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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><issn publication-format="print">2072-6414</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-1406</issn></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17059/ekon.reg.2023-3-22</article-id><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>An Empirical Analysis of the Impacts of Investment Incentives on Provincial Economic Growth in Turkey</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Эмпирический анализ влияния инвестиционных стимулов на экономический рост в провинциях Турции</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1542-0174</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Yanıkkaya </surname><given-names>Halit </given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Яниккая </surname><given-names>Халит </given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>halityanikkaya@gtu.edu.tr</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9959-2146</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Altay </surname><given-names>Kübra</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Алтай</surname><given-names>Кюбра </given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>kubraokuraltay@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Gebze Technical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Технический университет Гебзе</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-09-27" publication-format="electronic"/><volume>19</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>909</fpage><lpage>918</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-06-25"/><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2023-06-15"/></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright © 2023 Halit Yanıkkaya, Kübra Altay</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright © 2023 Халит Яниккая, Кюбра Алтай</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Halit Yanıkkaya, Kübra Altay</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Халит Яниккая, Кюбра Алтай</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read/><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>CC BY 4.0</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri content-type="html" mimetype="text/html" xlink:title="article webpage" xlink:href="https://www.economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/view/690">https://www.economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/view/690</self-uri><self-uri content-type="pdf" mimetype="application/pdf" xlink:title="article pdf" xlink:href="https://www.economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/download/690/242">https://www.economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/download/690/242</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>There are significant differences between governments in the context of the objectives of incentive policies. However, they are generally focused on macroeconomic purposes such as eliminating regional inequalities and increasing investment level, employment, industrialisation and therefore raising economic growth. In Turkey, The New Investment Incentive System, which has been implemented since 2012, essentially aimed to mitigate interregional inequalities. This study investigates the impact of investment incentives on provincial per capita growth of 81 provinces for the years 2004-2017. Our data are also available for capital types and sectoral levels. The dynamic panel data estimates show that while the impact of the number of incentive certificates on provincial growth is significantly positive, there is no effect of fixed investment and employment on provincial growth. Moreover, given the significantly positive estimated coefficients on all three measures of investment incentives for the energy and manufacturing sectors, we conclude that incentives raise provincial growth for these two sectors. However, investment incentives in services, mining and agriculture sectors have no impact on regional growth. Results of the analysis of investment incentives by investor type imply that while investment incentives provided to domestic firms have no effect on growth, incentives for firms owned by foreigners have positive effects. Our study thus makes important contributions to the literature by considering both province-level incentive measures and five main sectors, namely energy, manufacturing, services, mining and agriculture in the sectoral analysis.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Несмотря на существенные различия в политике стимулирования, правительства стран мира, как правило, стремятся к достижению макроэкономических целей, таких как устранение регионального неравенства, увеличение объема инвестиций, занятости, темпов индустриализации и, следовательно, ускорение экономического роста. Новая система стимулирования инвестиций, внедренная Турцией в 2012 г., в основном направлена на снижение межрегионального неравенства. В статье исследуется влияние инвестиционных стимулов на рост на душу населения в 81 провинции Турции в 2004-2017 гг. Данные были проанализированы с учетом различных типов капитала по секторам экономики. Согласно оценке динамических панельных данных, выпуск сертификатов инвестиционного стимулирования положительно влияет на экономический рост провинций, а инвестиции в основной капитал и занятость не оказывают подобного воздействия. Более того, значимые положительные коэффициенты всех трех показателей стимулирования инвестиций в энергетический и производственный секторы означают рост этих двух секторов на уровне провинций. Однако взаимосвязь между региональным экономическим развитием и введением стимулов в сфере услуг, горнодобывающей промышленности и сельском хозяйстве не была обнаружена. Результаты анализа инвестиционных стимулов по типам инвесторов показали, что предоставление инвестиционных льгот отечественным фирмам не влияет на региональный рост, в то время как стимулирование компаний с иностранным капиталом имеет положительный эффект. Проведенное исследование вносит важный вклад в литературу, поскольку меры инвестиционного стимулирования были проанализированы как на уровне провинций, так и на отраслевом уровне, включающем в себя пять основных секторов: энергетика, производство, сфера услуг, горнодобывающая промышленность и сельское хозяйство.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>investment incentives, growth, regional growth, panel data analysis, system GMM, sectoral analysis, Turkey</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>инвестиционные стимулы, рост, региональный рост, анализ панельных данных, системный обобщенный метод моментов, отраслевой анализ, Турция</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body/><back><ref-list><ref id="en-ref1"><label>1</label><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Adamek, E. &amp; Rybkova, L. (2015). Influence of Investment Incentives on Development of Regional Unemployment in the Czech Republic.  European Journal of Business Science and Technology, 1(1),  5-14. 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