Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Muysken J. 
Author-Name: Crombrugghe D.P.I. de
Author-Name: Celbis M.G. 
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT
Title: Public investment and regional politics: The case of Turkey
Abstract:  The determinants of the regional allocation of transportation and  communication investments are analysed for the twenty-six statistical  regions of Turkey for the years 1999 through 2011. A unique regional GVA  series covering this period is constructed for this purpose. We  specifically account for the possibility of dependence between  allocation decisions for different infrastructure types. Estimation  results strongly suggest that political bias has been present in the  allocation decisions of regional transportation and communication public  investments in Turkey.     Keywords Public Infrastructure; Regional Policy; Investment Allocation.
Keywords: National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock; Capitalist Systems: Political Economy; Transportation Systems: Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance, Transportation Planning; Regional Development Planning and Policy; 
Classification-JEL: P16; R42; R58; H54; .
Series:  Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2014
Number: 020
File-URL: http://pub.maastrichtuniversity.nl/dfb63c99-075e-4ea2-9f2d-2a1a68edba3e
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File-Size: 784657
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2014020