Measuring the volume of the digital economy and the effectiveness of digitalisation

Authors

  • Galina G. Goloventchik Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • He Yanhai Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

digital economy, digitalisation, system of national accounts, gross domestic product, economic growth

Abstract

The article analyses and summarises approaches to measuring the contribution of the digital economy to gross domestic product and economic growth. The methods of calculating the effects of digitalisation are applicable not only to the national economy, but also to individual sectors and branches of the economy.

Author Biographies

  • Galina G. Goloventchik, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (economics), docent; associate professor at the department of analytical economics and econometrics, faculty of economics, and associate professor at the department of international economic relations, faculty of international relations

  • He Yanhai, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    postgraduate student at the department of analytical economics and econometrics, faculty of economics

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2022-06-01

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No. 1 (2022): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Economy

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[1]
Goloventchik, G.G. and Yanhai, H. 2022. Measuring the volume of the digital economy and the effectiveness of digitalisation. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Economics. 1 (Jun. 2022), 19–27.