Open AccessSYSTEM-DYNAMIC MODELING OF THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON ECONOMIC GROWTH
Author(s) -
Ivona Milić Beran
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1849-3645
pISSN - 1849-3653
DOI - 10.17818/diem/2021/1.3
Subject(s) - social capital , economic capital , economic system , physical capital , economics , capital (architecture) , capital deepening , system dynamics , human capital , financial capital , capital formation , economic growth , computer science , sociology , social science , archaeology , artificial intelligence , history
This paper presents a qualitative and quantitative system-dynamic modeling of the impact of social capital on economic growth. Social capital is the most problematic of all the concepts that determine progress. On a broad conceptual level, there is agreement about the importance of social capital, which has been used to explain differences in progress among nations with similar natural, human and physical capital. Recent research suggests that it is more important to include an explanation of the interaction of economic actors and their organization when measuring progress than to measure progress without the influence of social capital. The purpose of this paper is to develop a system-dynamic model of the impact of social capital on economic growth that will enable better understanding and management of social capital. In order to build a system dynamics model, the paper will: provide an analysis and overview of social capital and system dynamics; develop a system dynamics structural and mental-verbal model of the impact of social capital on economic growth; and develop a mathematical model of economic growth. This will provide a practical insight into the dynamic behavior of the observed system, i.e., analyzing economic growth and observing the mutual correlation between individual parameters. Keywords: social capital, economic growth, system dynamics, structural model