Has

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 09 Apr 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 431 (83,302)
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Dollar Hegemony; Sanction Power; Foreign Policy; Coronavirus; Recession

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Blockchain: An Unorthodox Solution to Reduce Global Warming

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 24 Oct 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 369 (99,680)
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Blockchain; Global Warming; Biodiversity; Greenhouse Gases; Bitcoin

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Facebook’s Libra: Why Does US Government Fear Price Stable Cryptocurrency?

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Nov 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 355 (104,187)
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Libra; Facebook; US Dollar; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Stablecoin

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Diminishing American Power: The US - China Trade War, Sanctions, and Coronavirus

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 21 Aug 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 342 (108,598)
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Evolution of Money; Dollar Hegemony; U.S. Sanctions; Foreign Policy; Coronavirus

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Blockchain: A Misunderstood Digital Revolution. Things You Need to Know about Blockchain

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Oct 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 337 (110,407)
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Blockchain; Decentralization; Permissionless; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin

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Turkish Lira – A Fiat Currency that Resembles the Volatility of Cryptocurrencies: The Effects of Exchange Rate Volatility on Turkish Economy

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Feb 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 328 (113,709)
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Turkish Lira; Fiat Currency; Exchange Rate Volatility; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin

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A Move Towards a Cashless Society Accelerates With the Novel Coronavirus Induced Global Lockdown

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Dec 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 318 (117,598)
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Cashless Society; E-commerce; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Digital Money

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No Brainer, Tackle Climate Change by 2030 or Await the Doomsday by 2100

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Feb 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 314 (119,153)
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Global Warming; Climate Change; Biodiversity; Greenhouse Gases; Blockchain

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Cost Implications of the Great Lockdown due to the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 19 May 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 299 (125,590)
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COVID-19; Coronavirus; Pandemic; Cost Implications; Credit Expansion

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Higher Capital and Liquidity Regulations of Basel Standards Have Made Banks and Banking Systems Become More Prone to Financial and Economic Crises

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Jun 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Basel I, II, III; Higher Capital; Liquidity Regulation; Financial Crisis; Financial Stability

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The Transition from Barter Trade to Impediments of the Dollar System: One Nation, One Currency, One Monopoly

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Mar 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Barter Trade; Dollar Hegemony; Monopoly; Gold Rush; Sanction Power

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Coronavirus Pandemic: The U.S. Induced Great Panic of the 21st Century

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 26 May 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 243 (155,082)
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COVID-19; Coronavirus Pandemic; Cost Implications; Fed Induced Great Panic

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Bitcoin: The Longest Running Mania – Tulips of the 21st Century?

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Dec 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 237 (158,883)
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Bitcoin; Asset Price Bubbles; Booms and Busts; Tulipmania; Blockchain

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Effects of Basel III Higher Capital and Liquidity Requirements on Banking Sectors across the Main South East Asian Nations

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Oct 2018
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Financial stability; Basel III; ASEAN-5; procyclicality; Southeast Asian nations

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Blockchain: Moving Beyond Bitcoin into a Digitalized World

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Oct 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Blockchain; Decentralized; Permissionless; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin

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Global Cooling through Blockchain to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Changes by 2050

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 02 Dec 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 216 (173,624)
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Blockchain; Global Warming; Biodiversity; Greenhouse Gases; Bitcoin

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The Global Competitiveness Index: A Comparative Analysis between Turkey and G8 Nations

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Dec 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 195 (190,862)
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Turkey; Global Competitiveness Index; Global Economic Forum; Financial Stability

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Bitcoin Could Be the First Cryptocurrency to Reach a Market Capitalization of One Trillion Dollars

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Sep 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 182 (202,987)
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Bitcoin; Cryptocurrency; Blockchain; Electronic Cash; Reserve Currency

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A Macro Stress Testing Framework for Assessing Financial Stability: Evidence from Malaysia

