Avrupa Ülkelerinde Sıkı Çevre Politikaları ile Üretken Kapasitenin Çevre Kalitesine Etkisi: MMQR Yönteminden Kanıtlar

Abstract

Bu çalışma, 23 Avrupa ülkesinde 2000–2020 döneminde piyasa temelli–piyasa dışı çevre politikaları ve üretken kapasitenin yük kapasite faktörü üzerindeki etkisini incelemektedir. Ekonometrik analizde, farklı çevresel kalite düzeylerinde değişkenlerin etkisini ölçmeye imkân tanıyan MMQR yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular, çevre politikalarının tüm kantil düzeylerinde çevresel kaliteyi artırdığını, ancak etki büyüklüklerinin kantillere göre farklılaştığını göstermektedir. Buna karşılık, üretken kapasitenin tüm kantil düzeylerinde çevresel kalite üzerinde negatif bir etkiye sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sonuçlar, Avrupa ülkelerinde üretkenliğin çevresel bozulmadan ayrıştırılabilmesi için çevre politikalarından elde edilen finansmanın yeşil teknolojiler, temiz enerji ve sürdürülebilir üretim süreçlerine yönlendirilmesinin kritik önem taşıdığını ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

• sıkı çevre politikası
• üretken kapasite
• enerji
• büyüme
• Avrupa bölgesi

The Impact of Stringent Environmental Policies and Productive Capacities on Environmental Quality in European Countries: Evidence from the MMQR Method

Abstract

This study examines how market-based and non-market-based environmental policies, and productive capacities affect the load capacity factor in 23 European countries from 2000 to 2020. Using the MMQR method, which evaluates effects across different environmental quality quantiles, the findings show that environmental policies improve environmental quality across all quantiles. However, the magnitude of these effects varies across quantiles. Conversely, productive capacities reduce environmental quality at all quantile levels. The results suggest that European countries should use revenues from environmental policies to promote technologies, energy, and sustainable production in order to decouple productivity from degradation and strengthen sustainability.

Keywords

• environmental policy stringency
• productive capacities
• energy
• growth
• European region

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