AB’NİN GENİŞLEMESİNİN GEÇİŞ EKONOMİLERİNİN EKONOMİK ÖZGÜRLÜK DÜZEYİ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİ

Year 2007, Volume: 9 Issue: 17, 153 - 175, 01.05.2007

Ahmet Burcin Yereli

Abstract

Avrupa Birliği AB ’nin 2004 ve 2007 yılındaki genişlemesi daha çok Doğu Avrupa’daki geçiş ekonomilerini kapsamaktadır. Bu ülkeler tam üyelik sürecinde çeşitli yapısal reformlar gerçekleştirmişlerdir. Bu çalışmada, AB’ne katılan geçiş ekonomilerinin tam üyelik öncesi hazırlık süreçleri ile tam üyelik sonrasındaki ekonomik özgürlük düzeylerindeki değişim, diğer geçiş ekonomileriyle birlikte ele alınmıştır. AB ülkeleri ekonomik özgürlük düzeyi açısından en iyi skorlara sahip bulunmaktadır. Bu ülkeler AB’nin ekonomik düzenine kendilerini adapte etmişlerdir. Bu ülkeler daha çok mülkiyet hakları ve finansal sistem açısından diğer ülkelerden daha özgür durumdadırlar. Kamu bürokrasisi ve mali yükümlülükler açısından bakıldığında ise diğer ülkeler AB üyesi olanlardan daha bağımsız görünmektedir. Bunun nedeni ise, AB üyesi olanlarda kamu bürokrasisinin ve mali kurumların daha müdahaleci bir yapıda olmasıdır

Keywords

Ekonomik Özgürlükler, Avrupa Birliği, Geçiş Ekonomileri

THE EFFECTS OF THE ENLARGEMENT OF EU ON THE ECONOMIC FREEDOM LEVEL OF TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES

Abstract

The 2004 and 2007 enlargement of European Union EU mostly covers eastern European transition economies. These countries have carried on their structural transformation after their preparatory period for full membership. In this paper, the changing level of economic freedom of transition economies is undertaken by the preparatory period and after full membership for EU countries and the others. Mostly the EU countries have the best scores for economic freedom types. They adopt their system to EU economic order. Especially they are freer than the other countries in the field of property rights and financial system. Freedom from government and fiscal freedom levels of other countries are higher than EU countries. It is because of the interventionist system of EU governments and fiscal institutions

Keywords

Economic Freedom, European Union, Transitional Economies

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