ÇEVRESEL İNOVASYONLARIN TOPLAM FAKTÖR VERİMLİLİĞİ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ: PANEL ARDL YAKLAŞIMI

Abstract

Amaç: Çevresel teknolojilerin, kaynak kullanımındaki maliyetleri azaltması sebebiyle, toplam faktör verimliliği üzerinde olumlu etkilere sahip olduğu yönündeki temel argüman, literatürde son zamanlarda sıklıkla tartışılmaktadır. Buradan hareketle çalışmanın amacı, çevresel inovasyonların toplam faktör verimliliği üzerindeki etkilerinin ortaya konulmasıdır.

Yöntem: Toplam 41 ülkenin 1999-2014 dönemine ait verileri kullanılarak panel veri analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu kapsamda, öncelikle panel birim kök testleri ile panel eşbütünleşme testleri yapılmıştır. Ardından, panel ARDL yaklaşımı takip edilerek, kısa ve uzun dönem katsayıları PMG tahmincisi ile elde edilmiş ve sonrasında ise panel nedensellik testi gerçekleştirilmiştir.

Bulgular: Analizlerden elde edilen bulgular; çevresel inovasyonlar ile toplam faktör verimliliği arasında eşbütünleşme ilişkisi olduğunu, çevresel inovasyonların toplam faktör verimliliği üzerinde anlamlı ve pozitif etkiye sahip olduğunu ve çevresel inovasyonlar ile toplam faktör verimliliği arasında çift yönlü nedensellik ilişkisinin varlığını ortaya koymuştur. 

Özgünlük: Literatürdeki mevcut çalışmalardan farklı olarak bu çalışma, yüksek ve orta gelirli ülkelerde çevresel inovasyonlar ile toplam faktör verimliliği arasındaki ilişkinin panel veri analizi ile grup etkisini ortaya koyacak şekilde incelenmektedir.

Keywords

• Çevresel İnovasyon
• Toplam Faktör Verimliliği
• Panel ARDL
• Dumitrescu-Hurlin Panel Nedensellik Testi

THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS ON TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY: PANEL ARDL APPROACH

Abstract

Purpose: The main argument that environmental technologies which reduces costs in resources usage have positive effects on total factor productivity has been frequently discussed in the literature. The purpose of the paper is to determine the impact of environmental innovations on total factor productivity.

Methodology: Panel data analysis was carried out with data from total of 41 countries for the period 1999-2014. In this context, firstly panel cointegration tests were performed with panel unit root tests. Then, following the panel ARDL approach, short and long-term coefficients were obtained by employing the PMG estimator and then, panel causality test was applied.

Findings: The findings obtained from the analyzes show that there exists cointegration relationship between environmental innovations and total factor productivity, that environmental innovations have a significant and positive effect on total factor productivity and there is a bidirectional causality relationship between environmental innovations and total factor productivity. 

Originality: Different from the existing studies in the literature, this study examines the relationship between environmental innovations and total factor productivity in high and middle-income countries with panel data analysis to reveal the group effect.

Keywords

• Environmental Innovation
• Total Factor Productivity
• Panel ARDL
• Dumitrescu-Hurlin Panel Causality Test
• Dumitrescu-Hurlin Panel Causality Test

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