ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFECTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS: COINTEGRATION AND CAUSALITY ANALYSIS FOR TURKEY
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ABSTRACT
The most important economic problems of Turkey’s are insufficient capital and technology, unemployment and lacks of management knowledge. Foreign direct investments are important means to eliminate these problems for Turkey as well as in other developing countries. In some related studies positive impact of foreign direct investments on economic growth was observed. On the other hand, another important finding reached in study is that foreign direct investments caused economic crisises in the target country. However, in the literature review about the topic, foreign direct investments make positive contribution to economy in developing countries, such as Turkey. In this study the existence of Johansen cointegration and Granger causality relationship between foreign direct investments and economic growth are tested by using data for 2005Q1-2015Q3 period. According to conclusion of analysis it is concluded that there is Johansen cointegration relationship between foreign direct investment and economic growth in long term. Also, bidirectional Granger causality relationship between these variables exists. Finally causality relation is confirmed by conducting impulse-response analysis.
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Birincil Dil
Türkçe
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
13 Haziran 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi
13 Haziran 2017
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2017 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 2