Türkiye’de Kurumsal Kalite ve Ekolojik Ayak İzi İlişkisinin İncelenmesi

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 33 Sayı: 63, 387 - 410

Muhammet Bahri Kırıkçı

https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2025.01.18

Öz

İklim krizinin derinleştiği günümüz dünyasında, en önemli sorunlardan birisini çevre kirliliğinin önlenmesi oluşturmaktadır. Bu bağlamda çalışmada çevre kirliliğinin önlenmesi sorununa farklı bir bakış açısı geliştirmek amacıyla kurumların çevre üzerinde oynadığı rol incelenmektedir. Bu hedef doğrultusunda Türkiye’de 1984-2022 dönemi arasında ARDL, DOLS, FMOLS ve CCR tekniğinden faydalanılarak ampirik bir inceleme yapılmaktadır. Ayrıca değişkenler arasındaki nedensellik ilişkisi Toda Yamamoto Nedensellik Testi ile incelenmektedir. Çalışma sonucunda elde edilen bulgulara göre kurumsal kalitenin çevre kirliliğini azalttığı tespit edilmektedir. Diğer yandan kirlilik sığınağı hipotezinin test edildiği bu çalışmada, uzun dönemde bu hipotezin geçerli olduğu kabul edilmektedir. Kurumsal kalite ve ekolojik ayak izi arasında çift yönlü nedensellik ilişkisi olduğu tespit edilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kurumsal Kalite, Ekolojik Ayak İzi, Türkiye, ARDL, DOLS, FMOLS, CCR, Toda Yamamoto Nedensellik

Investigating the Relationship Between Institutional Quality and Ecological Footprint in Türkiye

Öz

In today’s world, where the climate crisis is deepening, one of the critical problems is preventing environmental pollution. In this context, the study examines the role of institutions on the environment to develop a different perspective on the problem of preventing environmental pollution. In line with this goal, an empirical examination was conducted in Türkiye between 1984-2022 using ARDL, DOLS, FMOLS and CCR techniques. In addition, the causality relationship between variables is examined with the Toda Yamamoto Causality Test. According to the findings of the study, institutional quality reduces environmental pollution. On the other hand, in this study, where the pollution haven hypothesis is tested, it is accepted that this hypothesis is valid in the long term. It is determined that there is a bidirectional causality relationship between corporate quality and ecological footprint.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Institutional Quality, Ecological Footprint, Türkiye, ARDL, DOLS, FMOLS, CCR, Toda Yamamoto Causality Test

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