Telecommunication Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Turkey

Abstract

The development of telecommunication infrastructure improves the knowledge capacity of the economy and promotes economic growth. In this setting, especially after 1980s, countries have enhanced their telecommunication investments and raise their telecommunication stocks. In Turkey, the investments in telecommunications –both public and private- have also increased and telecommunication stocks have scaled up in the past 20 years. In this study, we investigate the effect of telecommunication infrastructure on economic growth in Turkey. In this framework, we add telecommunication infrastructure as an input to the production function and estimate it via co-integration and vector error correction models. The results reveal that, telecommunication infrastructure has a positive and significant effect on GDP.

Keywords

• Telecommunication,Production Function,Economic Growth,Co-integration Analysis,Vector Error Correction Models

Türkiye’de Telekomünikasyon Altyapısı ve Ekonomik Büyüme

Abstract

Telekomünikasyon altyapısındaki gelişme bir ülkenin bilgi toplumu olmasına yardımcı olur ve bu sayede ekonomik büyümeye katkı sağlar. Bu nedenle tüm ülkeler 1980’lerden sonra telekomünikasyon yatırımlarına ağırlık vermişler ve altyapı stoklarını hızla arttırmışlardır. Türkiye’de de son yirmi yılda hem özel sektörün hem de kamu sektörünün telekomünikasyon yatırımları bu kapsamda artmış ve telekomünikasyon altyapısı hızla gelişmiştir. Bu çalışmada Türkiye’de telekomünikasyon altyapısının ekonomik büyümeye katkısı ampirik olarak test edilmiştir. Telekomünikasyon altyapısı göstergesi olarak fiziksel stoklar kullanılmış ve üretim fonksiyonunda bir girdi olarak yer almıştır. Üretim fonksiyonu eş-bütünleşme analizleri ve vektör hata düzeltme modelleri kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Analiz sonuçlarına göre, telekomünikasyon stokunda meydana gelen artışlar uzun dönemde GSYİH’da pozitif ve anlamlı bir etkiye neden olmaktadır.

Keywords

• Telekomünikasyon altyapısı,üretim fonksiyonu,ekonomik büyüme,eş-bütünleşme analizi,vektör hata düzeltme modeli

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