The Sharing Economy: A Balance Between Sustainable Production and Consumption

ABSTRACT The study aims to analyze the applied role of stimulating and restrictive measures adopted by the state in establishing a balance between sustainable consumption and sustainable production in the context of the sharing economy. The use of clustering methods, such as tree and k ‐means, helped classify and compare the stability of economies in different countries, highlighting groups of similar characteristics. The use of sustainable development, international influence, and statistical efficiency indices deepens the analysis. It has been established that countries with high economic development indicators—such as GDP, balance of payments, and consumption level—possess a significantly greater potential for the development of the sharing economy. The approximation of the polynomial trend to the dynamics of key indicators, including GDP ( R 2 = 0.9893), balance of payments ( R 2 = 0.6967), and consumption level ( R 2 = 0.9918), demonstrates polynomial trends. Recommendations for achieving a positive balance in the sharing economy primarily concern the following sectors: domestic services (8.4%), production capacity (8.2%), and knowledge and skills (5.9%). The development of measures for government intervention in the sectors of the sharing economy, based on analytical research, emphasizes the applied nature of the approach, ensuring its efficiency and sustainability.