Author/Authors
ÖZTÜRK, Lütfü Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi - İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - İktisat Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article
Does Turkey Converging to the European Union?A Time Series Analysis, 1950-2008
شماره ركورد
44395
Abstract
In this study, it has been investigated whether there is a convergence between Turkey and EU (and related countries) in the context of per capita income for the period 1950-2008. Both stochastic and β-convergence have been tested by using time series methods. According to the results, there has no convergence tendency between Turkey and EU even if structural breaks are taken in to account. Furthermore, it has been detected that Turkey falls behind of 17 member countries of the EU. These results indicates that Turkey falls behind of both EU and the member countries in the context of per capita income and he must take more progress in economic area to be member of the Union in addition to social and political reforms.
From Page
527
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Convergence , catch , up , European Union and Turkey
JournalTitle
Ege Academic Review (EAR)
To Page
538
JournalTitle
Ege Academic Review (EAR)
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