It is generally accepted that economic literacy facilitates rational decision making and provides more accurate economic decisions. In this case,

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Rostow tried to explain economic development levels by introducing five basic stages. These stages are Traditional Society, Transitional Society, Society at the Stage of takeoff, Society at the stage of Drive to Maturity and Society at Age of High Mass Consumption. By this way economic development of countries or regions can be understood and explained. TR82 Region consists of Kastamonu, Sinop and Çankırı Provinces. This region is trying to solve problems about economic growth and development. Our research aims to evaluate region's economy by considering growth stages of Rostow. This study contributes in the existing literature by analysing TR82 region according to Rostow Growth stages method first.

obtained the ideas and perceptions of firms about the relationship between barriers to entry and firm's behavior. As a result of this research it is reached that in markets with high exogenous barriers to entry, incumbent firms behave less competitive consistent with the results of previous studies. This behavior also effects market and firm performance negatively.

Agricultural industry is an important part of both foreign trade and economic development for Turkey. Today, Turkey is both producer and exporter of especially many agricultural products in the world conjuncture. In this research, we queried whether Turkish agricultural industry has comparative advantage according to 24 chapters. We used Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage (RSCA), Trade Equilibrium Index (TEI) and created product map of Turkish agricultural sector in our analysis. Data used in this research are provided from International Trade Centre (INTRADE) and belong to period between 2001and 2017. According to results of RCA and RSCA calculated in this research, Turkey which has great agricultural potential has a comparative advantage in 12 chapters and a competitive power in 11 chapters. Additionally, Turkey is a country which is net exporter in 18 chapters according to TEI values. Agricultural sector product map reveals that Turkey has occupied an important place in 9 of 24 chapters export since 2001. Shortly, the comparative advantage ratio of Turkey in Agricultural sector is 50%, competitive power ratio is 46% and net export power is 75% due to chapter numbers.