The Dynamics of Growth in Emerging Economies: The Case of Turkey

ISBN-13: 9780367663124 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 340 str.

Arzu Akkoyunlu Wigley; Selim Çağatay

Opis

This book analyzes the significant determinants of long run growth in Turkey such as import dependency and saving-investment decision. It focuses on the "neglected" issues, namely the micro, macro, regional and gender aspects of growth, as well as the microeconomic dynamics of growth.

Spis treści

 

Introduction (Arzu Akkoyunlu Wigley, Selim Çağatay, M. Aykut Attar)

Chapter 1. Long-Run Economic Growth in Turkey: Sources, Pitfalls, and Prospects (M. Aykut Attar)

Chapter 2. Puzzling out the Feldstein-Horioka Paradox for Turkey by a Time-Varying Parameter Approach (Dilem Yıldırım and Onur A. Koska)

PART 1: REGIONAL DYNAMICS AND OUTLOOK

Chapter 3. The Effects of Economics Incentive Packages on Regional Labor Market in Turkey (Mehmet Zanbak and M. Çağlar Özdemir)

Chapter 4. Determining Priority Regions to Nurture Economic Development: A Critical Approach (Dilek Başar, Selcen Öztürk and Kübra Coşar)

Chapter 5. Analyzing Socio-economic Drivers of Urban Growth in Turkey (Ümit K. Seyfettinoğlu and Büşra Akın)

Chapter 6. Impacts of Inter-regional and International Trade on Regional Per Capita Income Gap in Turkey (Zafer Barış Gül and Selim Çağatay)

PART 2: GENDER-GROWTH NEXUS

Chapter 7. Female Labor Force Participation, Inequality and Growth: Gains from Closing the Gender Gap in Participation for Turkish Economy (Güneş A. Aşık)

Chapter 8. Analyzing the Dilemma between Part-Time Working Hours and Economic Growth in Turkey from a Gender Perspective (Derya Güler Aydın and Ahu Sumbaş)

PART 3: FIRM-LEVEL DYNAMICS

Chapter 9. Catching-up with the Technology Frontier: Micro-Level Evidence on Innovation and Growth Dynamics (Başak Dalgıç and Burcu Fazlıoğlu)

Chapter 10. Firm Growth Dynamics and Employment Generation in Turkish Manufacturing (Ünal Töngür and Erol Taymaz)

Chapter 11. Import Dependency in Turkey: An Input-Output Analysis Based on Firm Level Data (Sevinç Mıhcı and Nasip Bolatoğlu)

PART 4: ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY-GROWTH NEXUS

Chapter 12. A Sectoral Analysis of CO2 Emissions: Can Turkey Achieve a Low-carbon Growth Path? (Onur Yeni)

Chapter 13. Environmental Kuznets Curve for Carbon Emissions in Turkey: The Role of Energy (G. Kaya, Ö. Kayalıca, B. Ulengin, M. Kumaş)

　

　

Concluding Remarks (Arzu Akkoyunlu Wigley, Selim Çağatay)

O autorze

Arzu Akkoyunlu Wigley is a professor at the Department of Economics, Hacettepe University, Turkey.

Selim Çağatay is a professor at the Department of Economics, Akdeniz University, Turkey.