TY  - JOUR
TI  - Socio-Economic Development of Provinces in Turkey: A Spatial Econometric Analysis
AB  - Differences in development between regions or provinces constitute major problem for all countries. Thus, studies, aimed at reducingthe development differences among regions, are in progress around the world. Many studies have been carried out on developmentplans, regional development projects and investment incentives in order to eliminate developmental differences between regions inTurkey from past to present. In order to quantify the developmental differences between the provinces, it is necessary to calculatethe socio-economic development indices of the provinces. For this purpose, various economic, physical and social indicators coveringthe years 2008 - 2015 of provinces in Turkey have been used in the study. Firstly, economic, physical and social development indicesare calculated with equal weight to each indicator. Then, general development index is calculated by giving equal weight to alldimensions. The fact that socio-economic development indices of the provinces are similar in places close to each other shows thatthe development levels of the provinces can be affected with each other. For this reason, spatial econometric analysis method ispreferred when the factors affecting the development levels of provinces are examined. In this study, different economic, physicaland social indicators covering the years 2008-2015 are used in the spatial econometric model. With this study, it is investigatedfactors affecting development levels of provinces, whether the development levels of provinces are affected spatially each other andhow the development levels of provinces are affected each other. According to the findings of this study, a study conducted in anyprovince in order to eliminate regional development differences will not only increase the socio-economic development index of theprovince, but will also lead to the development of the socio-economic development index of the surrounding provinces.
AU  - Selim, Sibel
AU  - ÖZKUBAT, Gökhan
DO  - 10.17093/alphanumeric.507697
PY  - 2019
JO  - Alphanumeric Journal
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
SN  - 2148-2225
SP  - 449
EP  - 470
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/332345
ER  -