Granger-causality between transportation and GDP: A panel data approach

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BEYZATLAR M. A., Karacal M., Yetkiner H.

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE, cilt.63, ss.43-55, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 63
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.tra.2014.03.001
  • Dergi Adı: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.43-55
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Granger-causality, Transportation, Income, ECONOMIC-GROWTH, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, UNITED-STATES, EXPENDITURE, LEVEL, INVESTMENT, COUNTRIES, BENEFITS, DEMAND, OUTPUT
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper investigates the Granger-causality relationship between income and transportation of EU-15 countries using a panel data set covering the period 1970-2008. In the study, inland freight transportation per capita in ton-km (TRP), inland passenger transportation per capita in passenger-km (PAS), and road sector gasoline fuel consumption per capita in kg of oil equivalent (GAS) are used as transportation proxies and GDP per capita is used as measure of income. Our findings indicate that the dominant type of Granger-causality is bidirectional. Instances of one-way or no Granger-causality were found to correspond with countries with the lowest income per capita ranks in 1970 and/or in 2008. Although we conclude that there is an endogenous relationship between income and transportation, this is not observed until after an economy has completed its transition in terms of economic development. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.