IMPACT OF DIGITALIZATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN E7 COUNTRIES: AN APPLIED APPROACH

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 16 Sayı: 2, 618 - 635, 29.12.2025

Esra Cebeci Mazlum

https://doi.org/10.54688/ayd.1542910

Öz

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of digitalization on economic growth in E7 countries using panel data analysis methods with annual data for the period 2003-2021. Information and communication technology product exports, the number of individuals using the internet (% population) and theDi number of mobile phone subscribers were used to represent the digitalization indicator. According to the panel cointegration test results of Gengenbach et al. (2016), there is a cointegration relationship between the variables. Since a cointegration relationship was detected between the variables, the Average Group Dynamic Least Squares (DOLSMG) estimator, which is suitable for models with heterogeneous slopes, was used. According to the DOLSMG long-term coefficient estimation results, there is a positive and significant relationship between the export of information and communication technology products, the number of individuals using the internet and the number of mobile phone subscribers, which represent the digitalization variable for the entire panel, and economic growth. According to the panel causality findings, there is a bidirectional causality relationship between economic growth and information and communication technology product exports in E7 countries. Furthermore, the findings reveal that there is a one-way causality relationship from individuals using the internet to economic growth and from economic growth to mobile phone subscriptions in the E7 countries.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Digitalization , Economic Growth , Panel Data Analysis

E7 ÜLKELERİNDE DİJİTALLEŞMENİN EKONOMİK BÜYÜMEYE ETKİSİ: UYGULAMALI BİR ANALİZ

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, E7 ülkelerinde dijitalleşmenin ekonomik büyüme üzerindeki etkisini, 2003-2021 dönemine ait yıllık verilerle panel veri analizi yöntemleri kullanarak araştırmaktır. Dijitalleşme göstergesini temsil etmek için bilgi ve iletişim teknolojisi ürün ihracatı, internet kullanan birey sayısı (% nüfus) ve mobil telefon abone sayısı kullanılmıştır. Gengenbach vd. (2016) panel eşbütünleşme testleri sonuçlarına göre değişkenler arasında eşbütünleşme ilişkisi vardır. Değişkenler arasında eşbütünleşme ilişkisi tespit edildiğinden heterojen eğimlere sahip modeller için uygun olan Ortalama Grup Dinamik En Küçük Kareler (DOLSMG) tahmincisi kullanılmıştır. DOLSMG uzun dönem katsayı tahmin sonuçlarına göre, panelin tamamı için dijitalleşme değişkenini temsil eden bilgi ve iletişim teknolojisi ürünleri ihracatı, internet kullanan birey sayısı ve mobil telefon abone sayısı ile ekonomik büyüme arasında pozitif ve anlamlı bir ilişki vardır. Panel nedensellik bulgularına göre, E7 ülkelerinde ekonomik büyüme ile bilgi ve iletişim teknolojisi ürünleri ihracatı arasında çift yönlü bir nedensellik ilişkisi vardır. Ayrıca bulgular, E7 ülkelerinde internet kullanan bireylerden ekonomik büyümeye ve ekonomik büyümeden mobil telefon aboneliklerine doğru tek yönlü bir nedensellik ilişkisi olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Dijitalleşme , Ekonomik Büyüme , Panel Veri Analizi

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