Türkiye'de Ekonomik Özgürlük ve Bileşenleri Arasındaki Nedensellik

Year 2025, Volume: 12 Issue: 2, 407 - 423, 01.07.2025

Demet Beton Kalmaz

https://doi.org/10.17541/optimum.1681007

Abstract

Ekonomik özgürlüğün ekonomik büyümeye ulaşmada önemli bir itici güç olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu çalışma, bileşenlerin ve EFI'nin nasıl bağlantılı olduğunu analiz ederek bu konuya ışık tutmak, EFI'yi iyileştirmeye yönelik uygun politikalar planlamak ve böylece Türkiye'de kişi başına düşen GSYİH'yi ve ekonomik büyümeyi teşvik etmek için önemlidir. Bu nedenle, bileşenler ve EFI arasındaki bağlantıyı araştırmak için frekans alanı nedensellik testi kullanılmıştır. Ampirik analizler, 2000Q1'den 2021Q4'e kadar olan yılları kapsayan zaman serisi verileri kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Frekans alanı nedensellik testinin tahmin sonuçları, LSG, LPR ve LFT'den LEFI'ye doğru bir nedensellik olduğunu doğrularken, LSM ve LR'den LEFI'ye doğru hiçbir nedensellik doğrulanmamıştır. VAR tabanlı Granger Nedensellik testi sonuçlarını destekleyerek, uzun vadede ve kısa vadede ekonomik özgürlükten hükümetin büyüklüğüne doğru giden nedensellik hariç, LEFI'den bileşenlere doğru giden hiçbir nedensellik tespit edilmemiştir.

Keywords

Türkiye , Ekonomik Özgürlük , Frekans Alanı Nedenselliği , VAR Tabanlı Granger Nedenselliği

Causality between Economic Freedom and Its Components in Türkiye

Abstract

Economic freedom is known to be a significant driver towards achieving economic growth. This study is essential to shed light on this issue by analysing how the components and the EFI are linked, to plan suitable policies toward improving EFI, thus promoting GDP per capita and economic growth in Türkiye. Hence, the frequency-domain causality test is used to investigate the link between the components and EFI. Empirical analyses are carried out employing time series data covering the years from 2000Q1 to 2021Q4. The estimation results of the frequency-domain causality test confirm that there is a causality running from LSG, LPR, and LFT to LEFI, whereas no causality is confirmed from LSM and LR to LEFI. Supporting the VAR-based Granger Causality test results, no causality was detected running from LEFI to the components, except the causality running from economic freedom to the government’s size in the long run and short run.

Keywords

Economic Freedom , Türkiye , Frequency-Domain Causality , VAR-based Granger Causality

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