SOCIAL CAPITAL AND AIR POLLUTION: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY
This study analyses the impact of social capital on air pollution in all 81 cities of Turkey between 2008 and 2018 via utilizing the panel data method to test for the EKC hypothesis. Within this context, five panel groups are formed, where four of those are formulated vis-à-vis their socioeconomic d...
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| description | This study analyses the impact of social capital on air pollution in all 81 cities of Turkey between 2008 and 2018 via utilizing the panel data method to test for the EKC hypothesis. Within this context, five panel groups are formed, where four of those are formulated vis-à-vis their socioeconomic development levels by taking into account the SEGE report issued by the Ministry of Development. Moreover a city-based social capital index is developed by utilizing the principal component analysis (PCA). Empirical findings show that a U-shaped income-emission relationship is prevalent in Turkey, whereas no significant income-emission interdependency exists within the aforementioned panel groups developed. In addition, it is deduced that population density is a pre-determinant of the rise in air pollution for all panel groups studied, while the hypothesis that social capital index has a significant impact on the latter variable is rejected. It is expected that this work will contribute to the existing literature through its investigation of the impact of social capital index structured via taking into account the cities’ socioeconomic development levels on air pollution. The dataset used has a significant lack of observations for certain cities, so it would be valuable to formulate advanced technical modeling by creating a more complete dataset. Also, various other proxies explaining environmental degradation such as water pollution can be included in the model. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-67ca347e9ec14459bae0ecd3c6f8326b2025-01-27T14:02:41ZengMehmet Akif Ersoy UniversityMehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi2149-16582022-07-01921152117310.30798/makuiibf.1033458273SOCIAL CAPITAL AND AIR POLLUTION: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEYCuma Demirtaş0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1475-5530Munise Ilıkkan Özgür1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8711-3264AKSARAY ÜNİVERSİTESİAKSARAY ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, İKTİSAT BÖLÜMÜThis study analyses the impact of social capital on air pollution in all 81 cities of Turkey between 2008 and 2018 via utilizing the panel data method to test for the EKC hypothesis. Within this context, five panel groups are formed, where four of those are formulated vis-à-vis their socioeconomic development levels by taking into account the SEGE report issued by the Ministry of Development. Moreover a city-based social capital index is developed by utilizing the principal component analysis (PCA). Empirical findings show that a U-shaped income-emission relationship is prevalent in Turkey, whereas no significant income-emission interdependency exists within the aforementioned panel groups developed. In addition, it is deduced that population density is a pre-determinant of the rise in air pollution for all panel groups studied, while the hypothesis that social capital index has a significant impact on the latter variable is rejected. It is expected that this work will contribute to the existing literature through its investigation of the impact of social capital index structured via taking into account the cities’ socioeconomic development levels on air pollution. The dataset used has a significant lack of observations for certain cities, so it would be valuable to formulate advanced technical modeling by creating a more complete dataset. Also, various other proxies explaining environmental degradation such as water pollution can be included in the model.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2119242air pollutionpanel datasocial capital.hava kirliliğipanel verisosyal sermaye. |
| spellingShingle | Cuma Demirtaş Munise Ilıkkan Özgür SOCIAL CAPITAL AND AIR POLLUTION: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi air pollution panel data social capital. hava kirliliği panel veri sosyal sermaye. |
| title | SOCIAL CAPITAL AND AIR POLLUTION: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY |
| title_full | SOCIAL CAPITAL AND AIR POLLUTION: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY |
| title_fullStr | SOCIAL CAPITAL AND AIR POLLUTION: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY |
| title_full_unstemmed | SOCIAL CAPITAL AND AIR POLLUTION: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY |
| title_short | SOCIAL CAPITAL AND AIR POLLUTION: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY |
| title_sort | social capital and air pollution evidence from turkey |
| topic | air pollution panel data social capital. hava kirliliği panel veri sosyal sermaye. |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2119242 |
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