Savunma Harcamaları ve Ekonomik Özgürlükler İlişkisi

Year 2021, Volume: 17 Issue: 38, 369 - 410, 07.07.2021

Mehmet Samet Erdem Selami Sezgin

https://doi.org/10.17752/guvenlikstrtj.964057

Abstract

Çalışmada savunma harcamaları ile ekonomik özgürlükler arasındaki ilişki Fraser Enstitüsü’nün ekonomik özgürlükler endeksinde yer alan 110 ülkenin 2000-2014 yılları arasındaki verileri kullanılarak panel veri analizi yöntemiyle incelenmiştir. Analiz sonuçlarından elde edilen bulgular, genel ekonomik özgürlük endeksi ve endeksin ana bileşenlerini oluşturan devletin faaliyet alanının genişliği, hukuki yapı ve mülkiyet hakları, güçlü paraya erişim ve kredi, işgücü ve iş dünyası konusunda yasal düzenlemelerin savunma harcamaları üzerinde anlamlı ve negatif yönlü ilişkisinin olduğunu gösterirken, uluslararası ticaret serbestisi ana bileşeninin savunma harcamaları ile ilişkisine rastlanamamıştır.

Keywords

Savunma Harcamaları, Ekonomik Özgürlükler, Ekonomik Özgürlük Endeksi, Ekonomik Büyüme, Panel Veri Analizi

The Relationship between Defense Expenditures and Economic Freedoms

Abstract

This paper aimed to examine the relationship between defense expenditures and economic freedom for 110 countries from the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedoms Index, for the period of 2000-2014 by using panel data analysis. The results of the empirical analysis indicate that there is a significant and negative relationship between defense expenditures and an overall index of economic freedom, size of government, legal systems and property rights, sound money and regulation of credit, labor, and business; but there is no significant relationship for freedom to trade internationally main-component of the index.

Keywords

Defense Expenditures, Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom Index, Economic Growth, Panel Data Analysis

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