Journal of Naval Science and Engineering 2008, Vol. 4, No1, pp. 60-75 60 The Effects of Economic Policies and Export Promotion on Export Revenues in Developing Countries Ekonomi Politikaları ve İhracat Teşviklerinin Gelişmekte Olan Ülkelerin İhracat Gelirleri Üzerindeki Etkisi Zahide Ayyıldız Onaran, Tülay Yazar Öztürk Tyazar@yeditepe.edu.tr, Zayyildiz@yeditepe.edu.tr Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of foreign exchange rate policy, export credits and export promotion on export revenues. Anti- inflationary policies curb the domestic demand and this leads to lower industrial capacity utilization. Shifting to domestic demand to export markets compensates the decrease in capacity utilization. In the first part of this paper, monetary, fiscal and foreign exchange policies are analyzed based on current account which is the main part of balance of payments. The success and effectiveness of application of these policies play an important role in the credibility of a country with respect to international competition. Besides economic policies, tools of export promotion and export credits are effective in increasing export revenues. In the second part, textile industry will be analyzed. Under these economic indicators, directing export and increasing export revenues become important. Both having export promotion and export credits are expected to increase export revenues. The sufficiency and effectiveness of these economic policies are evaluated with respect to cause and effect relationship.. Each factor and tool will be analyzed based on their impacts and utilization methods. The rank correlation and chi square analysis will be used to analyze the data . The export promotion that is expected to increase the export revenues is discussed with respect to their effects on monetary and fiscal policies. Özetçe Bu makalenin amacı; döviz kuru politikasının, ihracat kredi ve teşviklerinin ihracat geliri üstündeki etkilerini istatistiksel yöntemlerle analiz etmektir. Enflasyonist politikaların iç talebi kısması, endüstriyel kapasite verimliliğinin azalmasına neden olur. Bu daralma dış piyasalara yönelerek telafi edilir. Bu bağlamda makalenin ilk bölümünde, para, maliye ve döviz kuru politikalarının ödemeler dengesinin temel hesap