The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Environmental Degradation: Revisiting The Pollution Heaven Hypothesis for Türkiye

Year 2024, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 37 - 51, 29.03.2024

Neslihan Ursavaş

https://doi.org/10.30586/pek.1403506

Abstract

The aim of this study to test the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and GDP per capita on environmental degradation in Turkey over 1970-2018 using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model in terms of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis (PHH) and the Environmental Kuznets Hypothesis (EKH). In the study, the ecological footprint (EF) index is used to measure environmental degradation. According to the findings, an increase in FDI increases the EF in Turkey. Besides, there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between GDP per capita and the EF. The results show the validity of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis and the Environmental Kuznets Hypothesis in Turkey. Other findings reveal that an increase in urbanization affects the EF negatively

Keywords

Pollution Heaven Hypothesis, Environmental Kuznets Curve, Foreign Direct Investment, GDP, ARDL Model

Doğrudan Yabancı Yatırımın Çevresel Kirlilik Üzerine Etkisi: Kirlilik Cenneti Hipotezinin Türkiye için Yeniden Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye’de 1970-2018 yılları arasında Doğrudan Yabancı Yatırım (DYY) ve kişi başına GSYİH’nın çevresel kirlilik üzerine etkisini Kirlilik Cenneti Hipotezi (KCH) ve Çevresel Kuznets Hipotezi (ÇKH) çerçevesinde Gecikmesi Dağıtılmış Otoregresif Model (ARDL) ile test etmektedir. Çalışmada çevre kirliliğini ölçmek için ekolojik ayak izi (EF) endeksi kullanılmaktadır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre Türkiye’de DYY’deki artış EF’yi artırmaktadır. Bunun yanında kişi başına GSYİH ile EF arasında ters U şeklinde bir ilişki gözlenmektedir. Bulgular, Türkiye’de Kirlilik Cenneti Hipotezi ve Çevresel Kuznets Eğrisi Hipotezi’nin geçerli olduğunu göstermektedir. Çalışmada elde edilen diğer bir sonuca göre kentleşmedeki artış EF’yi negatif etkilemektedir.

Keywords

Kirlilik Cenneti Hipotezi, Çevresel Kuznets Eğrisi, Doğrudan Yabancı Yatırım, GSYİH, ARDL Modeli

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışma etik onay formu gerektirmeyen bir çalışmadır. Bununla birlikte çalışma hazırlanırken bilimsel etik kurallarına uyulmaktadır.

Supporting Institution

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