Regional economic activity in Turkey: A new economic geography approach

Arbeitspapier

This paper studies the spatial economic activity in Turkey and estimates the correlation between wages and consumer demand across NUTS1 regions of Turkey. First, I estimate simple market potential function to test whether closeness to larger markets has impact on wages. Second, I estimate Krugman (1993) economic geography model to see the agglomeration forces in Turkey. The results suggest that wages are higher in the regions close to larger markets and low trade costs and high share of expenditure on manufactured goods are the forces of agglomeration in Turkey.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 2014/5

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Turgut, Mehmet Burak
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Turkish Economic Association
• (where): Ankara
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/130140
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET