TY - JOUR ID - 117748 TI - Analyzing the Factors Affecting E-Commerce in Turkey JO - International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics JA - IJMAE LA - en SN - AU - Kadı, Filiz AU - Peker, Canan AD - Associate Professor, Economics Department, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey AD - Researcher, Economics Department, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 2 IS - 11 SP - 1319 EP - 1339 KW - e-commerce KW - time series analysis KW - Vector Autoregressive Models DO - N2 - Recently, e-commerce usage has been increasing in the world thanks to the rapid development of science and technology. Also in Turkey, it began to be used by the consumers and firms due to the various advantages. The aim of this study is to analyze the factors affecting e-commerce development in Turkey. The study consists of three parts. In the first part, general information about e-commerce has been given. In the second part, literature has been reviewed. In the third part, econometric analysis has been made. Factors affecting e-commerce in Turkey have been analyzed by using vector autoregressive (VAR) model. Monthly macro data for the period between 2010 and 2014 has been used for the analyses. Empirical evidence shows that consumer price index, import and credit card usage are significant factors affecting e-commerce in Turkey. UR - https://www.ijmae.com/article_117748.html L1 - https://www.ijmae.com/article_117748_a073c979db2e274599d3187e77b2db8f.pdf ER -