KURUMSAL KALİTE KARBON AYAK İZİNİ ENGELLER Mİ? BİR PANEL VERİ ANALİZİ

Öz

Gelişmekte olan ekonomiler sadece işsizlik, enflasyon ve cari açık gibi makro ekonomik sorunlar ile değil yüksek karbon emisyonları ve ekolojik ayak izi değerleri gibi çevresel problemlerle de karşı karşıya kalmakta dolayısıyla çevre kalitesini iyileştiren politikalar üretmeye devam etmektedirler. Bu çalışma 15 gelişmekte olan ekonomide kurumsal kalite-karbon ayak izi ilişkisine odaklanmaktadır. Çalışma karbon ayak izi modeline diğer açıklayıcı değişkenler olarak ekonomik büyüme, petrol tüketimi, ticari dışa açıklık ve yenilenebilir enerji kullanımı da entegre etmektedir. 2002-2023 döneminde değişkenler arasındaki ilişkilerin analizinde panel AMG tahmincisi ve Dumitrescu-Hurlin nedensellik yaklaşımından yararlanılmaktadır. Çalışma seriler arasındaki bir eşbütünleşmeyi kanıtlamaktadır. Panel AMG tahminleri kurumsal kalite ile karbon ayak izi arasında anlamlı bir ilişki tespit edemez. Ekonomik büyüme, petrol tüketimi ve ticari dışa açıklık karbon ayak izini körüklerken yenilenebilir enerji kullanımı ise karbon ayak izini engelleyici bir etki yapmaktadır. Nedensellik analizi de önemli nedensellik bulgularını ortaya koymaktadır. Bulgular gelişmekte olan ekonomilerde çevresel bozulmayı engelleyici önemli politika önerileri belirleyebilecektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Kurumsal Kalite
• Karbon Ayak İzi
• AMG

Does Institutional Quality Prevent Carbon Footprint Reduction? A Panel Data Analysis

Öz

Developing economies face not only macroeconomic problems such as unemployment, inflation, and current account deficits, but also environmental problems such as high carbon emissions and ecological footprint values; therefore, they continue to produce policies that improve environmental quality. This study focuses on the relationship between institutional quality and carbon footprint in 15 developing economies. The study integrates economic growth, oil consumption, trade openness, and renewable energy use as other explanatory variables into the carbon footprint model. The panel AMG estimator and the Dumitrescu-Hurlin causality approach are used to analyze the relationships between variables during the 2002-2023 period. The study demonstrates cointegration between the series. Panel AMG estimators do not detect a significant relationship between institutional quality and carbon footprint. Economic growth, oil consumption, and trade openness fuel carbon footprints, while the use of renewable energy has a mitigating effect. Causality analysis also reveals significant causal findings. These findings can identify important policy recommendations to prevent environmental degradation in developing economies.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Institutional Quality
• Carbon Footprint
• AMG

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