Mankind strive to improve their quality of life, reach a higher level of welfare and increase their consumption accordingly. With the continuous and regularity of consumption, the incentive of investments constitutes an important function of consumption expenditures in the economy. This study aims to determine the factors affecting consumption expenditures by using panel data analysis method. In the study, the data for the period 2007-2019 obtained from the World Bank and Worldwide Governance Indicators sites of the G20 countries were used and as an econometric model; fixed effects, random effects, generalized method of moments (GMM), system GMM and robust (resistive error) estimators were applied. According to the results of the analysis applied in the study, the dependent variable final consumption expenditures and the independent variables that were found to have a significant and positive relationship; gross domestic product (GDP), internet usage of individuals (% of total population) and rate of urbanization (% of total population). However, there is no statistically significant relationship between final consumption expenditures and the political stability index which is one of the independent variables.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | May 31, 2022 |
Published in Issue | Year 2022 Issue: 30 |