This paper discusses political and economic aspects of Turkish accession. Under present rules, Turkey would have the … Turkey, particularly in agriculture. The main obstacles to accession are not economic, but political. Historical experience … prevents Turkey from eliminating the decisive political role of the military, giving Kurds and other minorities cultural rights …

Following Turkey’s application for EU membership in 1987, a Customs Union (CU) between Turkey and the EU, mainly … agricultural sector, Turkey also specializes in the production and exportation of relatively low-price, low-quality varieties of … asymmetric changes in the trade volumes of the incumbent countries of the EU as a result of the EU-Turkey CU. By examining …

, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey using the event study approach. Interventions are found to be effective only in the short run … Turkey. Finally, interventions are mostly sterilized in all countries except Croatia. Interventions are not much more …

Turkey triggered by EU-membership; and (iii) migration in response to the free movement of workers. Overall, the … macroeconomic implications for EU countries are small but positive. European exports increase by around 20 percent. Turkey … accession to the internal market and free movement of labour. If Turkey would succeed in reforming its domestic institutions in …

The dramatic surge in imports of goods and services without a concomitant surge in exports in Turkey deserves a sound … explanation. The studies on the issue addressed increasing import dependency of the manufacturing sector in Turkey. This paper has …

eventual accession of Turkey to the European Union. The results of the simulations show that Turkey's accession to the European …% of the initial TFP gap between Turkey and the European Union. That gure becomes 45% when capital mobility is introduced. …

“micro” region in Western Turkey. This subdivision (Artur) in Karaaðaç, Izmir, consists of 1729 residential units, mostly …

objective of this paper is to enlighten the impact of EU accession of CEEC countries and Turkey on FDI flows into these …, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey Croatia, Macedonia, and Ukraine. The empirical results suggest that as agglomeration …

We test for sustainability of Turkey’s current account position between 1992 and 2007 using the intertemporal solvency … tests to determine linkages between exports and imports+ in Turkey. Using the Johansen test we find no cointegration and …

account. We find consumption tilting dynamics are in effect. As expected of borrowing developing countries, Turkey tilts … and testable implications we believe that although Turkey breached the intertemporal solvency condition in the 1990s, this … is not true for Turkey in the period following the 2001 crisis. Therefore, we conclude that changed fundamentals in …