ABSTRACT

Turkey’s per capita income was nearly three times South Korea’s in 1962. Dramatic change has been observed since then. South Korea has transformed into an innovative economy approaching the global technology frontier in only a few decades. Turkey, on the other hand, has attained limited success with missed opportunities and has fallen behind. This article asks why this spectacular success was observed in South Korea, but not in Turkey. It seeks an answer by concentrating on certain variables that may explain this outcome. Assuming that primarily different types and capacities of societies and states explain the variations in economic performance, the article examines in particular, the institutional foundations of Turkish and Korean societies.

摘要

1962年，土耳其的人均收入几乎是韩国的三倍。此后发生了巨大的变化。韩国在短短几十年内已转变为接近全球技术前沿的创新型经济体。另一方面，土耳其取得的成功有限，错失良机，已经落后。本文询问为什么韩国取得了如此巨大的成功，而土耳其却没有。它通过关注可以解释这一结果的某些变量来寻求答案。假设主要是不同类型和能力的社会和国家解释了经济表现的差异，本文特别考察了土耳其和韩国社会的制度基础。