A central aspect of the economic and political life in Bulgaria before the EU accession is the development of an active and competitive private sector. Small and medium-sized business contributes to accelerating economic development, employment, improving the competitive environment, promoting...

Although the European Union (EU) was not the main source of the global financial and economic crisis, as one of the leading economic players, it was fundamentally affected by the immediate and longer-term consequences of the crisis. Similarly, it is expected that it would play an important role...

Total environmental expenditure in Bulgaria and the share of the public sector is analysed and compared with the necessary investments for compliance with the EU environmental standards. The main problems in the management of public financial resources for environmental management are identified...

The paper analyzes the macroeconomic specifics of the integration of Bulgaria into the European Union. It describes the necessity of integrating a small country like Bulgaria in a regional integration union like EU. It presents the macroeconomic benefits and costs of the EU membership for our...

The purpose of the present study is to analyse the current state of the Bulgarian capital market within the framework of the strategic priorities for deepening of its integrational links to the European capital markets. The paper presents results from correlation analysis of indicators of...

The enlargement of the EU in 2004 and 2007 has led to a significant increase in population and territory, but also a huge increase in differences regarding economic structure and development levels. Despite the traditions of the EU in dealing with such differences, the scope of the latest...

In order to reveal the current practice on the discussed problems is carried out a study, which ranges 15 trade banks working on the Bulgarian market and concentrating large part of the total activity of all trade banks in Bulgaria. The questionnaire is made in the following banks: United...

The aim of the research is to make a review and appraisal of the Banking competition between the commercial Banks in this country and its Reveal in the basic directions of the Banking activities in order to expose the problems and determine the prospects of its development. For the realization...

In the mid-1990s, the East Asian countries experienced severe financial crisis, followed by deep economic downturns. A variety of methodologies have been used to explain the Asian financial crisis. However, the impact of the Asian financial crisis of 1997 on the efficiency of the financial...

A global financial crisis hit the world in late 2008. It has become clear that this financial crisis will have a deep impact on countries’ trade volumes and investment plans. When the crisis has started on the financial markets, it affected developed countries as much as developing ones. Since...