The relation between digitalization and regional development in Romania
Digitalization is an essential element for the development of today’s society, in the context of actual geo-political challenges. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the process of digitalization, offering new perspectives on sustainable and inclusive development. From the point of vie...
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| author | Daniela Antonescu Ioana Cristina Florescu Victor Platon |
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| description | Digitalization is an essential element for the development of today’s society, in the context of
actual geo-political challenges. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the process of
digitalization, offering new perspectives on sustainable and inclusive development. From the point of view
of the regional approach, digitalization can have an important impact on the level of territorial
development and on the reduction of economic and social inequalities. This paper proposes to identify the
relationship between a series of indicators specific to digitization and regional GDP, with the help of panel
models. The objective of the research is to estimate the relationship between GDP and two indicators
specific to digitalization: online commerce and broadband internet infrastructure, the level of the eight
development regions in Romania. Dependency modelling, based on econometric equations, offers the
possibility of highlighting the way in which the two indicators of the digital economy contribute to the
growth of GDP per capita. This analysis aims to illustrate the fact that broadband technologies and the
increase in the number of people using the Internet for commercial purposes can have a positive impact
on the growth of the regional economy. The results of the analysis highlighted the direct relationship of
the indicators between the three variables related to the digitalization process at the level of Romania’s
regions and the strong influence of broadband internet and online trade on GDP per capita, proving that
any growth among independent variables will lead to an increase amongst the dependent variables |
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| spelling | doaj.art-98e792ef6e574ddf846dc711e5f577022023-01-03T09:05:56ZengRomanian Geographical Society - Prahova BranchCentral European Journal of Geography and Sustainable Development2668-43222022-12-0142647710.47246/CEJGSD.2022.4.2.4The relation between digitalization and regional development in RomaniaDaniela Antonescu0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3785-9022Ioana Cristina Florescu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2582-4140Victor Platon2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8313-3639Institute of National Economy, Romanian Academy, no.13, 13 September Street, 050711 Bucharest, RomaniaInstitute of National Economy, Romanian Academy, no.13, 13 September Street, 050711 Bucharest, RomaniaInstitute of National Economy, Romanian Academy, no.13, 13 September Street, 050711 Bucharest, RomaniaDigitalization is an essential element for the development of today’s society, in the context of actual geo-political challenges. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the process of digitalization, offering new perspectives on sustainable and inclusive development. From the point of view of the regional approach, digitalization can have an important impact on the level of territorial development and on the reduction of economic and social inequalities. This paper proposes to identify the relationship between a series of indicators specific to digitization and regional GDP, with the help of panel models. The objective of the research is to estimate the relationship between GDP and two indicators specific to digitalization: online commerce and broadband internet infrastructure, the level of the eight development regions in Romania. Dependency modelling, based on econometric equations, offers the possibility of highlighting the way in which the two indicators of the digital economy contribute to the growth of GDP per capita. This analysis aims to illustrate the fact that broadband technologies and the increase in the number of people using the Internet for commercial purposes can have a positive impact on the growth of the regional economy. The results of the analysis highlighted the direct relationship of the indicators between the three variables related to the digitalization process at the level of Romania’s regions and the strong influence of broadband internet and online trade on GDP per capita, proving that any growth among independent variables will lead to an increase amongst the dependent variableshttps://doi.org/10.47246/CEJGSD.2022.4.2.4digitalizationgdpregional inequalitiespanel modelols model |
| spellingShingle | Daniela Antonescu Ioana Cristina Florescu Victor Platon The relation between digitalization and regional development in Romania Central European Journal of Geography and Sustainable Development digitalization gdp regional inequalities panel model ols model |
| title | The relation between digitalization and regional development in Romania |
| title_full | The relation between digitalization and regional development in Romania |
| title_fullStr | The relation between digitalization and regional development in Romania |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relation between digitalization and regional development in Romania |
| title_short | The relation between digitalization and regional development in Romania |
| title_sort | relation between digitalization and regional development in romania |
| topic | digitalization gdp regional inequalities panel model ols model |
| url | https://doi.org/10.47246/CEJGSD.2022.4.2.4 |
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