The impact of fisheries and maritime transport export on economic growth: The case of Türkiye

Several key sectors play a critical role in supporting both global and national economic development. For coastal countries such as Türkiye, the fisheries and maritime freight transport sectors are particularly significant drivers of economic growth, primarily through their export-oriented activitie...

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Main Authors: Erdal Arlı, Mehmet Sıtkı Saygılı, İlkay Sultan Güneş
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-09-01
Series:Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198225002696
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description Several key sectors play a critical role in supporting both global and national economic development. For coastal countries such as Türkiye, the fisheries and maritime freight transport sectors are particularly significant drivers of economic growth, primarily through their export-oriented activities. This study analyses the effect of Türkiye’s fisheries and maritime freight exports on economic growth over the period 2000–2019, using various econometric techniques. These include cointegration tests, Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS), Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS), Canonical Cointegration Regression (CCR), Granger causality tests, and variance decomposition analysis. The findings show that in the short term, combined exports from fisheries and maritime freight sectors Granger-cause economic growth at the 0,01 level of significance. In the long term, both types of exports positively affect economic growth. By the sixth year, their contributions become almost equal, indicating a long-run equilibrium and co-movement. By the nineteenth year, fisheries exports explain 19.7% of the changes in economic growth, while maritime freight exports account for 18.3%, highlighting the strategic role of both sectors in Türkiye’s economic performance.
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spelling doaj-art-10684e94028a4e5e9d8cdd5717c37a0a2025-08-23T04:49:07ZengElsevierTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives2590-19822025-09-013310159010.1016/j.trip.2025.101590The impact of fisheries and maritime transport export on economic growth: The case of TürkiyeErdal Arlı0Mehmet Sıtkı Saygılı1İlkay Sultan Güneş2Istanbul Nişantaşı University, Nişantaşı Vocational High School, Department of Transportation Services, Istanbul, TurkeyBahcesehir University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Istanbul, TurkeyVocational School of Health Services, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey; Corresponding author at: Department of Marine Management, Institute of Marine Sciences and Management Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.Several key sectors play a critical role in supporting both global and national economic development. For coastal countries such as Türkiye, the fisheries and maritime freight transport sectors are particularly significant drivers of economic growth, primarily through their export-oriented activities. This study analyses the effect of Türkiye’s fisheries and maritime freight exports on economic growth over the period 2000–2019, using various econometric techniques. These include cointegration tests, Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS), Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS), Canonical Cointegration Regression (CCR), Granger causality tests, and variance decomposition analysis. The findings show that in the short term, combined exports from fisheries and maritime freight sectors Granger-cause economic growth at the 0,01 level of significance. In the long term, both types of exports positively affect economic growth. By the sixth year, their contributions become almost equal, indicating a long-run equilibrium and co-movement. By the nineteenth year, fisheries exports explain 19.7% of the changes in economic growth, while maritime freight exports account for 18.3%, highlighting the strategic role of both sectors in Türkiye’s economic performance.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198225002696Economic growthFisheriesMaritime transportTürkiye
spellingShingle Erdal Arlı
Mehmet Sıtkı Saygılı
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The impact of fisheries and maritime transport export on economic growth: The case of Türkiye
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Economic growth
Fisheries
Maritime transport
Türkiye
title The impact of fisheries and maritime transport export on economic growth: The case of Türkiye
title_full The impact of fisheries and maritime transport export on economic growth: The case of Türkiye
title_fullStr The impact of fisheries and maritime transport export on economic growth: The case of Türkiye
title_full_unstemmed The impact of fisheries and maritime transport export on economic growth: The case of Türkiye
title_short The impact of fisheries and maritime transport export on economic growth: The case of Türkiye
title_sort impact of fisheries and maritime transport export on economic growth the case of turkiye
topic Economic growth
Fisheries
Maritime transport
Türkiye
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198225002696
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