Çevresel Kalite ve Ekonomik Büyüme İlişkisi: OECD Ülkeleri İçin Statik Panel Veri Analizi

Çevresel Performans Endeksi (EPI-Enviromental Performance Index), çevresel kaliteyi ve sürdürülebilirliği ölçmeye yönelik performans odaklı bir endekstir. Bu endeks; ekonomik rekabet, büyüme, kentleşme, doğal kaynak kullanımı ve diğer çevresel baskıların çevre kalitesi üzerindeki etkilerine odaklanmaktadır. 2006 yılından itibaren kapsamlı olarak ele alınan EPI ikişer yıl aralıkla yayınlanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada 2006-2018 yılları arasında OECD ülkelerine ilişkin büyümenin, kentleşmenin, nüfusun, doğrudan yabancı yatırımların ve ticari dışa açıklığın EPI üzerindeki etkisinin panel veri yöntemleri ile belirlenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Analiz sonucunda büyümenin EPI üzerinde pozitif bir etkiye sahip olduğu; doğrudan yabancı yatırımların, kentleşmenin, nüfusun ve dışa açıklığın ise EPI üzerinde negatif bir etki oluşturduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Relationship between Environmental Quality and Economic Growth: Static Panel Data Analysis for OECD Countries

The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is a performance oriented index for measuring environmental quality and sustainability. This Index focuses on the impact of economic competition, growth, urbanization, use of natural resources and other environmental pressures on environmental quality. EPI, which has been discussed extensively since 2006, is published once in two years. In this study, it is aimed to examine the effects of growth, urbanization, population, foreign direct investments and trade openness on EPI with panel data methods by using data from OECD countries between 2006-2018. As a result of the analysis, it has been concluded that growth has a positive effect on EPI and that foreign direct investments, urbanization, population and trade openness have a negative effect on EPI.

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