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The Relationship Between Inflation and Welfare
Abstract
The fact that prices of goods and services do not fluctuate for a long period of time shapes the welfare level of countries through direct and indirect effects on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is of great importance in terms of preventing the distribution of income, which is one of the main economic policy objectives. In many countries with high levels of welfare, the common feature that stands out is that the general level of prices does not fluctuate significantly. The same is actually true for many developing countries. The importance of this issue for Türkiye, which is in the same country classification, has been the main motivation for this study. In this study, the relationship between the change in the general level of prices and the level of welfare has been tried to be revealed by using quarterly data between 1987-2017. Since there is no single variable that can be taken as the basic measure of welfare level in many national and international sources, we first obtain a welfare index from a utility function we use. Then, before establishing the relationship between this index and inflation rates, which are the main indicator of the general level of prices, the stationarity of the series is determined by Augmented Dickey-Fuller and Phillips Perron unit root tests. Using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) cointegration test, it is found that there is a long-run relationship between inflation and welfare. Moreover, the Granger causality test showed that there is a causality between these two variables from inflation to welfare. Finally, the Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model is estimated, and Impulse-Response and Variance Decomposition analysis are performed. The study shows that price changes in Türkiye reduce the rate of welfare growth, but do not prevent welfare growth as a whole.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Time-Series Analysis, Inflation
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
June 29, 2024
Submission Date
May 25, 2024
Acceptance Date
June 24, 2024
Published in Issue
Year 2024 Volume: 11 Number: 1
APA
Yavuz Akinci, V., & Demiröz, M. D. (2024). The Relationship Between Inflation and Welfare. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 11(1), 86-104. https://doi.org/10.34086/rteusbe.1490040
AMA
1.Yavuz Akinci V, Demiröz MD. The Relationship Between Inflation and Welfare. RTEÜSBD. 2024;11(1):86-104. doi:10.34086/rteusbe.1490040
Chicago
Yavuz Akinci, Vildan, and Murat Dündar Demiröz. 2024. “The Relationship Between Inflation and Welfare”. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 11 (1): 86-104. https://doi.org/10.34086/rteusbe.1490040.
EndNote
Yavuz Akinci V, Demiröz MD (June 1, 2024) The Relationship Between Inflation and Welfare. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 11 1 86–104.
IEEE
[1]V. Yavuz Akinci and M. D. Demiröz, “The Relationship Between Inflation and Welfare”, RTEÜSBD, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 86–104, June 2024, doi: 10.34086/rteusbe.1490040.
ISNAD
Yavuz Akinci, Vildan - Demiröz, Murat Dündar. “The Relationship Between Inflation and Welfare”. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 11/1 (June 1, 2024): 86-104. https://doi.org/10.34086/rteusbe.1490040.
JAMA
1.Yavuz Akinci V, Demiröz MD. The Relationship Between Inflation and Welfare. RTEÜSBD. 2024;11:86–104.
MLA
Yavuz Akinci, Vildan, and Murat Dündar Demiröz. “The Relationship Between Inflation and Welfare”. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 11, no. 1, June 2024, pp. 86-104, doi:10.34086/rteusbe.1490040.
Vancouver
1.Vildan Yavuz Akinci, Murat Dündar Demiröz. The Relationship Between Inflation and Welfare. RTEÜSBD. 2024 Jun. 1;11(1):86-104. doi:10.34086/rteusbe.1490040
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