The study chronicles the changes that took place in the Bulgarian financial system during and following the crisis in 1996 and 1997. The sections on the Bulgarian National Bank and the money supply reflect the changes brought about by the establishment of the currency board. Separate sections...

The monography analyzes the banking system in Bulgaria during the initial period of its development after the transition from centrally planned to a market economy started in 1991. The analysis covers the period 1991-1994 and it is focused on the most important characteristics of the commercial...

A mass privatization program has been developed and executed in Bulgaria during the period 1995-1998. The study examines the creation of the institutions needed to ensure an effective capital market and mechanisms for stockholder control over the direction of the private enterprises which have...

The growth dynamics of green sea turtles resident in four separate foraging grounds of the southern Great Barrier Reef genetic stock were assessed using a nonparametric regression modeling approach. Juveniles recruit to these grounds at the same size, but grow at foraging-ground-dependent rates...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how festival quality, satisfaction and intention to return among cannabis festival attendees were interrelated by using the 2018 Mile High 420 Cannabis Festival in Denver, Colorado, USA. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed an...

This study examines the effects of earnings preannouncements on financial analyst and stock price reactions to earnings news. Prior experimental research documents that when the signs of a preannouncement surprise and subsequent earnings announcement surprise are consistent (i.e., both either...

Over the past half century higher education has become an ever more important part of developed economies as an every greater number of young people need to prepare for a more complex world. This paper compares the response to this challenge in France and the US. This is a particularly...

Follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (FNHL), a slow-growing cancer of the immune system, constitutes about 15–30% of all incident non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in developed countries. Its incidence is rising worldwide. Patients can live many years, but FNHL is considered incurable. We systematically...