Regional Input-Output Analysis of A Mega-Event: Possible Impact of EXPO on Izmir Economy
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2015
Yazarlar: OSMAN AYDOĞUŞ, Çağaçan DEĞER, Elif TUNALI ÇALIŞKAN, GÜLÇİN GÜREL
Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Diğer Kurumların Hakemli Dergileri, Ulusal, TR Dizin (Ulakbim), 2015, cilt 15, ss 75-84
DOI: 10.18037/ausbd.62788
Özet
<p><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 443.275px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.720097);">Izmir has lost the bid for EXPO 2020. Izmir’s expec</span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 464.941px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.719009);">tations were high, but to the best information of the </span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 486.608px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.722177);">authors, these expectations were never systematically </span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 508.275px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.717253);">quantified. This article quantifies the expected expen</span><span style="left: 440.88999999999993px; top: 508.27449999999993px; font-size: 16.666666666666664px; font-family: serif;"></span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 529.941px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.698253);">ditures related to a mega event in Izmir due to i) ad</span><span style="left: 440.88999999999993px; top: 529.9411666666665px; font-size: 16.666666666666664px; font-family: serif;"></span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 551.608px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.722638);">ditional hotel constructions, and, ii) arrival of foreign </span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 573.275px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.714158);">visitors. Then, the effects of these additional expendi</span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 594.941px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.748576);">tures on regional economy are examined through a </span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 616.608px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.765336);">closed regional I-O model, where closure is due to</span><span style="left: 420.553px; top: 616.608px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.741429);"> en</span><span style="left: 440.88999999999993px; top: 616.6078333333331px; font-size: 16.666666666666664px; font-family: serif;"></span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 638.275px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.739583);">dogenized</span><span style="left: 159.571px; top: 638.275px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.755844);"> consumption expenditures. The calculations </span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 659.941px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.732277);">are based on a regional I-O table of İzmir, available </span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 681.608px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.729925);">from İzmir Regional Development Agency IZKA. It is </span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 703.275px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.738699);">observed that constructions related to a mega event re</span><span style="left: 440.88999999999993px; top: 703.2744999999999px; font-size: 16.666666666666664px; font-family: serif;">-</span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 724.941px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.730418);">quire considerable recycling imports, due to scrap metal </span><span style="left: 94.4882px; top: 746.608px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.754795);">dependency of metal production.</span><br></p>