Acta Oeconomica
Volume/Issue:
Volume 70: Issue 4
GDP and beyond: Prosperity convergence in the countries of Western and Eastern Europe
Authors:
Mirjana Gligorić Matić Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Kamenička 6, Beograd 11000, Serbia

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Biljana Jovanović Gavrilović Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Kamenička 6, Beograd 11000, Serbia

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Nenad Stanišić Faculty of Economics, University of Kragujevac, Serbia

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Pages:
493–511
Online Publication Date:
01 Dec 2020
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2020
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/032.2020.00033
Keywords:
GDP; sustainable development; Legatum Prosperity Index; convergence; European countries;
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Abstract

After Second World War (WWII) a true evolution in understanding of economic development happened, which affected the ways of measuring prosperity, i.e. perceiving changes in people’s welfare. Numerous indicators have been created, which go ‘beyond GDP’ and cover different aspects of development and well-being. The aim of this paper is to analyse prosperity convergence in 32 European countries with a composite indicator – Legatum Prosperity Index (LPI). LPI is more complete than other indicators used in convergence analysis and reflects multidimensional nature of modern development and prosperity. Our research of absolute beta convergence is based on cross-sectional and panel data. Results indicate the existence of convergence in the overall index and its constitutive parts – dimensions and pillars, with different convergence speed regarding LPI and its segments for the total sample of countries, as well as for the countries of Eastern and Western Europe.

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Acta Oeconomica Periodical of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Editors-in-Chief: István P. Székely, Dóra Győrffy

Editor(s): Judit Kálmán

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  • Péter Benczúr, Joint Joint Research Center, European Commission
  • Dóra Benedek, International Monetary Fund
  • Balázs Égert, OECD
  • Dániel Prinz, World Bank
  • Rok Spruk, University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business, Slovenia

Editorial Board

  • Anders Åslund, Georgetown University and Advisory Council of CASE, USA
  • István Benczes, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary 
  • Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
  • Fabrizio Coricelli, University of Siena, Italy
  • László Csaba, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary and Central European University, Austria
  • Beáta Farkas, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Szeged, Hungary
  • Péter Halmai, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and National University of Public Service, Hungary
  • Martin Kahanec, Central European University, Austria
  • David Kemme, University of Memphis, USA
  • Michael Landesmann, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW), Austria
  • Péter Mihályi, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
  • Debora Revoltella, European Investment Bank

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