The impact of trade liberalization on import demand Thomakos, Dimitrios D. and Ulubasoglu, Mehmet A. 2002, The impact of trade liberalization on import demand, Journal of economic and social research, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-26. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The impact of trade liberalization on import demand Author(s) Thomakos, Dimitrios D. Ulubasoglu, Mehmet A. orcid.org/0000-0003-3055-5755 Journal name Journal of economic and social research Volume number 4 Issue number 1 Start page 1 End page 26 Total pages 26 Publisher Fatih University Place of publication Istanbul, Turkey Publication date 2002 ISSN 1302-1060 Keyword(s) trade liberalization import demand Summary In this paper, we empirically analyze the effects of trade reforms on import demand and derive their implications on economic development in Turkey, a country that underwent sudden and substantial trade liberalization in the mid-1980s. The tool for this analysis is the estimation of disaggregated import demand elasticities. The adoption of a more liberal trade regime as well as radical attempts to foster economic development makes the Turkish experience particularly interesting for analysis. Almost all of our elasticities are estimated to be significant, unlike those of most previous studies in the literature on other countries. We test for different elasticities over “closed” and “open” economy periods, and find that the effects of the trade reforms of the 1980s were significant for a number of industries that form the backbone of the Turkish economy. We also compare our results with elasticity estimates from past studies for developed countries. Language eng Field of Research 159999 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970115 Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30055001 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Business and Law School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 21 Aug 2013, 10:38:52 EST Wed, 21 Aug 2013, 10:39:52 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 579 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 21 Aug 2013, 10:38:34 EST by Leanne Swaneveld