Nesrin Ozatac is a professor at Eastern Mediterranean University (Northern Cyprus). Since 2015, she is the chair of the Department of Banking and Finance. Her research interests lie mainly in the area of banking, microfinance, financial development and energy finance.Korhan K. Gokmenoglu is an associate professor at the Department of Finance and Banking in HBV University (Turkey). His research field focuses on applied econometrics, energy economics, environmental degradation, and macroeconomics.Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente is professor of public economy and regional science at University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). He studies economic regulation, energy growth, and environmental degradation.Nigar Taspinar is an assistant professor at the Department of Banking and Finance in the Eastern Mediterranean University (Northern Cyprus). Her research interests are in financial management, banking, applied time series analysis, and energy economics and finance.Bezhan Rustamov is an assistant professor at Rauf Denktas University (Lefkosa, Northern Cyprus). He also serves as the Chair of the Department of Banking and Finance since 2019. His research focus is on corporate finance, energy finance, economic and financial development.