MERTER AKINCI, GÖNÜL YÜCE AKINCI, ÖMER YILMAZ

Ekonomik özgürlükler ile ekonomik büyüme arasındaki ilişki: Gelişmiş, gelişmekte olan ve az gelişmiş ülkeler üzerine bir panel veri analizi

Son otuz yıldan bu yana yaşanan en önemli gelişmelerden biri, hızlanan küreselleşme hareketleri kapsamında liberal iktisadi düşünce ve politikaların dünya genelinde yayılması olmuştur. Özellikle neo liberal hareketler ile birlikte iktisadi bakımdan kapsamı genişletilen özgürlükçü akımlar, toplumsal yapılanma tarafından vazgeçilmez bir unsur olmuş ve ekonomik serbesti, refah gücünün artırılabilmesi amacıyla makro iktisadi gelişmelerin ana eksenini oluşturmuştur. Dolayısıyla bu çalışmada, ekonomik özgürlükler ile ekonomik büyüme arasındaki ilişkiler 1995 2012 döneminde gelişmiş, gelişmekte olan ve azgelişmiş ekonomiler için panel veri analizleri kullanılarak araştırılmıştır. Panel veri analiz bulguları; gelişmiş ülkelerin iktisadi bakımdan liberal bir yapılanma içerisinde olduklarını ve ekonomik özgürlüklerin iktisadi büyüme sürecini hızlandırdığını, gelişmekte olan ülkelerin karma iktisadi sistemi uyguladıklarını ve ekonomik özgürlüklerin büyümeyi uyardığını, azgelişmiş ülkelerin ise kamusal otoritenin egemenliğine bağlı olarak iktisadi büyümelerini hızlandırmaya çalıştıklarını göstermiştir.

The relationship between economic freedom and economic growth: A panel data analysis upon developed, developing and less developed countries

One of the most important developments in the last thirty years is the expansion of liberal economic thought and policies in terms of accelerating globalization movements. Libertarian movements the scope of which has been extended with regards to economics and especially neo-liberal movements became an irreplaceable element of social set-up and their economic liberation formed the main core of the developments of macroeconomics with the aim of increasing the welfare level. Therefore, in this study, the relationships between economic freedom and economic growth between 1995 and 2012 in developed, developing and underdeveloped economies are examined via panel data analysis. The outcomes of panel data analysis show that; developed countries are in a liberal set-up in terms of economics and economic freedom accelerated the process of economic growth, developing countries are using mixed economic system and economic freedom warn growth, and underdeveloped countries tried to accelerate their growth depending upon public authoritys dominance.

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