Open AccessEconomic Growth as a Factor for Price Convergence in EU Countries
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ikonomičeski i socialni alternativi/ikonomičeski i socialni alternativi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2534-8965
pISSN - 1314-6556
DOI - 10.37075/isa.2021.1.06
Subject(s) - economics , convergence (economics) , econometrics , factor price , price level , excise , panel data , product (mathematics) , macroeconomics , regression analysis , microeconomics , mathematics , statistics , geometry
The article examines the impact of economic growth on the general price level in different countries and that in individual product groups. On this basis, it becomes possible to derive some features of the price convergence process in EU countries for the 1996-2019 period. Emphasis is placed on trends in price levels in Bulgaria, with a special place given to products with administratively set prices and those in which excise duties form a large share of the price. This aims to highlight the direct role of the state in the price convergence of these product groups. The theoretical basis of the study is the Balassa-Samuelson model. The empirical study of the relationship between economic growth and price levels is carried out through regression analysis and panel regressions, with the latter analyzing the change in the strength of the relationship over time and the country-specific characteristics of this relation.