A textbook on public economics. The Handbook on Public Sector Economics provides knowledge of analytical approaches and methods for assessing and optimizing the role of the state in the functioning of the economy. The book has two main goals. First of all, to present systematic knowledge of the...

The main objective of the paper is to provide an estimation of the impact of the investments in education and science in Bulgaria, financed by the European structural instruments. It provides net impact assessment as of end of 2012 as well as projections of potential effect until 2020. The...

An attempt is made to sum up the basic socio-economic issues in Karl Polanyi's book “The Great Transformation”, which is less known by the economists in our country. Suggesting an alternative to Marx's market economic analysis at the early stages of establishing and imposing the capitalist...

This article investigates the analytical line of reasoning in D. North’s, J. Wallis’ and B. Weingast’s research project “Violence and Social Orders”, which unifies in an institutional explanation scheme the control over violence in human societies, the equilibrium of interests among...

An attempt is made to sum up the basic socio-economic issues in Karl Polanyi's book “The Great Transformation”, which is less known by the economists in our country. Suggesting an alternative to Marx's market economic analysis at the early stages of establishing and imposing the capitalist...

Резюме Представени са някои неортодоксални аспекти на институционалния подход към пазарите като социални структури (институции). Демонстрирана е възможността...

Резюме Представени са някои неортодоксални аспекти на институционалния подход към пазарите като социални структури (институции). Демонстрирана е възможността...

The place of the economic imperialism theoretical school in the modern political economy and the necessity of its teaching in the university course of political economy are argued in the paper.

Institutional reform during the last three decades has been directed towards deregulation in attempt to reduce transaction costs related to compliance with administrative requirements. This paper tries to find the limits of the effectiveness of such measures by putting them into the framework of...

Резюме: В научното изследване, в дискусионен порядък, е аргументирана тезата, че Съветът за електронни медии, подобно на други независими специализирани...