EKONOMİK BÜYÜME VE BEŞERÎ SERMAYENİN EKOLOJİK AYAK İZİ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ: TÜKİYE ÖRNEĞİ

Year 2024, Volume: 25 Issue: 3, 218 - 244, 29.09.2024

Esra Koç , Mehmet Aslan

https://doi.org/10.53443/anadoluibfd.1407369

Abstract

Gelişmekte olan ülkeler ekonomik refaha doğru ilerlerken, bu süreç onların ekolojik ayak izini de arttırabilmektedir. Bu nedenle, sürdürülebilir bir kalkınma için ekolojik ayak izini (EF) etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesi önemlidir. Bu perspektiften bakıldığında bu çalışma, Türkiye’nin 1980'den 2019’a kadarki dönemde ekonomik büyümesinin, finansal kalkınmasının ve insan sermayesinin, EF üzerindeki etkisini Genişletilmiş ARDL (Augmented ARDL) yöntemiyle araştırmaktır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre Türkiye’nin 1980'den 2019'a kadar olan dönemde finansal gelişme, ekonomik büyümenin ekolojik ayak izini artırdığı, insan sermayesinin ise ekolojik ayak izini azalttığı gözlemlenmiştir. Nedensellik sonuçlarına göre ekolojik ayak izi – ekonomik büyüme ve ekolojik ayak izi – finansal gelişme arasında çift yönlü, ekonomik büyümeden finansal gelişmeye, beşerî sermayeden finansal gelişmeye ve beşerî sermayeden ekolojik ayak izine doğru tek yönlü nedensellik ilişkisi tespit edilmiştir. Ulaşılan ekonometrik analiz sonuçlarına göre politika yapıcılara öneriler sunulmuştur.

Keywords

Ekolojik Ayak İzi, Finansal Gelişme, Ekonomik Büyüme, Beşerî Sermaye, Türkiye

THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HUMAN CAPITAL ON ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT: THE EXAMPLE OF TURKEY

Abstract

As developing countries move towards economic prosperity, this process can also increase their ecological footprint. Therefore, it is important to determine the factors affecting the ecological footprint (EF) for sustainable development. From this perspective, this study investigates the impact of Turkey's economic growth, financial development and human capital on EF in the period from 1980 to 2019 using the Augmented ARDL method. According to the analysis results, it has been observed that Turkey's financial development and economic growth increased its ecological footprint in the period from 1980 to 2019, while human capital decreased its ecological footprint. According to the causality results, a bidirectional causality relationship was determined between ecological footprint - economic growth and ecological footprint - financial development, and a unidirectional causality relationship from economic growth to financial development, from human capital to financial development and from human capital to ecological footprint. According to the econometric analysis results, suggestions were presented to policy makers.

Keywords

Ecological Footprint, Financial Development, Economic Growth, Human Capital, Turkey

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