The Relationship Between Electricity Consumption, A Secondary Energy Source, and Economic Growth in Türkiye: An Empirical Analysis
Abstract
Energy is considered an important input for the economic growth and industrialization of a country. In Turkey, the demand for energy and electricity has begun to increase rapidly due to urbanization, population, social and economic developments. If a country’s energy production is insufficient and its consumption is high, there will be a need for energy imports. An increase in energy imports will contribute to the current account deficit within the country, which will negatively impact economic growth. Due to the scarcity of energy resources and the mismanagement of existing resources, governments have begun seeking new alternatives. At this point, the energy policies implemented must meet people's energy needs continuously, efficiently, and effectively at low costs, without causing environmental pollution.
This study aims to examine both theoretically and empirically the effect of electricity consumption variables, which is a secondary energy source, on growth. For this purpose, models have been created that take into account the energy consumption of residential, industrial, agricultural activities, lighting, commerce and public services variables. In this context, annual time series data for the years 1990-2021 were used. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that none of the independent variables representing electrical energy consumption had a significant effect on economic growth, according to the EKKY test results. According to the results of the Granger Causality test, it was determined that economic growth was the cause of residential electricity consumption. No statistical causality relationship was found between all remaining variables and economic growth.
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