The impacts of political stability on economic growth: Evidence from panel data analysis

This thesis empirically investigates the relationship between political stability and economic growth as well as regulating with regards to consequences concerning labor and physical capital factors in panel data valuation. A model panel data was used encompassing the time between 1994 – 2012 via ru...

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Main Author: Shahabad, Rasool Dehghanzadeh
Other Authors: Fethi, Sami
Format: Master Thesis
Language:English
Published: Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ) 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11129/3387
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Summary:This thesis empirically investigates the relationship between political stability and economic growth as well as regulating with regards to consequences concerning labor and physical capital factors in panel data valuation. A model panel data was used encompassing the time between 1994 – 2012 via running a growth model for the selected nations (Ukraine, Romania, Indonesia, Thailand, Ecuador, Brazil). The thesis mainly aims at ascertaining that the political stability and other comparatively vital factors enhance the procedure of economic growth in the light of exogenous modelling structure via utilizing Panel unit root and panel cointegration methods. Estimated outcomes imply that economic growth in the selected nations are in long-term equilibrium relationship; political stability has long-term significant influence on economic growth and consequently, economic growth converge to their long-term equilibrium levels by the means created by Capital. However, the selected countries which are listed as lowest scores in terms of the political stability have long term and short term economic growth effect whereas labor has no impact on economic growth for the selected countries. This supports the reality that political certainty or stability in listed countries as lowest scores in terms of the political stability is capable of stimulate a country’s development process. Outcomes of this survey reveal that there exist a relationship between the political stability of a nation and the economic growth. Keywords: Economic growth, political stability, capital, labor growth. ÖZ: İş bu teze göre siyasi istikrar ve ekonomik büyümenin arasındaki ilişki sermaye ve emek işçileri değişkenlerini kullanılarak ölçülür. Bu veriler 1994 ile 2012 yılları arasındaki seçilen ülkelerin verilerine göre belirlenmiştir. Bu tezin ana amacı büyüme modeli çerçevesinde panel kök birim ve panel eş bütünleme teknikleri kullanılarak siyasi istikrarın ekonomik büyüme üzerindeki etkileri analiz edilmiştir. Deneysel olarak seçilen ülkelerde Ukrayna, Romanya, Endonezya, Tayland, Ekvator ve Brezilya dır. Bu uzun süreçte siyasi istikrarın ekonomik büyümeyi etkilediği gözlemlenmiştir. Bu çalışma kapsamı içerisindeki ülkelerde yerel sermaye ekonomik büyüme üzerinde uzun ve kısa dönemli etkileri görülmesine ragmen, ile emek piyasasının hiçbir dönemde etkileri bulunamamıştır. Bu bulgular seçilmiş ülkelerde siyasi kararlılığın ekonomik büyüme üzerinde çok önemli olduğunu gösteriyor. Dolayısıyla, uzmanlar sermaye ve emek politikalarının siyasi kararlılıkta verimliliği ve ekonomik gelişimi artırabilmesi bağlamında daha iyi uygulaması gerekir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Ekonomik büyüme, siyasi istikrar, emek, sermaye, birim kök, eşbütünleme. Master of Business Administration. Thesis (M.B.A.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Business Administration, 2014. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sami Fethi.