Ottoman rule, newly independent Bulgaria adopted the bimetallic standard. Without being a member of the Latin Monetary Union … concerned the limit on silver coinage. The absence of such a clause in Bulgaria turned out to be crucial since the financial … acquired the right to issue silver-backed banknotes. Soon after that, in 1906, Bulgaria introduced a short-lived typical Gold …

Bulgaria's transition to a market economy has coincided with a large increase in wage inequality. Given the emphasis on … wage leveling in pre-transition Bulgaria, the rise in wage inequality may be due to managers rewarding more productive …, nationally representative Bulgaria Integrated Household Survey, I examine whether gender discrimination is an important factor …

The mass privatization program in Bulgaria was implemented in 1996-97. Following programs in countries like the Czech … finds that Bulgaria avoided some of the extreme problems that manifested themselves in these other countries, but there were …

Bulgaria has operated a currency board since 1997. It is expected to join the EU in 2007 and the EMU thereafter. This …

Using firm-level data from Bulgaria and Romania, this paper addresses a lacuna in the transition literature, namely … net job creation at the firm level was affected by privatization in Bulgaria, privatization in Romania did not have any … effect on firm-level employment growth. Further, Olley-Pakes (1996) decomposition indicates that in Bulgaria, over time …

This paper investigates the equilibrium exchange rates of three Southeastern European countries (Bulgaria, Croatia and …

Bulgaria is moving toward a food processing and marketing system which resembles that of Western Europe and the U ….S. Large grocery chains from Germany, Austrai and Turkey are building supermarkets and hypermarkets in Bulgaria’s larger cities …. However, income in Bulgaria remains much lower than in Western Europe and most Bulgarian consumers cannot afford to shop in …

sectors in Bulgaria in the period 1998-2005 and to identify the major net creditors and net debtors. The empirical data used …