The Turkish Economy: The Real Economy, Corporate Governance, And Reform And Stablization Policy (routledge Studies In Middle Eastern Economies)

The Turkish Economy 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. This volume relates the 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. Sumru Altux 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. Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Economies The Egyptian Economy Performance policies and issues Khalid Ikram The Turkish Economy The real economy, corporate governance and reform Edited by Sumru Altux and Alpay Filiztekin The Turkish Economy The real economy, corporate governance and reform Edited by Sumru Altux and Alpay Filiztekin First published 2006 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2006. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 2006 Sumru Altux and Alpay Filiztekin, selection and editorial matter; the contributors, their own chapters All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Ca