1. EUROPE’S ECONOMIC AGENDA: HOW TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NEW EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES?
A. Illarionov
Institute of Economic Analysis
Vilnius Conference: Europe’s New Democracies
and the Euro-Atlantic Agenda
Vilnius, May 3, 2006.
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2. GDP per capita in the EU-25 as a ratio to the USA fell from 72% in 1982 to 66% in 2006.
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3. GDP per capita in the EU-15 as a ratio to the USA fell from 79% in 1982 to 73% in 2006.
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4. In GDP per capita as a ratio to the USA in the EU-15 fell from 78 to 73%, but in NED-10 it grew from 30 to 37%.
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5. In 1991-2005 economic growth in NED-10 was almost twice faster than in EU-15.
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6. On average size of government in EU-15 is 18% higher than in NED-10, 1991–2005.
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7. Size of Government and Economic Growth in EU-25, 1994-200523
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8. Since 2000 size of government increases in both EU-15 and NED-10.
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9. Size of Government and Economic Growth – inversed correlation for EU economies is confirmed. New European Democracies so far are not too overburdened by the size of government. Continuing increase in size of government presents the most serious threat to economic growth in all parts of Europe.
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