Effects of the customs union with the European Union on the market structure and pricing behaviour of the Turkish manufacturing industry

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2443-2452

  Akkoyunlu Wigley, Arzu ^a   Mihci, Sevinç ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; IMPORT; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MANUFACTURING; PANEL DATA; PRICING POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; TURKEY;

EID: 33751114665     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500427643     Document Type: Article

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