The main aim of this paper is to compare and analyse the performance of total factor productivity (TFP) in the European Union (EU) countries and Turkey over the period 1975-1997. This study also investigates the possible impact of membership on productivity in Turkey by evaluating the...

Bu calismanin temel amaci Turkiye’de bolgesel kamu yatirim politikalarinin belirlenmesinde hangi faktorlerin etkili oldugunu incelemektir. Calismanin amaci dogrultusunda, IBBS Duzey 3 bolgelerine ait 1987-2001 yillarina ait panel veri yontemi kullanilarak ekonometrik modelleme yardimiyla...

Bir ulkede sosyo-ekonomik aktarimlari gosteren sosyal hesaplar matrisi (SHM), politika degisiklilerini analiz etmek amaciyla olusturulan ekonomik modeller icin temel veri seti olarak da kullanilmaktadir. Bu calismanin temel amaci, hesaplanabilir genel denge modelleri icin temel veri seti teskil...

The public capital installed in a region has an important role in the development of that region, because the studies in this area show us that public capital has an important role on the private sector performance. It is expected that public capital enhances private sector efficiency, and thus...

This paper investigates the spillover effects of public capital formation on the Turkish private manufacturing industry at the regional level over the period 1980-2000. The aggregate effects of public capital cannot be captured entirely from the direct effects of public capital installed in the...

In recent years there have been many studies that explore the impact of public capital formation on economic growth at regional level, because public capital might give rise to reducing regional disparities across regions. Regarding Turkey, investigating the effects of public capital on economic...

The aim of this study is two-fold. Firstly, this study examines the size distribution of cities by using Zipf's law. The second objective of this study is to investigate the effects of determinants of urban growth in Turkey by using the data for the 1980--2007 time period. The main findings of...

The effect of public capital on regional output and private sector productivity has been the subject of considerable research in the field of regional development literature. However, there have been only a few studies that develop linkages between public capital and regional economic...