Projects / Programmes
Ekonomski izzivi Slovenije: rast, Evropa, konkurenčnost, podjetništvo, informatizacija (Slovene)
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 5.02.01 |
Social sciences |
Economics |
Economy sciences |
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| S180 |
Social sciences |
Economics, econometrics, economic theory, economic systems, economic policy |
| S188 |
Social sciences |
Economics of development |
Economic growth, economic development, competitiveness, entrepreneurship, informatization, Europe, the role of the state, industrial poliy, transition
Researchers (39)
Organisations (2)
Abstract
The main economic challenge of Slovenia is how to accelerate the reduction of differences in the level of development between Slovenia and developed economies. The key hypothesis, stemming from the traditional development theory is that differences can be reduced in a relatively short period of time because the lagging economies can achieve significantly higher growth than leading economies. The rate of growth depends both on the investment rate as well as on the rate of transfer of technological and organizational know-how from the leading countries to the lagging countries. The main goal of the project is to find out how will this process be affacted by the integration into Europe and what role will in this process play competitiveness, entrepreneurship and informatization. In addition, we study the optimal role of the state in the acceleration of development and in this context we are opening the fundamental theoretical question of the contemporary economic science i.e. delineation of the role of the state and the market.
The main problem of Slovene growth is the low investment which is a consequence of the low savings rate and also of the low degree of openness of Slovenia for foreign investment. Also the investment in education, research and development, and information and organizational know-how which could exogenously accelerate growth is too small.
