Will Energy Save FDI Inflows to Turkey from the Cool Down of EU Accession Prospects? : A Case Study of How Geo-political Alliances and Regional Networks Matter

Turkey has historically struggled to attract foreign investors. This paper discusses how the start of the European Union's accession negotiations in 2005 encompassed a wide set of reforms in several chapters of the acquis communautaire that resulted in higher foreign direct investment (FDI) att...

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Main Authors:	Sánchez-Martín, Miguel Eduardo, Escribano Francés, Gonzalo, de Arce Borda, Rafael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2015
Subjects:	investment climate direct foreign investment DFI energy
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23516

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spelling	okr-10986-235162021-04-23T14:04:15Z Will Energy Save FDI Inflows to Turkey from the Cool Down of EU Accession Prospects? : A Case Study of How Geo-political Alliances and Regional Networks Matter Sánchez-Martín, Miguel Eduardo Escribano Francés, Gonzalo de Arce Borda, Rafael investment climate direct foreign investment DFI energy Turkey has historically struggled to attract foreign investors. This paper discusses how the start of the European Union's accession negotiations in 2005 encompassed a wide set of reforms in several chapters of the acquis communautaire that resulted in higher foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction. However, it seems that the global economic slowdown of 2009 coupled with increasing Euro-skepticism have already started to erode this effect. Only large a volume of foreign investment in the energy sector observed in 2009–13, explained by the energy security strategy of the European Union and the internal liberalization agenda, has prevented the collapse of FDI inflows to Turkey. 2015-12-24T17:40:35Z 2015-12-24T17:40:35Z 2015-09-15 Journal Article Turkish Studies 1468-3849 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23516 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research European Union Turkey
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spellingShingle	investment climate direct foreign investment DFI energy Sánchez-Martín, Miguel Eduardo Escribano Francés, Gonzalo de Arce Borda, Rafael Will Energy Save FDI Inflows to Turkey from the Cool Down of EU Accession Prospects? : A Case Study of How Geo-political Alliances and Regional Networks Matter
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description	Turkey has historically struggled to attract foreign investors. This paper discusses how the start of the European Union's accession negotiations in 2005 encompassed a wide set of reforms in several chapters of the acquis communautaire that resulted in higher foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction. However, it seems that the global economic slowdown of 2009 coupled with increasing Euro-skepticism have already started to erode this effect. Only large a volume of foreign investment in the energy sector observed in 2009–13, explained by the energy security strategy of the European Union and the internal liberalization agenda, has prevented the collapse of FDI inflows to Turkey.
format	Journal Article
author	Sánchez-Martín, Miguel Eduardo Escribano Francés, Gonzalo de Arce Borda, Rafael
author_facet	Sánchez-Martín, Miguel Eduardo Escribano Francés, Gonzalo de Arce Borda, Rafael
author_sort	Sánchez-Martín, Miguel Eduardo
title	Will Energy Save FDI Inflows to Turkey from the Cool Down of EU Accession Prospects? : A Case Study of How Geo-political Alliances and Regional Networks Matter
title_short	Will Energy Save FDI Inflows to Turkey from the Cool Down of EU Accession Prospects? : A Case Study of How Geo-political Alliances and Regional Networks Matter
title_full	Will Energy Save FDI Inflows to Turkey from the Cool Down of EU Accession Prospects? : A Case Study of How Geo-political Alliances and Regional Networks Matter
title_fullStr	Will Energy Save FDI Inflows to Turkey from the Cool Down of EU Accession Prospects? : A Case Study of How Geo-political Alliances and Regional Networks Matter
title_full_unstemmed	Will Energy Save FDI Inflows to Turkey from the Cool Down of EU Accession Prospects? : A Case Study of How Geo-political Alliances and Regional Networks Matter
title_sort	will energy save fdi inflows to turkey from the cool down of eu accession prospects? : a case study of how geo-political alliances and regional networks matter
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2015
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Will Energy Save FDI Inflows to Turkey from the Cool Down of EU Accession Prospects? : A Case Study of How Geo-political Alliances and Regional Networks Matter

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