Efficiency ranking of economic growth toward sustainable growth with grey system theory: the case of small countries in advanced and emerging economies

Nowak Marcin () and Kokocińska Małgorzata
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Nowak Marcin: Faculty of Engineering Management, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
Kokocińska Małgorzata: Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland

International Journal of Management and Economics, 2023, vol. 59, issue 3, 183-196

Abstract: The article refers to the new Synthetic Efficiency Indicator for Economic Growth (SEI-EG) proposed in an earlier publication. Research from 2016–2018 in 11 EU countries revealed small nations were notably more effective at sustainable growth than their larger counterparts. This prompted the authors to ask about the differences between small countries with developed economies and small countries with lower levels of development joining the EU in 2004. The article aims to determine the relative efficiency of transforming growth inputs and debt into sustainability outcomes for small countries in the EU using the SEI-EG index over the period 2016–2020. The study group symmetrically includes six countries each from developed economies and six countries that joined the EU in 2004. The adopted indicator complements the expanded SDGs and aligns with the trend linking research inputs to sustainable development effects.

Keywords: economic convergence; economic growth; gray system theory; gray whitenization; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O32 O40 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.2478/ijme-2023-0013

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