Ertuğrul YILDIRIM, Zafer ÖZTÜRK

ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE IN THE MINT COUNTRIES: EVIDENCE OF LONG-RUN PANEL CAUSALITY TEST

Çevresel Kuznets Eğrisi (ÇKE) kişi başına gelir ile karbondioksit emisyonu arasında ters U şeklinde bir ilişkininolduğunu öne sürmektedir. ÇKE hipotezini test etmek isteyen bir çok çalışma olmasına rağmen, ampirikbulgu ve sonuçlar belirsizdir. Bu çalışma iki nedenle önceki literatürden farklılaşmaktadır. İlk olarak buçalışma daha önceki ÇKE çalışmalarında bulunmayan MINT ülkeleri üzerine yapılmıştır. MINT ülkeleriMeksika, Endonezya, Nij erya ve Türkiyeden oluşmaktadır. Çalışmada Dünya Bankası veri tabanı WDIın20 13 verilerinden elde edilen yıllık kişi başına GSYİH ve kişi başına karbondioksit emisyonu rakamlarıkullanılmıştır. Veriler 1967-20 10 dönemine aittir. İkinci olarak ÇKE hipotezini test etmek için Canning vePedroni (2008) tarafından önerilen uzun dönem panel nedensellik testi kullanılmıştır. Bu çalışmanınsonuçları ÇKE hipotezini sadece Nij erya örneğinde desteklemiştir.

MINT ÜLKELERİNDE ÇEVRESEL KUZNETS EĞRİSİ: UZUN DÖNEM PANEL NEDENSELLİK TESTİNDEN KANITLAR

The environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis (EKC) urges that there is an inverse-U-shapedrelationship between carbon dioxide emission per capita and income per capita. Although there islots of paper attempting to test the EKC hypothesis, the reported empirical results and conclusions areambiguous. Departing from previous literature, this study focusses on two issues. Firstly, it examinesthe MINT countries which is neglected in the extend EKC literature. The MINT countries consist ofMexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey. The annual GDP per capita and carbon dioxide emissions percapita were obtained from the World Development Indicators 2013. The data set includes the periodof 1967-2010, due to the availability of data. Secondly, the long run panel causality test suggested byCanning and Pedroni (2008) is used the test EKC hypothesis. Results of this study supported the EKChypothesis only in the case of Nigeria.

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ISSN: 1306-2174
Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 2 Sayı
Başlangıç: 2005
Yayıncı: Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi