After promising beginnings towards transformation, in 1991 the Bulgarian economy fell into deep crisis in the period from 1995 to 1997. Social policy, already overstrained due to the demands of transition, was unable to cope effectively with the rapidly spreading state of emergency. The...

Privatisation in Central and Eastern Europe can be defined as the transfer of property rights from the State to private owners. The transfers are carried out so as to vest the new private owners with the full property rights of use and disposal over their property, these rights being guaranteed...

All countries of Central and Eastern Europe had to bear and are still bearing tremendous costs of the economic and political transformation. This paper deals with the case of Bulgaria. We describe the social situation and the most important social security institutions in Bulgaria (unemployment...

The paper describes three stages of the privatisation process in Bulgaria 1990-1997. In the first period (1990-1993) progress was very slow. Only after 1993 a significant privatisation started. Mainly retail shops, restaurants and small businesses of various kinds were sold. In 1996 a programme...

The paper presents the results of a large study of the current state of the corporate governance in Bulgaria, made in the light of the established principles and standards of corporate governance in the country and good practices in other economies. For this purpose two empirical studies are...

In connection with finalizing the project “Confirming Standards for Good Corporate Governance in Bulgarian Industry” financed by the Science Fund, a scientific conference on the topic was carried out on 14th March 2014 in Economic Research Institute at BAS. Nine papers were presented at the...

In connection with finalizing the project “Confirming Standards for Good Corporate Governance in Bulgarian Industry” financed by the Science Fund, a scientific conference on the topic was carried out on 14th March 2014 in Economic Research Institute at BAS. Nine papers were presented at the...