1. Is the Twin Deficits Hypothesis Valid in the case of Turkey?
- Author:
- Fuat Sekmen and Unsal Ozan Kahraman
- Publication Date:
- 12-2012
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Bilgi
- Institution:
- Değişim Yayınları
- Abstract:
- This study deals with the relationship between the current account deficit and the budget deficit in Turkey. Artificial Neural Networks are employed to investigate this relationship. According to the results of the application the twin deficits hypothesis which indicates a positive correlation between the two deficits isn’t valid in Turkey. As this paper tries to analyze the factors accounting for the absence of this kind of correlation, it develops a flexible understanding which doesn’t refuse a hypothesis or a theory (the twin deficits hypothesis) completely, on the contrary, emphasizes the importance of investigating the conditions in which a hypothesis, theory or a model is valid.
- Topic:
- Economics, Budget, Finance, and Deficit
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Turkey, and Asia