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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 figure becomes 45% when capital mobility is introduced …. -- European Union ; Turkey ; Enlargement ; Dynamic General Equilibrium ; Open Economy Macroeconomics …
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As the current financial crisis has shown, macroeconomic imbalances such as persistent current account and trade deficits, can seriously undermine a country's resilience to economic shocks. Maintaining and enhancing external competitiveness has thus become of increasing concern, particularly to...
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The paper examines the effects of ageing and makes a case for partial pre-funding of pensions. The argument is based on inter-generational fairness in a situation where pension expenditure as compared to wages increases due to low fertility and increasing longevity. We illustrate the approach by...
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Integration affects economic growth mainly through two different channels : The scale-effect channel and the factor-reallocation channel. In order to investigate both channels within a unifying framework, we employ a simple descriptive growth model. The scale-effect channel increases either the...
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This paper elaborates on the evolution of the informal sector vis-à-vis the evolution of agricultural and formal sectors in a stylized developing country economy in process of growth. The analytical contribution of this essay extends the Ramsey theory of growth into a framework that includes an...
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interaction between institutions and economic performance in Turkey. Co-integration analysis finds a long-run relationship between … institutions matter for economic performance in Turkey, even though the institutional quality of the country is not satisfactory …
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