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Turkey's competitiveness in the European Union: A comparison with five candidate countries - Bulgaria, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania - and the EU15

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  • Bahri Yilmaz

    (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabanci University)

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The main purpose of this paper is to examine the international competitiveness of the Turkish economy and the structure of specialisation in foreign trade in comparison with the five EU candidate countries Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Poland and the EU/15. This research work attempts to find out Turkey's ability to overcome difficulties and challenges that might arise from the hard competition with the enlarged EU, mainly in the field of foreign trade.

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  • Bahri Yilmaz, 2003. "Turkey's competitiveness in the European Union: A comparison with five candidate countries - Bulgaria, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania - and the EU15," Eastward Enlargement of the Euro-zone Working Papers wp12, Free University Berlin, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, revised 01 Feb 2003.
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    2. Selim Jürgen Ergun & Bahri Yilmaz, 2003. "The Foreign Trade Pattern and Foreign Trade Specialization of Candidates of the European Union," Eastward Enlargement of the Euro-zone Working Papers wp19, Free University Berlin, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, revised 01 Sep 2003.
    3. Wolfgang Quaisser & Alexandra Reppegather, 2004. "EU-Beitrittsreife der Türkei und Konsequenzen einer EU-Mitgliedschaft," Working Papers 252, Leibniz Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (Institute for East and Southeast European Studies).
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    Keywords

    International Competitiveness of Turkish Economy; EU 15; EU Candidate Countries;
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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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