Worthy Transfers ? A Dynamic Analysis of Turkey’s Accession to the European Union

Ertan Özgüzer, Gül;Pensieroso, Luca
(2009) , 24 pages

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  • Ertan Özgüzer, GülIzmir University of Economics
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  • Pensieroso, LucaUCLouvain
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In this paper, we build a two-country dynamic general equilibrium model to study whether European citizens would benefit from the eventual accession of Turkey to the European Union. The results of the simulations show that Turkey's accession to the European Union is welfare enhancing for Europeans, provided that Turkish total factor productivity (TFP) increases sufficiently after enlargement. In the model with no capital mobility, the Europeans are better off it the Turkish TFP increase bridges more than 31% of the initial TFP gap between Turkey and the European Union. That figure becomes 45% when capital mobility is introduced.
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Ertan Özgüzer, G., & Pensieroso, L. (2009). Worthy Transfers ? A Dynamic Analysis of Turkey’s Accession to the European Union (IRES Discussion papers 2009029). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/250785