Industries

Related firms that share the same geographic location often conglomerate to create an industrial cluster, which often grows to become a competitive organization. Special economic zones, on the other hand, are limited geographic regions where the government offers preferential po…

This dissertation tests whether economic liberalization in the 1980s increased total factor productivity in Turkey's manufacturing industries. The total factor productivity measure is modified to include the effects of imperfect competition and non-constant returns to scale. Whe…