Econometrical Analysis of the Impact of Banking Sector on the Environment in Turkey in Terms of Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis

Ayten Çetin and Nadira Seyidova
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Ayten Çetin: Marmara University
Nadira Seyidova: Marmara University

Journal of Finance Letters (Maliye ve Finans Yazıları), 2019, vol. 34, issue 112, 57-76

Abstract: The increase in production along with industrialization has ledto an increase in carbon emission, which in time has caused negativeeffects on the environment. The purpose of study is to researchdevelopments in the world in parallel to the effects of the validity ofthe environmental kuznets curve in the banking sector in turkey witheconometrical analysis. For this purpose, carbon dioxide emission,energy consumption, ratio of banking sector total assets to gdp, gdpand gdp2 variables were analyzed between 1968-2017 years. In theanalysis where all series are in annual frequency, unit root tests wereperformed firstly and all of the series were found to be stationary at thefirst level. Then johansen cointegration test was performed and it wasconcluded that the series were cointegrated in the long term.

Keywords: Environmental Kuznets Curve; Banking Sector; Econometrical Analysis; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 C01 C58 G21 Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.33203/mfy.601010

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