ALTIN FİYATLARININ İMKB 100 ENDEKSİ'NE ETKİSİ ve BU ETKİNİN ÖLÇÜMLENMESİ.

Gold, is placed at the 1B group of rare metals and has the feature of being the most known and recognized metal in every segments of the society. In this study the panel data anaysis which has several advantages compared to one dimension analysis is used and the existence of effects of gold prices on the ISE 100 Index is investigated, and moreover if there is an effect, the direction and magnitude of this effect is aimed to be determined. For this aim the fixed effect models and random effect models are emphasized. As the time series August 1995-March 2011 period and as the horizontal cross section 9 different independent variables' data are analyzed. As a result of these analysis it appears that the gold prices have not a direct effect on the ISE 100 Index, but a factor among the parameters explaining the differences in the the ISE 100 Index. Another point which takes attention at the result of this study is except the foreign trade balance, the all other variables precede the exchange rate in the ranking of effects to the ISE 100 Index. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]