THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF MODERN UKRAINIAN SOCIETY ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR MODELING

Abstract

Economic behavior, as a goal-rational activity of an entity living in certain conditions, depends on many factors, namely the needs, interests, values, moral and ethical norms, economic consciousness, the level of economic thinking, etc. It was hypothesized the existence of the natural, social and mental type of economic behavior. The characteristic of each type of economic behavior through its purpose, form, characteristic of economy, result activity is given. It is proved that economic behavior of any type has certain signs of rationality, pragmatism of motivation and the desire for equivalence. The modeling method is used to assess the economic behavior of Ukrainian society based on the analysis of indices of human development and economic freedom. An Index of Economic Behavior is proposed and an interpretation of its quantitative values is provided.