Trade liberalization and innovation decisions of firms: Lessons from Post-1980 Turkey

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2003-01-01

Author

Pamukcu, Mehmet Teoman

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Determinants of innovation decisions of Turkish manufacturing firms are estimated for 1989-93, with an emphasis on determinants that are linked to trade policy reforms of the 1980s. Using plant-level data, we find that positive effects of trade liberalization on innovation decision are transmitted mainly through technology embodied in imported machinery. Being a technology licensee, an exporter, or having a foreign partner does not exert a significant positive effect on a firm's probability to innovate, nor do technology spillovers due to the presence of foreign firms in the Turkish manufacturing industry.

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Europe, Turkey, Trade liberalization, Innovation, Technology transfer, Probit

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/31508

Journal

World Development

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0305-750x(03)00087-1

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Article

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M. T. Pamukcu, “Trade liberalization and innovation decisions of firms: Lessons from Post-1980 Turkey,” World Development, vol. 31, no. 8, pp. 1443–1458, 2003, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/31508.