Journal of Accounting, Finance and Auditing Studies 4/3 (2018) 284-334
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 29 Oct 2018
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Macro Stress Test, Systemic Risk, Financial Stability, Prudential Policy, Malaysia

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Turkey’s Unravelling Economy Resembles the Ottoman Empire’s Financial Collapse

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Oct 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Turkey; Ottoman Empire; Economic Sanctions; Currency Crisis; Financial Collapse

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Typology of Stress Testing: Microprudential vs. Macroprudential Stress Testing of Risk Exposures

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Apr 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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typology of stress test; macroprudential; microprudential; DFAST; CCAR

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COVID-19 Could Cause Bigger Cracks in Turkey’s Fragile Crisis Prone Economy

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 May 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 152 (236,535)
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COVID-19; Coronavirus Pandemic; Cost Implications; Fed Induced Great Panic

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Pure Gold for Economic Freedom: A Supranational Medium of Exchange to End American Monetary Hegemony as the World’s Main Reserve Currency

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Apr 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 151 (237,776)
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Pure Gold Standard; Economic Freedom; Dollar Hegemony; Bretton Woods; Fiat Money

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COVID-19: Is the Great Outbreak a Sign of What the Future Has Stowed for the Human Race?

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 11 May 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 143 (248,623)
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COVID-19; Coronavirus; Pandemic; Financial Stability; Credit Expansion

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Old and New Methods of Risk Measurements for Financial Stability Amid the Great Outbreak

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 28 Apr 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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COVID-19; Coronavirus; Risk Management; Financial Stability; Dollar Hegemony

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Stress Testing: A Measure of Financial Stability across ASEAN-5

Number of pages: 83 Posted: 25 Feb 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 136 (258,740)
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Stress Testing; Crisis Management; Macro Stress Test; Financial Stability; ASEAN-5

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We Need No Dime from the IMF: Is This a Temporary Illusion or Can the Turkish Economy Recover from the Current Recession without the IMF Loans?

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Jul 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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IMF; Turkish Economy; Financial Crisis; Recession; Bailout Package; Turkey

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A Delicate Moment in Turkey’s Economic Transition: Can Turkey Survive Mounting Economic Problems without the IMF’s Bailout Package?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Jun 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 110 (301,947)
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Ottoman Empire; Republic of Turkey; Financial Crisis; Budget Deficit; IMF

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From Primitive Barter to Inflationary Dollar: A Warless Economic Weapon of Mass Destruction

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Feb 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 109 (303,837)
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Barter System; Bitcoin; Dollar Hegemony; Sanction Power; Foreign Policy; Libra

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Ever More Financial Instability Notwithstanding the Basel Standards and the IMF’s Financial Sector Assessment Program

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Feb 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 108 (305,800)
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Basel III, Financial Sector Assessment Program, Financial Stability, IMF, ASEAN-5, Turkey

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Bitcoin Nation: The World’s New 17th Largest Economy

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 02 Mar 2021
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 102 (317,938)

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Bitcoin; Cryptocurrency; Blockchain; Digital Money; Electronic Cash; G20

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The Great Pandemic of the 21st Century: The Stolen Lives

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 94 (335,078)
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COVID-19; Coronavirus; Pandemic; Cost Implications; Credit Expansion

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The Cost Impact of Basel III Across ASEAN-5: Macro Stress Testing of Malaysia’s Banking Sector

Number of pages: 369 Posted: 31 Oct 2018
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 93 (337,365)
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ASEAN-5, Basel III, stress testing, financial stability, Malaysia

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Malaysia: 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Jan 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 85 (356,765)
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Asian Miracle; Asian Tigers; Emerging Economies; Asian Crisis; Global Financial Crisis

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Sustainability Reporting in the Airline Industry: The Case of Turkish Airlines

Sustainability and Management: An International Perspective, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2018
John Taskinsoy and Ali Uyar
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and Fatih University - Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability reporting, global reporting initiative (GRI), and Turkish Airlines

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Asian Miracle, Asian Tiger, or Asian Myth? Financial Sector and Risk Assessment through FSAP Experience: Enhancing Bank Supervision in Thailand

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 May 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Asian Miracle; Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP); Stress Testing; Thailand

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Bitcoin and Turkey: A Good Match or a Perfect Storm?

