expenditure surveys. We apply this method to the case of Bulgaria using LSMS income and expenditure surveys before and after a …

Starting July the 1st 1997, Bulgaria adopted a Currency Board (CB) monetary system. This paper aims at investigating if … better (with respect to other CEEC) monetary integration of Bulgaria with the European Monetary Union (EMU). Since Bulgarian … terms of integration of Bulgaria into the EMU. …

This study adapts a relatively novel model of off-farm labor supply to the changing conditions of Bulgaria during the …

capital, and infrastructure capital; the infusion of new technology and its regional spread; and market reforms, with a major …, direct effect of human capital on TFP growth. This direct effect is hypothesized to come from domestic innovation activities … infrastructure capital on regional inequality. We conclude that investing in human capital will be an effective policy to reduce …

), infrastructure indicators (telephone density, electricity consumption), telecommunications pricing measures, and regulatory quality … generally very similar. Our results suggest that public investment in human capital, telecommunications infrastructure, and the … regulatory infrastructure can mitigate the gap in PC and Internet use. …