The Impact of the Customs Union with EU on Turkish Manufacturing

Refik Erzan (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3330039817 / ISBN 13: 9783330039810

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017

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The Impact of the Customs Union with EU on Turkish Manufacturing | Refik Erzan (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 52 S. | Englisch | 2017 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783330039810 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Impact of the Customs Union with EU on Turkish Manufacturing
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3330039817
• ISBN 13: 9783330039810
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 4D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 4 millimeters depth
• Weight: 96 grams
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Synopsis

Using industry level panel data, we study how increasing openness to international markets over the 1980-1999 period have affected the structure and performance of Turkish manufacturing industries, with special emphasis on the market disciplining role of imports. Our findings indicate that the impact of import penetration as potential competition has been less in highly concentrated industries than in less concentrated industries. Moreover, changes import penetration did not reduce (output-) concentration in concentrated industries, while for the less concentrated industries changes in import penetration had a mildly significant negative impact on market concentration. It was also observed that changes in import penetration had a significant positive, rather than negative, the effect on price-cost margins (PCM) with a one-year lag in high PCM industries; while for the low PCM industries current changes in import penetration had again a significant positive impact on profit margins. Thus, imports do not seem to provide discipline for either the low or high PCM industries.

About the Author

Refik Erzan is a Prof. of Economics and the Director of the Center for Economics and Econometrics at Boğaziçi University. Alpay Filiztekin is a Prof. of Economics and Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Business at Özyeğin University. Ünal Zenginobuz is a Prof. of Economics and the Director of the Center for Economic Design at Boğaziçi University.