INEQUALITY AND GROWTH IN THE FASTEST GROWING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Cover Image

НЕРАВЕНСТВО И РАСТЕЖ В НАЙ-БЪРЗО РАСТЯЩИТЕ ЕВРОПЕЙСКИ СТРАНИ В ИСТОРИЧЕСКИ ПЛАН
INEQUALITY AND GROWTH IN THE FASTEST GROWING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Author(s): Hristo Mavrov
Subject(s): Economy, Supranational / Global Economy
Published by: Икономически университет - Варна
Keywords: income inequality; fastest growing economies; gini coefficient; real GDP per capita growth rate; european countries
Summary/Abstract: Abstract On the base of the fastest-growing European countries the paper is trying to prove the thesis that it is possible to accelerate economic growth without increasing the income inequality. For this purpose, we study the period 1990-2016, in which the European countries that achieved the highest average real GDP growth rate per capita are selected. The evolution of inequality over the period of their most dynamic period is analyzed