Sarac, Taha Bahadir2019-08-012019-08-0120151300-3623https://hdl.handle.net/11480/3913In this study which aims to investigate the relationship between tax burden and economic growth in Turkish economy during the period of 1969-2013 by using Markov regime switching model it has been found out that increases in direct taxes as a percentage of gross domestic product affect the economic growth negatively however increases in indirect taxes as a percentage of gross domestic product affect it positively during economic contraction and expansion periods. The results indicate that argument introduced by endogenous economic growth models regarding tax policies is valid for Turkish economy for the period covered by the study.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessTax BurdenEconomic GrowthMarkov RegimeTurkeyArticle1692135WOS:000420285400003N/A