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The Competitiveness of Turkey with Respect to the Slovak Republic for the 1995-1999 Period

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Aysan, Ahmet Faruk
Hacihasanoglu, Yavuz Selim

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This paper examines Turkey’s international cost competitiveness in manufacturing with respect to the Slovak Republic, and quantitatively investigates the relationship between Turkish cost competitiveness and the exports of manufactured goods at an industry level. The Relative Unit Labor Cost (RULC) measure and dynamic panel data techniques are employed for this analysis. We find that Turkey is not competitive with respect to Slovakia for the 1995-1999 period. The Competitiveness of Slovakia mainly depends on its relatively higher level of labor productivity.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 5496.

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Keywords: Manufacturing export competitiveness relative unit labor cost wage productivity

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F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Country and Industry Studies of Trade
F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions

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