Structure of Turkey’s Exports and Government Incentives

Countries that have the ability to diversify their product portfolios and gather the set of capabilities required to produce and export complex products grow fast and achieve economic development. This study examines the structural change in Turkey’s export composition within the 1995-2015 period by...

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Main Author: Gül Ertan Özgüzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Public Finance Conference/Turkey 2020-07-01
Series:International Journal of Public Finance
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1215333
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spelling doaj-058f0adf993f44db9952f28fda5934a52020-11-25T03:14:49ZengInternational Public Finance Conference/TurkeyInternational Journal of Public Finance2548-04992548-04992020-07-015112714310.30927/ijpf.688067Structure of Turkey’s Exports and Government IncentivesGül Ertan Özgüzer0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7342-9754 İzmir University of EconomicsCountries that have the ability to diversify their product portfolios and gather the set of capabilities required to produce and export complex products grow fast and achieve economic development. This study examines the structural change in Turkey’s export composition within the 1995-2015 period by focusing on the complexity and diversification of its exports. The findings show that Turkey has failed to diversify its exports into complex products to generate a structural transformation in its exports. Turkey’s abandonment of selective sectoral incentives after 1995 play a major role in this failure.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1215333complexityexport diversificationstructural transformationrevealed comparative advantagegovernment incentives
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author Gül Ertan Özgüzer
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Structure of Turkey’s Exports and Government Incentives
International Journal of Public Finance
complexity
export diversification
structural transformation
revealed comparative advantage
government incentives
author_facet Gül Ertan Özgüzer
author_sort Gül Ertan Özgüzer
title Structure of Turkey’s Exports and Government Incentives
title_short Structure of Turkey’s Exports and Government Incentives
title_full Structure of Turkey’s Exports and Government Incentives
title_fullStr Structure of Turkey’s Exports and Government Incentives
title_full_unstemmed Structure of Turkey’s Exports and Government Incentives
title_sort structure of turkey’s exports and government incentives
publisher International Public Finance Conference/Turkey
series International Journal of Public Finance
issn 2548-0499
2548-0499
publishDate 2020-07-01
description Countries that have the ability to diversify their product portfolios and gather the set of capabilities required to produce and export complex products grow fast and achieve economic development. This study examines the structural change in Turkey’s export composition within the 1995-2015 period by focusing on the complexity and diversification of its exports. The findings show that Turkey has failed to diversify its exports into complex products to generate a structural transformation in its exports. Turkey’s abandonment of selective sectoral incentives after 1995 play a major role in this failure.
topic complexity
export diversification
structural transformation
revealed comparative advantage
government incentives
url https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1215333
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