Economic Efficiency of National Governments: Case Study of Poland and Ukraine

• Autorzy: Aleksander Kuczabski
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article proposes a new unique approach to assessing the economic efficiency of national governments. The assessment is based on the indicator of gross free product per capita, which is a difference between GDP and government size per capita. This method was used to analyze the situation in two post-communist states - Poland and Ukraine. The author studied their economic development in 2009-2019, and the received data was used to draw conclusions about economic policies in the two countries in the period in question. A forecast has been made about the possible impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on economic processes from the perspective of changes in the gross free product per capita. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Gross domestic product (GDP); Economic growth; Power; Management; Economic efficiency

PL

Produkt krajowy brutto (PKB); Wzrost gospodarczy; Władza; Zarządzanie; Efektywność ekonomiczna

• Czasopismo: Journal of Geography, Politics and Society
• Rocznik: 2021
• Numer: nr 11(3)
• Strony: 30--40

Twórcy

autor

Aleksander Kuczabski

• University of Gdańsk, Poland

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DOI

10.26881/jpgs.2021.3.03