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Oct 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Bitcoin; Cryptocurrency; Turkey; Sanctions; Turkish Lira; Volatility

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Stress Testing Made Easy: No More US Banks Stumbling and Facing Public Embarrassment Due to the Federal Reserve’s Qualitative Objection

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 21 Mar 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Stress Test; Qualitative Objection; Federal Reserve; Macroprudential; Microprudential

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Is Turkey Backsliding on Global Competitiveness and Democracy Amid Its EU Bid in Limbo?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2020
John Taskinsoy and Cemil Kuzey
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and Murray State University - College of Business
Downloads 67 (408,035)
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Global Competitiveness Index; EU Accession Negotiations; Turkey; Economic Growth

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The Return of Investment on Tertiary Education in Malaysia

Journal of Education and Vocational Research Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 183-192, June 2012
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 29 Oct 2018
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Rate of return, tertiary education, wages, and Malaysia

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The Famous New Bubbles of the 21st Century: Cases of Irrational Exuberance

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 15 May 2021
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Cryptocurrency; Speculative Bubble; Bitcoinmania; Irrational Exuberance

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Relevancy of Corporate Financial Policies and the Profit Maximization View of Islamic Banks

Journal of Social and Development Sciences Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 184-193, June 2012
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 29 Oct 2018
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Agency problem, IBIs, profit maximization, and corporate financial policies

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A Hiccup in Turkey’s Prolonged Credit Fueled Economic Transition: A Comparative Analysis of Before and After the August Rout

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Aug 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 48 (476,907)
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Currency Crisis; Financial Liberalization; Sanctions; Political Stability; Turkish Economy

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Basel III: Road to Resilient Banking, Impact on Turkey's Financial Sector

Basel III: Road to Resilient Banking, Impact on Turkey's Financial Sector, 2013, ISBN: 978-3-659-30696-9
Number of pages: 237 Posted: 29 Oct 2018
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Financial stability, Basel III, banking resilience, Turkey, Turkish banking sector

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Widening Development Gaps between ASEAN-5 and Advanced Nations

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Dec 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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human development; competitiveness; knowledge economy; ASEAN-5; G7

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Bitcoinmania: A Ticking Time Bomb Waiting to Explode

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Jun 2021
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Cryptocurrency, Speculative Bubble, Bitcoinmania, Irrational Exuberance, Dotcom

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Rigorous Capital Requirements Under Basel III: Possible Impact on Turkey's Financial Sector

Journal of WEI Business and Economics-April 2013
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Oct 2018
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Basel III, liquidity management, financial crises, and Turkey

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The Investment Rate of Return (IRR) to Tertiary Education in Turkey

Journal of Education and Vocational Research Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 154-164, May 2012
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 29 Oct 2018
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Investment rate of return, tertiary education, wages, and Turkey

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Turkey’s Hidden Economic Disaster Fostered by Unorthodox Policies in Isolation

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 08 Feb 2021
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Justice and Development Party; Authoritarianism; Unorthodox Policy; Sanctions; Turkey

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Economic & Ecological Implications of Hydraulic Fracturing

West East Journal of Social Sciences-April 2013
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Oct 2018
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Hydraulic fracturing, shale gas, global warming, economic and environmental impact

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The World Is at a Dangerous Crossroads on 'China Virus' and US 'Political Virus'

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Oct 2020
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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China Virus; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Sanctions; US Political Virus

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Facebook’s Libra: Big Bang or Big Crunch? A Technical Perspective and Challenges for Cryptocurrencies

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Sep 2019
John Taskinsoy
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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: Libra; Facebook; Libra Association; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Blockchain