THE LONG-RUN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXPORTS AND IMPORTS IN THE OTTOMAN STATE: 1840-1913
Öz
In the 1830’s the Ottoman government initiated a series of liberalization measures, including several trade
agreements, aimed at integrating domestic economy to the world economy. The agreement known as the
Treaty of Balta Liman has been subject to numerous debates. Many scholars argue that this agreement
was an indication of the economic collapse in the State because of worsening the trade account and
external debt position and also the liberalization reforms caused the State to loose political and economic
independence and to collapse soon afterwards. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the long-run
relationship between exports and imports in the Ottoman state for the period of 1840-1913 using Engle
and Granger (1987) and Johansen and Juselius (1990) co-integration tests to determine whether the
macroeconomic policies and liberalization reforms applied by the State were effective in making the trade
deficit a short-run phenomenon. The co-integration test results indicate that there exists a stable long-run
relationship between exports and imports of the Ottoman State for the period of 1840-1913. The existence
of long-run relationship between exports and imports in the Ottoman State implies that the Treaty of Balta
Liman is not responsible for worsening external debt position of the Ottoman State.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
Türkçe
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Rahmi Yamak
Karadeniz Technical University
Türkiye
Nebiye Yamak
Karadeniz Technical University
Türkiye
Sinem KOÇAK Koçak
Bu kişi benim
Karadeniz Technical University
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
31 Aralık 2016
Gönderilme Tarihi
5 Nisan 2017
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2016 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 12
