GİRİŞİMCİLİĞİN BÖLGESEL EKONOMİK BÜYÜMEYE KATKISI: TÜRKİYE ÜZERİNE BİR UYGULAMA

Year 2025, Issue: 49, 1 - 18

Mehmet Akif Kara

https://doi.org/10.18092/ulikidince.1551384

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye'de girişimciliğin bölgesel düzeyde ekonomik büyümeye olan katkısının ekonometrik yöntemle belirlenmesidir. Çalışmada 2009-2021 dönemi verileri kullanılmıştır. Veriler Türkiye İstatistik Kurumunun (TÜİK) bölgesel istatistikler sayfasından elde edilmiştir. Bu veriler yoluyla oluşturulan Cobb-Douglas üretim fonksiyonu ise Arellano ve Bover (1995) ve Blundell ve Bond (1998) tarafından geliştirilen Sistem Genelleştirilmiş Momentler Yöntemi kullanılarak tahmin edilmiştir. Türkiye'de 26 Düzey-2 bölgesinde girişimciliğin bölgesel ekonomik büyümeye katkısının incelendiği çalışma sonuçlarına göre girişimciliğin bölgesel büyümeye pozitif katkı sağladığı belirlenmiştir. Girişimci faaliyetlerindeki yüzde 1'lik artış bölgesel geliri yüzde 2,70 artırmakta ve elde edilen sonuçlarında istatiksel olarak %1 seviyesinde anlamlı olduğu görülmektedir. Teori ve uygulama sonuçları değerlendirildiğinde girişimciliğin bölge içi kaynakların harekete geçirilmesi ve bölgelerin rekabetçi yapılarının geliştirilmesi açısından önemli bir faktör olduğu görülmektedir. Bu çerçevede bölgesel ekonomi politikalarının oluşturulmasında girişimciliğin dikkate alınması ve girişimci faaliyetlerinin teşvik edilmesi önem arz etmektedir. Türkiye’de bölgesel düzeyde girişimciliğin ekonomik büyümeye katkısı konusunda ekonometrik bir çalışmanın tespit edilememesi çalışmanın özgünlüğünü oluşturmaktadır.

Keywords

Girişimcilik , Bölgesel Ekonomik Büyüme , Genelleştirilmiş Momentler Yöntemi

THE CONTRIBUTION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH: A CASE STUDY ON TÜRKİYE

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the contribution of entrepreneurship to regional economic growth in Türkiye by using econometric methods. Data for the period 2009-2021 are used in the study. The data was obtained from the regional statistics page of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TSI). The study estimated the Cobb-Douglas production function through the method of System Generalized Method of Moments developed by Arellano and Bover (1995) and Blundell and Bond (1998). According to the results of the study, which investigated the contribution of entrepreneurship to regional economic growth in 26 Level-2 regions in Türkiye, entrepreneurship made a positive contribution to regional growth. A 1 percent increase in entrepreneurial activities increases regional income by 2.70 percent, and the results obtained are statistically significant at 1 percent level. When theory and application results are evaluated, it is seen that entrepreneurship is an important factor in terms of mobilizing intra-regional resources and developing the competitive structures of the regions. In this context, it is important to consider entrepreneurship and promote entrepreneurial activities in the design of regional economic policies. The originality of the study is that no econometric study could be identified on the contribution of entrepreneurship to economic growth at the regional level in Türkiye.

Keywords

: Entrepreneurship , Regional Economic Growth , Generalized Method of Moments

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