Contemporary Issues with Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Social Science

Abstract

Cover -- Copyright information -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Secreteria -- Referees -- Russian Information Warfare: The Case of the White Helmets in Syria -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Information Warfare vs. Russia -- 4 The Russian Information Warfare Against the White Helmets -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- On "The Human" and Behavioral Economics 1 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Return of the Human to Economics: The Emergence and Development of Behavioral Economics -- 3 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Profitability of Turkish Manufacturing Firms: Efficiency or Market Power? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature -- 3 Model -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 The Stochastic Profit Frontier -- 4.2 Bayesian Estimation -- 5 Data -- 6 Results -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- The Relationship Between the Vertical Specialization of Exports and Employment 1 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data, Methodology and Results -- 2.1 Data -- 2.2 Methodology -- 2.3 Empirical Results -- 3 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Is Brexit a Transaction Cost Problem? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Transaction Cost Economics -- 2.1 Importance of Transaction Costs -- 2.2 Williamson's Transaction Cost Economy -- 3 Governance and Transaction Costs -- 4 Political Transaction Costs -- 5 Brexit and Political Transaction Costs -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Clustering Approach as a Regional Development Tool and Turkish Automotive Sector Clustering Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definition and Overview of the Automotive Industry -- 3 Development and Current Situation of Turkish Automotive Sector -- 4 Cluster Analysis of Turkish Automotive Sector -- 5 Results and Discussions -- Bibliography -- The Use of Spatial Models: Examples from Financial Market Applications -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Spatial Effects -- 3 Spatial Model Family and Model Selection Process -- 4 Criticisms Towards Spatial Models.