The paper uses repeated cross-sections of Bulgaria's household survey data (1995, 1997, 2001, and 2003) and a …

paper benchmarks product market policies in Bulgaria to those of OECD countries by estimating OECD indicators of Product … markets. Comparison with OECD countries reveals that Bulgaria has made substantial progress towards less restrictive product …

This paper looks at Bulgaria's industrial restructuring through the lenses of its evolving specialization in … can be summarized as follows: (1) Developments in Bulgaria's exports, its major drivers and factor content, during the … transition economies that have stayed the reform course. (2) The evolution of Bulgaria's total exports in terms of factor …

This paper analyzes the process of institutional transformation in Bulgaria and assesses the extent to which it has … dimensions. The external dimension relates to backbone services facilitating trade and Bulgaria's trade policies. As far as the … latter are concerned, the discussion highlights tensions that emerge from duality-regional versus multilateral-in Bulgaria …

This paper delves into Bulgaria's persistent issue of child poverty, even amidst policy efforts at the European Union …' effectiveness in alleviating child poverty. Our results show that Bulgaria's fiscal system has a limited impact on the overall at …-risk of poverty rate, though it shows potential in reducing poverty for lower income deciles. Bulgaria's fiscal system reduces …