National elections, sub-national growth: the politics of Turkey’s provincial economic dynamics under AKP rule
研究全国选举政治如何影响土耳其省级经济增长，发现选举年政府通过刺激建筑业和扩大公共就业显著改变地方增长格局，对理解政治与区域发展关系有参考价值。
Abstract Despite a large body of work on the impacts of institutions on subnational growth and development, economic geographers have, in the last decades, frequently overlooked the role of politics and, in particular, that of national political economies. Drawing on the political science literature, the article argues that studying national political dynamics is still key to understand the cumulative process of uneven regional development. Using data from Turkey over the period 2004–2016, the article shows how national electoral politics and government actions have significantly affected provincial growth patterns. The impact is substantive and increases in election years. Results also suggest that the central government may have influenced sub-national growth trajectories in different ways, including boosting the construction sector and expanding public employment.