Author/Authors
GÖK, Barış Ege Üniversitesi - İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - İktisat Bölümü, Turkey , KARADAĞ, Metin
Title Of Article
A Social Accounting Matrix for Turkish Economy for 2002
شماره ركورد
44389
Abstract
A social accounting matrix (SAM), which represents the transactions of a socio-economic system in a country, can also be utilized as a fundamental data set for economic models to address policy questions. The aim of this study is to construct a SAM for the year of 2002, which can be used as the data set for the computable general equilibrium model constructed to analyze the tax policy changes in Turkey. For this purpose, 2002 input-output table, foreign trade statistics, net tax matrix and public sector statistics were used as data sources. Also, in order to analyze the eff ects of policy changes on income distribution and welfare, household account was disaggregated into 10 representative groups according to their income size (by quintiles) and settlement (urban, rural) by employing household budget surveys and household consumption expenditures surveys. In this paper, after giving the main features of the SAM very briefl y, the procedure of construction of the SAM for Turkish economy for the year of 2002 was explained in detail.
From Page
325
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Turkey , social accounting matrix (SAM) , income distribution.
JournalTitle
Ege Academic Review (EAR)
To Page
335
JournalTitle
Ege Academic Review (EAR)
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