THE CITY OF ZAGREB AND CROATIA: A PICTURE OF CAPITAL CITY’S CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH
THE CITY OF ZAGREB AND CROATIA: A PICTURE OF CAPITAL CITY’S CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH

Author(s): Vinko Miličević, Zoran Bubaš, Olivera Jurković Majić
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: City of Zagreb;economic growth;depopulation;decentralization;
Summary/Abstract: In today’s world the wealth of nations rests predominantly on the wealth creating effect of their cities. Capitals are often economic dynamos of their national economies and in this regard the paper provides insight into the City of Zagreb’s importance for Croatia. The importance in the growth of GDP is observed from the perspective of (de)population changes in the country. Starting from the fact that the GDP per capita indicator is often used to point out regional inequality and as key argument for claiming more “ fairness“ e.g. in fiscal revenue distribution, this paper suggests that “trading“ the productive potential of Zagreb for a nation-wide attenuation of resources should be carefully weighted to avoid hampering effects on the nation’s GDP.

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