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OECD ÜLKELERİ İÇİN EKONOMİK YAKINSAMA ÖNGÖRÜSÜNÜN ZAMAN SERİSİ PANEL BİRİM KÖK YÖNTEMLERİ İLE SINANMASI

AN ESSAY UPON TESTING ECONOMICCONVERGENGE HYPOTHESIS WITH TIME SERIES PANEL UNIT ROOT METHODS FOR THE OECD COUNTRIES

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Abstract (2. Language): 
In this paper the convergence hypothesis based on the neo-classical growth theory is tried to be re-examined by using per capita real income data of 26 OECD countries. Considering some contemporaneous panel unit root tests for the 1970 – 2007 sample period, the main findings obtained indicate that we are unable to reject that the per capitareal income levels of OECD countries converge to the USA per capita real income level, chosen as the benchmark country. However, when the convergence of per capita real income levels of OECD countries tothe average of OECD per capita real income level is considered, the panel unit root null hypothesis is seen to be supported by the actual data.
Abstract (Original Language): 
Bu çalışmada neo-klasik büyüme kuramına dayalıyakınsama öngörüsü 26 OECD ülkesine ait kişi başına reel gelir verileri kullanılarak yeniden incelenmeye çalışılmaktadır.Çağdaşbazıpanel birim kök sınamalarıdikkate alınarak 1970 – 2007 örneklem dönemi için elde edilen temel bulgular OECD ülkeleri kişi başına reel gelir düzeylerinin lider ülke olarak seçilen ABD kişi başına reel gelir düzeyine yakınsamasının reddedilemediğini göstermektedir. Buna karşılık, OECD ülkeleri kişi başına reel gelir düzeylerinin OECD ortalama kişi başına reel gelir düzeyine yakınsamasının dikkate alınmasıdurumunda panel birim kök sıfır varsayımının gerçek veriler tarafından desteklendiği görülmektedir.
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