Capital Movements Between the European Union and Turkey Within the Integration Processes

• Authors: Janina Witkowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The institutional model used in the integration process between the European Union (EU) and Turkey was that of establishment of a customs union under an Association Agreement. In the context of the difficulties that have occurred in the membership negotiations between the EU and Turkey, the question arises whether real economic integration between them has gone further than that achieved at the stage of a customs union. Free movement of capital, constituting one of the so-called four fundamental freedoms within the single European market, is the subject of examination in this paper. The obligations of Turkey, as an EU candidate country, in the field of free movement of capital are more demanding under the EU scheme of liberalization of capital flows than within the OECD, which is regulated by the Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements and the Code of Liberalisation of Current Invisible Operations. Real economic integration between the EU and Turkey requires further liberalization of the free movement of capital. While Turkey encourages the inflow foreign direct investment using a generous package of incentives, the role of FDI in its economy still remains moderate.

PL

W procesie integracji między Unią Europejską a Turcją wykorzystany został instytucjonalny model, zakładający utworzenie unii celnej w ramach umowy o stowarzyszeniu. W kontekście trudności, jakie wystąpiły w trakcie negocjacji o członkostwo Turcji w UE, pojawia się pytanie, czy realna integracja gospodarcza między tymi partnerami wykroczyła poza poziom osiągnięty na etapie unii celnej. Przedmiotem artykułu jest swobodny przepływ kapitału, stanowiący kluczową swobodę w ramach jednolitego rynku europejskiego. Zobowiązania Turcji w zakresie swobodnego przepływu kapitału są bardziej daleko idące w ramach wymagań obowiązujących w UE, niż w ramach członkostwa w OECD, regulowanych tzw. Kodeksami. Rzeczywista integracja ekonomiczna między UE a Turcją wymaga dalszej liberalizacji przepływów kapitałowych. Turcja zachęca bezpośrednich inwestorów zagranicznych do inwestowania, wykorzystując hojny pakiet zachęt. Rola bezpośrednich inwestycji zagranicznych w gospodarce Turcji pozostaje jednak umiarkowana.

Keywords

EN

European Union; Turkey; integration processes; capital movements; foreign direct investment

PL

Unia Europejska; Turcja; procesy integracji; przepływy kapitałowe; bezpośrednie inwestycje zagraniczne

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 29-45

Dates

published

2014-09-01

online

2014-10-03

Contributors

author

Janina Witkowska

• Ph.D., Full Professor at the University of Łódź, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of World Economy and European Integration

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/cer-2014-0021