crossrefElectronics2026-05-19
Wires, Patents and Growth: An Explainable Machine Learning Approach for What Drives Digital Competitiveness in the European Union
Rareș Mihai Nițu, Raluca Iuliana Georgescu, Dumitru Alexandru Bodislav, Loredana Maria Popescu, Cristina Voicu, Andrei Josan
This study investigates the predictive contribution of digital infrastructure to GDP per capita growth across 27 European Union Member States over the period 1995–2024, using a balanced panel of 810 country–year observations and an explainable machine learning framework. An XGBoo…