Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Celbis, M.G.
Author-Email: celbis@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Author-Name: Nijkamp, P.
Author-Email: pnijkamp@feweb.vu.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Spatial Economics, Free University of
	 Amsterdam 
Author-Name: Poot, J.
Author-Email: jpoot@waikato.ac.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis,
	 University of Waikato
Title: Infrastructure and the international export performance of Turkish regions
Abstract: We estimate the Anderson and van Wincoop model of trade by using the 
	 data on the bilateral export flows from 26 Turkish regions to 180 
	 countries for the years 2002 through to 2010. Regional transportation 
	 and communication infrastructure capacity, the positioning of point 
	 infrastructure in a region, and geography are explicitly accounted for. 
	 Our results highlight that land infrastructure, air transport capacity, 
	 and private maritime infrastructure presence, together with the distance 
	 of regional economies to exit nodes such as ports and airports, are 
	 important determinants of export performance. Based on our preferred 
	 regression where multilateral resistance terms are accounted for, we 
	 estimate that increases in the current land infrastructure, air 
	 transport capacity, and number of private ports of 1 per cent increases 
	 exports approximately by 0.38 per cent, 0.14 per cent, and 0.045 per cent
	 respectively.
Classification-JEL: O18, O24, R10, R40, R42, R58
Keywords: Economic development, economic performance, regional development,
	 Turkey, infrastructure, trade, export, transportation costs
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20140231
Number: 2014-021
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2014/wp2014-021.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 684 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2014021