Özet:
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of investment incentives in the electricity sector on economic growth in Turkey. The data used in the study cover 60 quarters between 2005-2019. The dependent variable of the study is the gross domestic product, and the independent variables are the employment rate, gross fixed capital formation, and incentive amount. FMOLS, DOLS and CCR long-term estimators were used for the analysis of the data. According to the results of the analysis, the effects of employment and gross fixed capital formation on economic growth are observed positively; whereas the effect of incentives on economic growth is negative. The effect of employment on growth seemed to be greater than that of incentives. Therefore, it has been suggested to the policy-makers that it would be appropriate to determine the optimum amount of incentives triggering growth to prevent the crowding out of private sector investments.