The Turkish Economy : The Real Economy, Corporate Governance and Reform

ISBN-13: 9780415365925 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 272 str.

Sumru Altug; Alpay Filiztekin

Opis

Including contributions from noted international scholars, this collection of papers provides a strong theoretical and empirical underpinning for the discussion of major public policy issues facing Turkey today. Matters addressed include:
* Determinants of growth and productivity
* Education and human capital accumulation
* Income inequality
* Corporate control and government
* Performance of the government sector
* Impact of major public policy issues on the future growth prospects of the Turkish economy.
At a time when Turkey is currently attempting to gain membership to the European Union, this pertinent reference questions whether the country's economy is in fact ready for EU accession and membership.

Recenzje

'This volume offers a strong collection of articles, each covering a different aspect of economic life in Turkey...I find The Turkish Economy to be a welcome addtion to the literature' - Tolga Koker, Yale University, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 2008

Spis treści

Contributors  List of Tables and Figures  Preface  Part 1: The Real Economy  1. Productivity and Growth, 1923-2003  2. Income and Consumption Inequality for Turkey: What Role Does Education Play?  3. Female Labour Supply in Turkey  4. A Disaggregated Analysis of Price Dynamics  Part 2: The Corporate Sector  5. Capital Structure Decisions of Turkish Firms  6. Firm-level Profitability, Liquidity, and Investment  7. Ownership Concentration and Corporate Performance of Turkish Companies  Part 3: The Government Sector and Reform  8. Privatization: What has been achieved?  9. The Political Economy of Pension Reform  10. The Turkish Banking Sector: A Rough Ride From Crisis to Maturation  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Sumru Altu? is professor at the College of Administrative Sciences and Economics at Koç university in Istanbul. Her fields of interest include business cycles, investment, productivity and growth, intertemporal models of consumption and labour supply, and financial markets. Her previous publications include Dynamic Choice and Asset Markets (Academic Press, 1994) with Pamela Labadie, and Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis: Theory and Policy in General Equilibrium (Cambridge University Press, 2003) with Jagjit Chadha and Charles Nolan.
Alpay Filiztekin is an Associate professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabanci University in Istanbul. His fields of research include growth theory, regional economics, productivity dynamics and real costs of inflation.