ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of investments made under incentive system on export performance of NUTS 2 and NUTS3 regions. The study uses quarterly data of regions between 2002-2015. The findings suggest that an increase in investments boots the exports of the NUTS2 regions but the effect is not too much. %1 increase in investements rises exports around %0.023. The results for NUTS3 regions also indicate that effects of the investements in the regions on export are not at the desired level. %1 increase in amount of investments rise the export at 0.027% . Increase of import and number of exporter has positive effect on exports of the regions.

Keywords : Export, Employment, Incentive System, Investment.