THE LINKS BETWEEN ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH

Year 2003, Issue: 9, - , 20.06.2015

Sacit Hadi Akdede

Abstract

This is a literature review about the relationship between liberalization and productivity growth. Liberalization can make an economy more competitive, this in return can make the same economy more productive. This is of course a hypothesis rather than a fact . In this paper, we shed some light on these issues

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THE LINKS BETWEEN ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH

Abstract

Bu bir liberalleşmeyle verimlilik arasındaki ilişkiyi anlatan literatür tarama makalesidir. Liberalleşme bir ekonomiyi daha rekabetçi yapabilir, daha rekabetçi bir yapı da daha verimli bir ekonomik yapı çıkarabilir. Bu gerçeklikten öte bir hipotezdir. Bu makalede bu tür sorunlar üzerine ışık tutmaya çalıştık

Keywords

Liberalleşme, verimlilik artışı

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