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Panel Data Analysis of Telecommunications and Economic Growth

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 366 - 385, 30.06.2022
https://doi.org/10.30784/epfad.1039016

Abstract

This paper assesses the importance of telecommunications sector by means of investment, foreign trade volume and consumption in telecommunications field to economic growth. Acquisition of tangible and non-tangible assets or the renewal of existing ones made by organizations providing telecommunication network and services as “investment in telecommunications”, World Trade Organization’s classification for the “telecommunications traded commodities and services”, and the number of mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions, fixed line subscriptions and number of internet users as “telecommunications consumption” are used. A dynamic panel data model is applied to measure the relationship between telecommunications sector and economic growth to 44 countries in different regions and at different income levels for the period 2000 to 2015. According to system GMM results, there exist positive and statistically significant relationship between economic growth and investment, foreign trade volume and consumption in telecommunications, which is compatible with literature. The results also imply that economic growth in countries would be directly stimulated by foreign trade in telecommunications goods.

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  • Madden, G. and Savage, S.J. (1998). CEE telecommunications investment and economic growth. Information Economics and Policy, 10(2), 173-195. doi:10.1016/S0167-6245(97)00020-6
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  • Petrazzini, B.A. (1995). The political economy of telecommunications reform in developing countries. Westport: Praeger Publishers.
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Telekomünikasyon ve Ekonomik Büyüme İlişkisinin Panel Veri Analizi

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 366 - 385, 30.06.2022
https://doi.org/10.30784/epfad.1039016

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, telekomünikasyon sektörüne ilişkin yatırımlar, dış ticaret hacmi ve tüketim verileri dikkate alınarak telekomünikasyon sektörünün ekonomik büyüme üzerindeki önemi incelenmiştir. “Telekomünikasyon yatırımları” olarak telekomünikasyon ağı ve servislerini sağlayan kuruluşların maddi ve maddi olmayan varlıkların edinimi veya mevcutların yenilenmesi için yapmış oldukları yatırımlar, “telekomünikasyon dış ticaretine konu emtia ve hizmetler” için Dünya Ticaret Örgütü’nün sınıflandırması, “telekomünikasyon tüketimi” olarak ise mobil hat abonelik sayısı, sabit hat abonelik sayısı ve internet kullanıcı sayısı verileri dikkate alınmıştır. Telekomünikasyon ve ekonomik büyüme ilişkisinin belirlenmesi için farklı bölgelerde ve farklı gelir düzeyindeki 44 ülke için 2000 – 2015 dönemine ait yıllık verileri ile dinamik panel veri modeli kullanılmıştır. Sistem GMM tahmin sonucunda elde edilen bulgular, ekonomik büyüme ile telekomünikasyon sektörüne yapılan yatırımlar, telekomünikasyon sektörüne ait dış ticaret hacmi ve telekomünikasyon tüketimi arasında literatür ile uyumlu olarak pozitif ve istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişkinin mevcut olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca sonuçlar, ülkelerin ekonomik büyümesinin, telekomünikasyon ürünlerinin dış ticaret işlemleri tarafından doğrudan teşvik edildiğini de ortaya koymaktadır.

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  • Windmeijer, F. (2005). A finite sample correction for the variance of linear efficient two-step GMM estimator. Journal of Econometrics, 126, 25-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.02.005
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  • Yapraklı, S. ve Sağlam, T. (2010). Türkiye’de bilgi iletişim teknolojileri ve ekonomik büyüme: Ekonometrik bir analiz (1980-2008). Ege Akademik Bakış, 10(2), 575-596. doi:10.21121/eab.2010219637
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  • Zahra, K., Azim, P. and Mahmood, A. (2008). Telecommunication infrastructure development and economic growth: A panel data approach. The Pakistan Development Review, 47(4), 711-726. Retrieved from https://go.gale.com/
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Mustafa Bekar 0000-0003-4011-3053

Aslıhan Tüfekci 0000-0002-8669-276X

Yeliz Yalçın 0000-0003-0180-1056

Furkan Emirmahmutoglu 0000-0001-7358-3567

Publication Date June 30, 2022
Acceptance Date March 25, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 7 Issue: 2

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APA Bekar, M., Tüfekci, A., Yalçın, Y., Emirmahmutoglu, F. (2022). Telekomünikasyon ve Ekonomik Büyüme İlişkisinin Panel Veri Analizi. Ekonomi Politika Ve Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi, 7(2), 366-385. https://doi.org/10.30784/epfad.1039016