Turkey’s Export Performance: Examining the Main Determinants of Export Volume(1995-2012)

Volume: 14 Number: 3 August 1, 2014
  • Mehmet Balcılar
  • Harun Bal
  • Neşe Algan
  • Mehmet Demiral
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Turkey’s Export Performance: Examining the Main Determinants of Export Volume(1995-2012)

Abstract

In this study the short and the long run relationships between export performance and real effective exchange rate changes in Turkey are investigated using the quarterly data sets covering the period of 1995-2012. The other factors that are expected to affect export performance such as wage, foreign income, productivity, trend GDP and exchange rate volatility are also added to the model. The ARDL bounds testing approach is performed in the estimation process and the causalities among these variables in the model are determined based on the estimated ARDL models. The empirical results reveal that the variables of interest are cointegrated. Real effective exchange rate coefficient is significantly positive in the short run whereas negative in the long run and exchange rate volatility has no significant effect on export performance in contrast with theoretical expectations. Other evidences indicate that Turkey’s export boom in the period examined can be explained by wages, productivity and world demand, rather than exchange rate changes. Consequently, these findings highlight that the policies depressing wages, stimulating high productivity and facilitating foreign market access can help export sectors increase their performance and competitiveness in Turkey

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English

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Authors

Mehmet Balcılar This is me

Harun Bal This is me

Neşe Algan This is me

Mehmet Demiral This is me

Publication Date

August 1, 2014

Submission Date

August 1, 2014

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Published in Issue

Year 2014 Volume: 14 Number: 3

APA
Balcılar, M., Bal, H., Algan, N., & Demiral, M. (2014). Turkey’s Export Performance: Examining the Main Determinants of Export Volume(1995-2012). Ege Academic Review, 14(3), 451-462. https://izlik.org/JA29NZ74SX
AMA
1.Balcılar M, Bal H, Algan N, Demiral M. Turkey’s Export Performance: Examining the Main Determinants of Export Volume(1995-2012). ear. 2014;14(3):451-462. https://izlik.org/JA29NZ74SX
Chicago
Balcılar, Mehmet, Harun Bal, Neşe Algan, and Mehmet Demiral. 2014. “Turkey’s Export Performance: Examining the Main Determinants of Export Volume(1995-2012)”. Ege Academic Review 14 (3): 451-62. https://izlik.org/JA29NZ74SX.
EndNote
Balcılar M, Bal H, Algan N, Demiral M (August 1, 2014) Turkey’s Export Performance: Examining the Main Determinants of Export Volume(1995-2012). Ege Academic Review 14 3 451–462.
IEEE
[1]M. Balcılar, H. Bal, N. Algan, and M. Demiral, “Turkey’s Export Performance: Examining the Main Determinants of Export Volume(1995-2012)”, ear, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 451–462, Aug. 2014, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA29NZ74SX
ISNAD
Balcılar, Mehmet - Bal, Harun - Algan, Neşe - Demiral, Mehmet. “Turkey’s Export Performance: Examining the Main Determinants of Export Volume(1995-2012)”. Ege Academic Review 14/3 (August 1, 2014): 451-462. https://izlik.org/JA29NZ74SX.
JAMA
1.Balcılar M, Bal H, Algan N, Demiral M. Turkey’s Export Performance: Examining the Main Determinants of Export Volume(1995-2012). ear. 2014;14:451–462.
MLA
Balcılar, Mehmet, et al. “Turkey’s Export Performance: Examining the Main Determinants of Export Volume(1995-2012)”. Ege Academic Review, vol. 14, no. 3, Aug. 2014, pp. 451-62, https://izlik.org/JA29NZ74SX.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Balcılar, Harun Bal, Neşe Algan, Mehmet Demiral. Turkey’s Export Performance: Examining the Main Determinants of Export Volume(1995-2012). ear [Internet]. 2014 Aug. 1;14(3):451-62. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA29NZ74SX