REVEALED COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND COMPETITIVENESS OF THE TURKISH MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN THE EUROPEAN MARKET

Betul ALTAY TOPCU; Emine KILAVUZ

Makale detayları

REVEALED COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND COMPETITIVENESS OF THE TURKISH MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN THE EUROPEAN MARKET

Yazarlar:

Betul ALTAY TOPCU | Emine KILAVUZ

Yayıncı:

Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği

Dergi:

International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies 2012 Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.21-35

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2012

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000811020

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

1309-8055

Özet:

 

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the competitive performance of the
 Turkish Manufacturing Sector after the Custom Union Agreement with the EU
 and to determine whether or not the pattern of comparative advantage for Turkey
 has undergone a structural shift over the period 1996-2006. Then we examine if
 Turkey’s pattern of comparative advantage is related with industry-level
 productivity differentials or with differences in factor endowments. The
 manufacturing sector was chosen because the Custom Union covers all industrial
 goods but does not address agricultural products (except processed agricultural
 products), service or public procurement. The Revealed Comparative Advantages
 (RCA) index and Vollrath’s competitiveness indices are used to identify whether
 or not Turkey has a comparative advantage in any particular product group. In the
 calculating of these indices, the manufacturing industry is divided into four groups
 according to intensity of technology: high-tech industries, medium-to-high-tech
 industries, medium-to-low-tech industries and low-tech industries. It is known
 that a Custom Union can, in theory, have significant dynamic effects, such as
 increased competition, stimulation of technical change and investment. There are
 a number of studies where RCA has been used to investigate the competitiveness
 of Turkish exports. This study differs from others in terms of the classification of
 manufacturing sectors according to their technological characteristics. 
 In the 20th century, technological change became recognized as the most
 important source of economic growth. According to RCA and Vollrath’s indices,
 Turkey has a comparative advantage in a few low-tech and medium-to-low-tech
 industries while it has a comparative disadvantage in high-technological products
 againstEU. Therefore, we can say that the Custom Union has not played an
 important role in effecting changes in trade patterns and comparative advantages
 in the Turkish manufacturing sector.

Makale detayları

REVEALED COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND COMPETITIVENESS OF THE TURKISH MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN THE EUROPEAN MARKET

Yazarlar: Betul ALTAY TOPCU | Emine KILAVUZ

Yayıncı: Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği

Dergi: International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies 2012 Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.21-35

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 11/2012

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000811020

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 1309-8055

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Betul ALTAY TOPCU | Emine KILAVUZ

Yayıncı:

Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği

Dergi:

International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies 2012 Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.21-35

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2012

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000811020

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

1309-8055