SOUTH-SOUTH TRADE AND NORTH-SOUTH TRADE FOR GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY: A CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS FOR THE CIS COUNTRIES

Year 2020, , 387 - 410, 29.06.2020

Halit Yanıkkaya , Abdullah Altun

https://doi.org/10.17065/huniibf.565735

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of trade with various country groupings on both output and total factor productivity growth of Commonwealth of Independent States countries using the trade measures from the Eora multi-region input-output database for 1990-2013 period. Since the growth and productivity effects of various trade measures vary by several country groupings, this study evaluates the model for the developed countries (North), the developing countries (South), the Commonwealth of Independent States countries (South), the Organization of Islamic Countries (South) and the European Union countries (North) sequentially. Regarding the potential of the Commonwealth of Independent States countries for sustainable competition regionally and globally, this analysis is a worthwhile endeavor to guide the policy makers for future trade collaborations. Moreover, since the Commonwealth of Independent States countries are among the South countries, this study mainly enables the comparison of North-South trade with South-South trade and their effects on output and total factor productivity growth. The most significant result of this analysis is that the Commonwealth of Independent States countries gain more from trade with the South countries in terms of positive output and total factor productivity growth. While the exports of Commonwealth of Independent States countries to all country groups have a positive effect, imports from the North countries for the Commonwealth of Independent States have a negative effect on both income and total factor productivity. Estimates of the effects of trade on growth (both exports and imports) are supported by estimates of the effects on total factor productivity, regardless of the econometric forecast method.

Keywords

CIS countries, Developed countries, Developing countries, Eora MRIO, OIC countries, North-South trade, South-South trade, Trade flows, Growth, Total factor productivity

BÜYÜME VE VERİMLİLİK İÇİN GÜNEY-GÜNEY TİCARETİ VE KUZEY-GÜNEY TİCARETİ: BDT ÜLKELERİ İÇİN AMPİRİK BİR ÇALIŞMA

Abstract

Bu çalışmada Bağımsız Devletler Topluluğu’nun çeşitli ülke gruplarıyla yaptığı ticaretin hem ülke geliri hem de toplam faktör verimliliği üzerine etkisi Eora MRIO veri tabanındaki ticaret göstergelerinden faydalanı-larak 1990-2013 yılları için tahmin edilmiştir. Çeşitli gelir düzeyindeki ülke gruplarıyla yapılan ticaretin gelir ve verimlilik üzerindeki etkilerinin farklılaşacağını dikkate alan bu çalışma, gelişmiş ülkeler (Kuzey), gelişmekte olan ülkeler (Güney), Bağımsız Devletler Topluluğu ülkeleri (Güney), İslam İşbirliği Teşkilatı ülkeleri (Güney) ve Avrupa Birliği ülkeleri (Kuzey) ile yapılan ticareti sırasıyla modele dahil etmiştir. Bağımsız Devletler Topluluğu ülkelerinin hem bölgede hem de küresel dünyada sürdürülebilir rekabet açısından sahip olduğu potansiyel dikkate alındığında, bu çalışma bir yönüyle ileriye dönük ticari işbirlikleri açısından politika yapıcılara fikir verecektir. Ayrıca, Bağımsız Devletler Topluluğu ülkeleri de Güney ülkeleri grubunda oldukları için, bu çalışma Kuzey-Güney ticaretini ve Güney-Güney ticaretini gelir ve verimlilik etkileri yönüyle kıyaslama imkanı sunmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın en ilginç sonucu Bağımsız Devletler Topluluğu ülkelerinin diğer Güney ülkeleri ile yaptığı ticaretin gelir ve verimlik etkileri yönüyle daha fazla pozitif etkisinin olmasıdır. Bağımsız Devletler Topluluğu ülkelerinin bütün ülke gruplarına yaptığı ihracatın olumlu etkisi varken, Bağımsız Devletler Topluluğu ülkeleri için Kuzey ülkelerinden yaptığı ithalat hem gelir üzerinde hem de toplam faktör verimliliği üzerinde negatif bir etki göstermektedir. Ticaretin büyüme üzerindeki etkileriyle (hem ihracat hem ithalat) ilgili tahminler, ekonometrik tahmin yöntemi fark etmeksizin toplam faktör verimliliği üzerindeki etkilerinin tahminleriyle desteklenmektedir.

Keywords

BDT ülkeleri, Gelişmiş ülkeler, Gelişmekte olan ülkeler, Eora MRIO, İİT ülkeleri, Kuzey-Güney ticareti, Güney-Güney Ticareti, Ticaret akışları, Büyüme, Toplam faktör verimliliği

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