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DOES EU-INTEGRATION CHANGE AGGLOMERATION PROCESS? THE IMPACT OF EU MEMBERSHIP PROCESS ON THE CITY-SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF TURKEY

Emerging Markets Journal

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Title DOES EU-INTEGRATION CHANGE AGGLOMERATION PROCESS? THE IMPACT OF EU MEMBERSHIP PROCESS ON THE CITY-SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF TURKEY
 
Creator Sorhun, Engin
 
Description This paper aims to reveal the eventual impacts of European Union (EU) membership process and other conventional factors on the city-size distribution of a candidate country (Turkey). I can state main results as follows: Analyzing from different estimation methods the direct effect of the EU reforms on agglomerating forces rather than congesting forces are revealed to be dominant for Turkey. However, the main impact of the EU membership process has positive but modest coefficient that indicate the weak willingness of the country for EU reforms.Keywords: Economic itegration, agglomeration, city-size distribution, EU, Turkey.JEL Classification: F15, F22, R12, R23
 
Publisher University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
 
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Date 2013-02-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://emaj.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/emaj/article/view/35
10.5195/emaj.2013.35
 
Source EMAJ: Emerging Markets Journal; Vol 3, No 1 (2013); 1-12
2158-8708
2159-242X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://emaj.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/emaj/article/view/35/138