GDP Effect on B2C E-commerce Turnover and Number of Express Shipments in Selected European Post-Communist Countries

Michaela Novotná,Dalibor Gottwald,Libor Švadlenka

doi:10.26552/com.c.2021.4.a233-a240

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The impact of the e-economy has been observable in almost all the sectors of the national economies of the states in the last few years. The growing influence of this phenomenon is due to development of the Internet, which has already become a viable part of almost all the business activities including buying and selling. Therefore, it can be assumed that the area of e-commerce will have an increasing impact, not only on national economic development, but on the express mail market, as well. The content of the article is designed to provide a comprehensive view of the interdependence between the level of economic maturity (the GDP gross Domestic Product) per capita in the PPS (Purchase Power Standard) indicator), development of the e-commerce (indicator B2C (Business to Customer) e-commerce turnover) and the number of express deliveries. Identifying the influence between the aforementioned indicators, it will be possible to take certain measures to support the development of the e-commerce market.

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Introduction and literature reviewDifferent indicators are used in macroeconomics to measure the economic performance of a state
The Pearson coefficient of serial correlation could be used to determine the link between data series
Dependency was not confirmed only between the GDP per capita in PPS and the number of express mail shipped in Estonia and Romania

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Different indicators are used in macroeconomics to measure the economic performance of a state. One of the most important indicators is the gross domestic product per capita in purchasing power standard (GDP per capita in the PPS). The GDP per capita in PPS is, according to the most common definition given by Eurostat, defined as the market value of all the manufactured goods and services produced in a given economy, in this case the economy of a given state, over a certain period of time, using the factors of production available in the territory of the selected economy, while independent of the ownership of those factors, calculated per capita [1]. Civic equipment and public spaces are among the most important [2]. The quality of infrastructure, especially in terms of its scope, coverage density, throughput, safety and other specific factors, influences the possibility of using production factors and the performance of the state economy

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