ÇEVRESEL-SOSYAL PERFORMANS İLE KİŞİ BAŞINA GSYİH ARASINDA BİR İLİŞKİ VAR MIDIR? G-20 ÜLKELERİ ÜZERİNE BİR UYGULAMA

Year 2020, Volume: 15 Issue: 54, 463 - 479, 30.07.2020

Güler Aras , Filiz Mutlu Yıldırım

https://doi.org/10.14783/maruoneri.771661

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Küreselleşmeyle birlikte gittikçe artan ve daha karmaşık bir yapıya bürünen birçok çevresel ve sosyal riskin ekonomik risklerden daha önemli hale gelmesi, söz konusu riskleri barındıran performanslar arasındaki ilişkinin araştırılmasını gerekli kılmaktadır. Çalışmada bu amaçla, ilk olarak çevresel ve sosyal performans göstergeleri Entropi yöntemiyle G-20 ülkeleri temel alınarak ağırlıklandırmıştır. Ardından, Gri İlişkisel Analiz yöntemi ile performans ölçümü gerçekleştirilmiştir. Son aşama ise elde edilen bu performans puanları ile ekonomik performans göstergelerinden biri olan kişi başına düşen Gayri Safi Yurtiçi Hasıla (GSYİH) arasındaki ilişki Spearman sıra korelasyon katsayısı hesaplanarak araştırılmıştır. Analiz bulguları, çevresel-sosyal performans ile kişi başına düşen GSYİH arasında pozitif yönde güçlü bir ilişki olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Sürdürülebilirlik,, Çevresel-Sosyal Performans,, Kişi Başına Düşen GSYİH,, G-20, Entropi,, Gri İlişkisel Analiz,, Spearman Sıra Korelasyon Katsayısı.

IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL PERFORMANCE AND GDP PER CAPITA? EVIDENCE FROM THE G-20 COUNTRIES

Abstract

The fact that several environmental and social risks are on increase and have become a more complex structure with globalization, they impose greater jeopardy to countries than economic risks. Hence, it is necessary to investigate the relationship between the performances related to these risks. For this purpose, environmental and social performance indicators based on the G-20 countries’ data have been weighted firstly with the Entropy method. Then, performance measurement has been done with the Gray Relational Analysis method. In the final stage, the relationship between these performance scores and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, which is one of the economic performance indicators, has been investigated by calculating the Spearman rank correlation coefficient. Findings reveal that there is a strong positive relationship between environmental-social performance and GDP per capita.

Keywords

Sustainability,, Environmental-Social Performance,, GDP per Capita,, G-20, Entropy,, Gray Relational Analysis,, Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient.

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