Determinants of Economic Growth for EU-27 Countries and Turkey: An Implementation with Static Panel Model Cover Image

AB-27 Ülkeleri ve Türkiye’de Ekonomik Büyümeyi Etkileyen Faktörlerin Belirlenmesi: Statik Panel Veri Modeli Uygulaması
Determinants of Economic Growth for EU-27 Countries and Turkey: An Implementation with Static Panel Model

Author(s): Aynur Pala, Dilek Teker
Subject(s): Economy, Geography, Regional studies, Methodology and research technology, Economic development, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi
Keywords: Human capital; inflation; financial development; openness; saving; economic growth; panel regression;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to figure out the determinants that explain the economic growth for EU27 countries and Turkey for the years 2000-2011. The database consists of GDP, population, total local credits to GDP, private sector credits to GDP, foreign trade to GDP, consumer inflation and total savings to GNI. Initially, unit root tests such as LLC and Hadri are implemented. Then, Breusch-Pagan LM, Breusch-Pagan/CookWeisberg LM and White tests are run for heterogeneity and Wooldridge (2000) test for autocorrelation. Static panel regression have been used to analysis. As a result of the analysis, economic growth has been explained by human capital, credits providing by banking sector, inflation, financial development and savings.

  • Issue Year: 6/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 151-162
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Turkish