International Trade and Finance Association Working Papers 2008
Gravity Model of Turkish Agricultural Exports to the European UnionEkrem Erdem, Professor, Department of Economics, Erciyes University, Kayseri-Turkey We thank Bulent Guloglu (Pamukkale University, Denizli-Turkey) and Haluk Erlat (Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey) for their panel data courses in Economy Summer Seminar 2007 of Pamukkale University, and valuable comments. Download the Paper (PDF format) - August 14, 2008 Tell a colleague about it. Printing Tips: Select 'print as image' in the Acrobat print dialog if you have trouble printing. ABSTRACT: This study analyzes the determinants of Turkish agricultural exports to the European Union (EU) by estimating the gravity model for the panel of 23 trading partners in the EU covering the period 1996-2004. We find that Turkish agricultural exports to the EU are positively correlated with the size of the economy, the importer population, the Turkish population living in the EU countries, the non-Mediterranean climatic environment, and the membership to the EU-Turkey Customs Union Agreement while they are negatively correlated with agricultural arable land of the EU countries and geographical distance between Turkey and the EU countries. This paper was presented at the 18th International Conference of the International Trade and Finance Association, May 22, 2008, meeting at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Keywords: Gravity model, panel data, Turkish agricultural exports, the EU. JEL Classification: C23, F14. SUGGESTED CITATION:
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