Çifte Kazanç Hipotezinin OECD Ekonomileri İçin Testi: Panel Eşbütünleşme ve Nedensellik Analizi

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 2 Sayı: 4, 1 - 20, 31.01.2017

Mehmet Hanefi Topal

https://doi.org/10.23834/isrjournal.284627

Cited By: 6

Öz

Çevresel vergi reformları son yıllarda oldukça popüler hale geldi. Bunun
asıl sebebi küresel ısınma ve iklim değişikliğinden duyulan endişedir. Pek çok
ülkenin yüzleştiği diğer bir sorun da yüksek düzeyde işsizliktir. Çevreyi
kirliliğini azaltmak için çevresel vergilerin etkin bir mali araç olduğu uzun
yıllardır bilinmektedir. Ancak kamu maliyesi literatürüne yakın dönemde giren
çifte kazanç hipotezi, çevresel vergilerin çevre kirliliğini azaltıcı faydasına
ek olarak istihdamı arttırıcı ikinci bir faydasının da olduğunu iddia
etmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı 1994-2013 yılı verilerinden yararlanarak bu
iddianın OECD ekonomileri için geçerli olup olmadığını panel eşbütünleşme ve
nedensellik analizleri ile test etmektir. Panel VECM nedensellik analizi
sonuçlarına göre OECD ekonomilerinde kısa dönemde yalnızca çevre vergilerinden
çevre kirliliğine doğru bir nedensellik ilişkisi söz konusu iken uzun dönemde
çevre vergilerinden hem çevre kirliliğine hem de işsizliğe doğru bir
nedensellik ilişkisi mevcuttur. Panel FMOLS eşbütünleşme analizi sonuçlarına
göre OECD ekonomilerinde çevre vergileri hem çevre kirliliğini hem de işsizliği
azaltmaktadır. Ülkelere özgü FMOLS sonuçlarına göre ise çifte kazanç hipotezi
OECD ekonomilerinden yalnızca 14’ü için geçerlidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Çevre Vergisi, Çevre, Çifte Kazanç, İşsizlik

Testing Double Dividend Hypothesis for OECD Economies: A Panel Cointegration and Causality Analysis

Öz

Environmental tax reforms have become more
popular in recent years. The main reason for this situation is concern about
global warming and climate change. Also, another problem that most countries
have faced is the high level of unemployment. It has been known that
environmental taxes are an efficient fiscal instrument to decrease
environmental pollution for many years. On the other hand, double-dividend
hypothesis that has entered the public finance literature in the recent time
claims two benefits of environmental taxes. In addition to lowering
environmental pollution, it also enhances employment level. The aim of this
paper is to test whether this claim is valid, using panel cointegration and
causality analyses for OECD countries from the 1994-2013 period. According to
Panel VECM causality analysis results, it has only causality relationship from
environmental taxes to environmental pollution in the short run in OECD
economies while  there are causality
relationship from environmental taxes to environmental pollution and
unemployment level in the long run. On the other hand, panel FMOLS cointegration
results show that environmental taxes decrease both environmental pollution and
unemployment level in OECD economies. Finally, country specific results found
that double-dividend hypothesis is valid for 14 OECD economies.    

Anahtar Kelimeler

Environment Tax, Environment, Double Dividend, Unemployment

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