Ankara : Department of Economics, Bilkent Univ. , 2000.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2000.Includes bibliographical references leaves 29-30.A growth accounting and an econometric exercise are used to provide insights
into the evolution o f the Turkish economy over the period 1968-1997. The growth
accounting results show that the contribution o f total factor productivity to GDP
growth averaged about 20 percent over the period, and this contribution reached its
maximum level in the trade liberalization period. My results suggest that trade
liberalization has better effects on total factor productivity growth. As a result o f nonparametric
analysis I found a positive relation between openness and productivity
growth.Pasin, UmutM.S
