Author: Abdilcelil Koç

Publisher: IJOPEC PUBLICATION

Published:

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 1913809226

In the history of capitalism, there is a consensus in the literature that the 1980swas a turning point. According to many heterodox social scientists, the criticaldevelopment that provides this turning point is that capitalism has enteredthe financialization process. This period that started after 1980 is called‘Financialized capitalism.’ This period’s most important characteristic featureis that the capital accumulation mechanism shifted gravity from the industrialsector to the financial field. In the heterodox political economy, much literatureon financialization has emerged over the past fifteen years. However, it stilldoes not have a single definition agreed upon. Unfortunately, a compositefinancialization index measuring the level of multi-dimensional financializationfor different countries has not yet been found in the literature. In this book,first of all, the financialization literature of Neo-Marxist and Post-Keynesianpolitical economy approaches has been scanned, and four dimensions offinancialization have been determined. These are the financialization of thenational economy, the financial sector, non-financial firms, and households. Inthis context, to measure financialization, a panel data set covering 22 variablesthat can represent the four dimensions of financialization, OECD countries,and the period between 1995-2018 was created. The OECD averages of eachvariable were found through this data set, and their long-term developmentswere analyzed. In addition, the behavior of each variable before, during, andafter the 2008 Global Crisis caused by financialization was also evaluated.As a result of the analyzes made, it has been seen that these variables aresuitable for the creation of a composite financialization index. Our greatestwish is that this book will be helpful to students in fields such as economics,political science, international relations, sociology, and researchers who aimto measure financialization.