EKONOMİK ÖZGÜRLÜK ENDEKSİ, İNSANİ GELİŞME ENDEKSİ VE EKOLOJİK AYAK İZİ: E7 ÜLKELERİ İÇİN AMPİRİK BİR ANALİZ

Öz

Bu çalışmada 2000-2017 döneminde E7 ülkelerinde (Çin, Hindistan, Brezilya, Rusya, Türkiye, Meksika ve Endonezya) ekonomik özgürlük endeksinin ve ekolojik ayak izinin insani gelişme endeksi üzerindeki etkisi ve ekonomik özgürlük endeksinin ve insani gelişme endeksinin ekolojik ayak izi üzerindeki etkisi panel veri analizi yöntemleri kullanılarak analiz edilmektedir. Yapılan analiz sonucunda seriler arasında yatay kesit bağımlılığının olduğu görülmüş, değişkenlerin heterojen olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Westerlund ECM eşbütünleşme testinin sonucuna göre seriler arasında uzun dönemli bir eşbütünleşme ilişkisi söz konusudur. Ortak İlişkili Etkiler (Common Correlated Effect- CCE) tahminine ait sonuçlara göre ekonomik özgürlük endeksi %1 arttığında insani gelişme endeksi %0.07 artmaktadır. İnsani gelişme endeksinde görülen %1’lik artış ekolojik ayak izini %2,38 artırmakta, ekonomik özgürlük endeksi %1 arttığında ise ekolojik ayak izi %0,35 azalmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Ekonomik Özgürlük
• İnsani Gelişme
• Ekolojik Ayak İzi
• Panel Veri Analizi

ECONOMIC FREEDOM INDEX, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX AND ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FOR E7 COUNTRIES

Öz

This study investigates the impacts of the economic freedom index and the ecological footprint on the human development index and the effects of the human development index and economic freedom index on ecological footprint for E7 countries (China, India, Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, and Indonesia) over the period of 2000-2017. According to empirical results, the variables are heterogeneous and cross-sectionally dependent. The results derived from Westerlund ECM cointegration test indicate that there is a long-term cointegration relationship between these variables. According to the Common Correlated Effect model, a 1% increase in the economic freedom index increases the human development index by 0.07%. A 1% increase in the human development index increases ecological footprint by 2,38% and a 1% increase in economic freedom index decreases ecological footprint by 0,35%.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Economic Freedom
• Human Development
• Ecological Footprint
• Panel Data Analysis

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