City and Regional Planning / Şehir ve Bölge Planlama

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    Region-Specific Turning Points in Territorial Economic Resilience: a Business Cycle Approach To Turkey
    (Routledge, 2023) Duran, Hasan Engin; Elburz, Zeynep; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter
    Almost all regional economic resilience studies measure resilience by referring to national time patterns of recessions. This study of region-specific patterns of resilience of 81 Turkish regions in the period 2009-20 and their underlying economic/demographic determinants in regions in Turkey shows that ignoring the different timings of regional and national economy recessions leads to misleading/biased results. The study shows first that provincial employment cycles are asynchronous. Second, the geographical pattern of resistance to the last 2018 economic crisis changes considerably when using province-specific rather than national turning points. Third, those provinces that are more open to trade, export- oriented, highly urbanised, and with a low level of human capital and entrepreneurial activities were more resistant to the recession.
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    Spatial Effects of Air Transport on Regional Development : Evidence From Turkey
    (Fabrizio Serra editore, 2020) Nijkamp, Peter; Pels, Eric; Elburz, Zeynep
    The rapid rise of aviation (including airport infrastructure) has prompted various research and policy questions on its socio-economic impact on spatial development of regions. Since the aviation industry facilitates a worldwide transportation network for business and tourism, it is considered to be a critical factor for economic growth. This study aims to analyze the relationship between air transport and regional development in Turkey, by using air passenger volume and regional employment data by means of both non-spatial and spatial regression methods. We run a Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) regression model with instruments to capture endogeneity, and Generalized Spatial Two-Stage Least Squares (GS2SLS) models to control for the spatial context by using data from 81 Turkish NUTS 3 regions (provinces) between 2008 and 2017. We extend the existing literature by measuring spatial spillover effects of air transport on regional growth. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this study is the first attempt to examine this link by considering both spatial effects and endogeneity problems. The results confirm our hypothesis that air transportation is an important determinant of regional employment in Turkish regions while the impact of air transport on regional employment decreases when spatial effects are taken into consideration.