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Macroeconophysics indicator of economic efficiency

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  • Fernandes, Leonardo H.S.
  • de Araújo, Fernando H.A.
  • Silva, Igor E.M.
  • Neto, Jusie S.P.

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This paper analyses economic growth, which is one of the most critical macroeconomic themes. We use quarterly GDP time series that was well adjusted for each country through seven different mathematical functions. Then, we calculated the first derivative of these functions to obtain the average economic growth per quarter of each country and the second derivative that measures the instantaneous economic acceleration. Based on the information theory quantifiers, we propose a novel economic indicator called the Macroeconophysics indicator of economic efficiency (MIEE) that shows how efficient a country is in terms of allocating resources from economic growth to convert them simultaneously into a long-term virtuous cycle and, this way, maximizing welfare. Given this, our findings show that the USA, France, and Belgium are present a high value of MIEE.

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  • Fernandes, Leonardo H.S. & de Araújo, Fernando H.A. & Silva, Igor E.M. & Neto, Jusie S.P., 2021. "Macroeconophysics indicator of economic efficiency," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 573(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:573:y:2021:i:c:s0378437121002181
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2021.125946
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