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Canonical correlation analysis is a multivariate statistical technique that can be used to determine the relationship between two multiple variable sets. In the first part of this paper which applied the canonical correlation analysis, theoretical explanation of the usage of canonical correlation analysis is exposed. Then, in the second part of the study, the application of canonical correlation analysis is exposed for some social and economic indicators of 54 countries that are the members of the African Union. By using canonical correlation analysis, it is seen that there is a meaningful relation between the two variable sets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is to examine the reasons of current account deficits in Turkey using vector autoregression (VAR) analysis for the period from 1992:01-2007:12. The empirical evidence of the study suggests that real exchange rate, real interest rate and IMKB are most important variables to explain the determinant of current account deficit in Turkey. Also, the effect of national product on current account deficit remains at a low level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]