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This paper asks: what can governments of new member states do to encourage MNEs to invest in R&D? There are two types of MNE R&D. Innovation can be undertaken in order to adapt its existing products and services to local stimuli. This is 'demand-driven R&D'. Innovation can also be in stand-alone...
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Migration dynamics from Turkey have considerably changed over the last 60 years, which has produced a vast diaspora of … development and welfare. By the time Turkey witnessed economic liberalization in the 1980s, and a transition from temporary … migration to permanent settlement of its migrant citizens abroad, the diaspora's obligations toward Turkey did not decline, but …
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Although very dynamic and flexible, Turkish SMEs are less innovative than their European counterparts. The analysis undertaken in this paper allows to assess whether this low level of innovative activities is related to a lack of entrepreneurial behaviour and/or to the weaknesses of the Turkish...
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In this paper we question the validity of the arguments against Turkey's membership of the EU and challenge the … political wisdom of excluding Turkey from Europe. First, we argue that fundamental European values are not as uniform as they … values relating to religion and democracy. Second, we argue that many of Turkey's supposed cultural differences with the rest …
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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 …
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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. …
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“micro” region in Western Turkey. This subdivision (Artur) in Karaaðaç, Izmir, consists of 1729 residential units, mostly …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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