Turkey and Central and Eastern European Countries in Transition

S. TOGAN is Professor of Economics at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. He has published extensively on international trade issues. His publications include Foreign Trade Regime and Trade Liberalization in Turkey During 1980s and The Economy of Turkey since Liberalization (edited with V.N. Balasubramanyam). - V.N. BALASUBRAMANYAM is Professor of Development Economics at Lancaster University. He has published extensively on international investment and development issues. He is author of The Economy of India: Meeting the Third World Challenge (with A.I.MacBean) and Multinationals in the Third World.

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• List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Participants in the Conference Notes on the Contributors Introduction; S.Togan & V.N.Balasubramanyam PART I: INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND MACROECONOMICS The Turkish Economy and the European Economies in Transition; S.Togan Foreign Direct Investment in Turkey and the Transition Economies of Eastern Europe; V.N.Balasubramanyam Fiscal Policy in Turkey and the Transition Economies of Europe; H.Ulugbay & O.Zaim Financial Aspects of Adjustment and Transition Towards EU Membership: Turkey and Eastern Europe; P.N.Snowden & C.Yildirim Investment Incentives in Turkey; I.Arslan Transition: From Stabilization to Growth; C.Denizer Modelling Trade Liberalization and Economic Growth using Smooth Transitions Analysis: Some New Evidence for Turkey; D.Sapsford, D.Greenaway & S.Leybourne PART II: LAW AND ECONOMICS Legal and Institutional Reform in the European Transition Economies; S.Nestor The Legal Framework for Private Sector Activities in Turkey; T.Arat, I.Atiyas, E.Basci & T.Tan Competition Law and Policy in the Transition Market Economies; S.Khemani Turkish Competition Law and the Impact of the Customs Union Decision; N.Inan & G.Öz PART III: GEOPOLITICS Europe's Geopolitical Parameters; A.Karaosmanoglu Index