Analysis of Factors Affecting Growth of Pension Mutual Funds in Turkey

Ersin Acikgoz, Hasan Uygurturk and Turhan Korkmaz
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Ersin Acikgoz: Department of Maritime Business Administration, Bulent Ecevit University, Maritime Faculty, Zonguldak, Turkey,
Hasan Uygurturk: Department of Entrepreneurship, Karabuk University, Faculty of Business, Karabuk, Turkey,

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2015, vol. 5, issue 2, 427-433

Abstract: In this study, the level of relationship between the real growth rate (GR) of the stock pension mutual funds that have been involved in the individual pension system and the variables such as the number of fund participants, the real fund returns, fund operating expenses and share of fund assets to the total assets of the funds are analyzed with panel data methodology. The results have reported that apart from the fund operating expenses, the selected independent variables are statistically significant on the the real GR of the stock pension mutual funds.

Keywords: Private Pension Funds; Panel Data; Growth; Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 G22 G23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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