Investigating patterns of carbon convergence in an uneven economy: The case of Turkey
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, cilt.46, ss.96-106, 2018 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 46
- Basım Tarihi: 2018
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.strueco.2018.04.006
- Dergi Adı: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.96-106
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Carbon convergence, Climate policy, Emission intensity, Sectoral emissions, Turkey
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Turkey is known to suffer from severe volatility in its growth patterns, as well as from the uneven sectoral growth and employment. Volatile rates of emissions across sectors are further manifestations of this uneven structure. The purpose of this study is two-fold: first, we check for dynamic patterns of convergence of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across sectors; and second, using evidence from panel data econometrics, we search for the determinants of these processes utilizing macroeconomic explanatory variables. We find that, based on various alternate criteria, CO2 emissions display conditional convergence mainly driven by the business cycle. Furthermore, across sectors, high technology activities display convergence over time; and yet, medium technology sectors that constitute the bulk of the aggregate value added display either poorly convergent or divergent trends. These results reveal that much of the emissions convergence is driven by the business cycle rather than the workings of discretionary mitigation policy.