REVEALED COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND COMPETITIVENESS OF THE TURKISH MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN THE EUROPEAN MARKET

Emine KILAVUZ

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the competitive performance of the Turkish Manufacturing Sector after the Custom Union Agreement with the EU and to determine whether or not the pattern of comparative advantage for Turkey has undergone a structural shift over the period 1996-2006. Then we examine if Turkey’s pattern of comparative advantage is related with industry-level productivity differentials or with differences in factor endowments. The manufacturing sector was chosen because the Custom Union covers all industrial goods but does not address agricultural products (except processed ...Daha fazlası