Mali Yerelleşmenin İnsani Gelişme Endeksi ve Bileşenleri Üzerindeki Etkisi: Panel Veri Çalışması

Year 2021, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 357 - 373, 20.10.2021

Muhammed Tümay

https://doi.org/10.20979/ueyd.954645

Abstract

Son yıllarda dünya çapındaki çoğu ülke, özellikle gelişmekte olan ülkeler ve geçiş ülkeleri, yönetim yapılarında ademi merkeziyetçiliği (yerelleşme) uygulamışlardır. Yerelleşmenin temel amacı, yerel yönetimin yerel ihtiyaçları ve tercihleri topluluklarına daha doğru bir şekilde sunabileceği fikridir. Bununla birlikte, bazı araştırmacılar ademi merkeziyetçiliğin sınırlamaları olduğunu iddia etmekte ve optimal bir mali yerelleşmenin boyutuna işaret etmektedir. Bu makale, mali yerelleşmenin insani gelişme endeksi ve bileşenleri üzerindeki etkisini 2000-2010 dönemi arasında 49 ülkeden panel verileri kullanarak incelemektedir. Sağlam En Küçük Kareler ve Sabit Etki yöntemlerini kullanan sonuçlar, mali yerelleşmenin gelir ölçüsünün insani gelişme endeksi üzerinde önemli ve olumlu bir etkisi olduğunu göstermektedir. Ayrıca sonuçlar, mali yerelleşme derecesi bir eşiği aştığında bu etkinin doğrusal olmadığını ve olumsuz etkilerin olduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

Mali Yerelleşme, İnsani Gelişme, Panel Veri Modelleri

The Effect of Fiscal Decentralization on The Human Development Index and Its Components: A Panel Data Study

Abstract

Most countries worldwide in recent decades, particularly developing and transition countries, have implemented decentralization in their governance structures. The main purpose of decentralization is the idea that local government can deliver local needs and preferences to their communities more accurately. However, some researchers argue that decentralization has its limitations and point out an optimal fiscal decentralization size. This paper investigates the effect of fiscal decentralization on the human development index and its components by using panel data between the period 2000 to 2010 from 49 countries. Using robust OLS and Fixed Effect methods, results suggest that the revenue measure of fiscal decentralization has a significant and positive effect on the human development index. Furthermore, results show that this effect is non-linear may diminish once the degree of fiscal decentralization crosses a threshold.

Keywords

Fiscal Decentralization, Human Development, Panel Data Models

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