THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN DETERMINING SAVING RATES: CASE STUDY FROM TURKEY
Abstract
There exist numerous factors affecting saving rates in an
economy such as demographics factors, economic factors as well as institutional
factors. Therefore, the role of the institutions that we focus on in this paper
is extremely critical for savings rates in an economy and so, economic growth.
For Turkey, despite of the fact that the role of financial
system is incontrovertible in determining the savings, as an informal institution, the
role of culture should also be considered as one of the determinants of savings
rates since it has direct or indirect impact on almost all variables
determining saving rates. In fact, we see that relatively lower labor force
participation rate for females and the lower trust index in Turkey, which they
have been influenced by the cultural structure of society in Turkey, somehow
matter in determining saving rates in Turkey.
Accordingly, the relatively low savings rate in Turkish
Economy reveals that the Turkish economy needs some measures to increase this
lower rate. However, while some of these measures should be taken in the
short-run, some should not, as in the case of cultural structure.
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Primary Language
English
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Journal Section
Conference Paper
Authors
Hüsnü Tekin
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This is me
Hazine Müsteşarlığı
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 31, 2017
Submission Date
December 10, 2017
Acceptance Date
December 28, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 15 Number: 1