Institute for Market Economics Completed Projects

Project "Conditions for Long-term Growth and Prosperity in the Balkans" - with the kind support from Freedom House, under the auspices of the Regional Networking Project, funded by the USAID. Completed 1999. (File size 310KB)

Banking Sector Management under Currency Board
Project completed in 1999

Needs for Deregulation of Tax System in CEE financed by Freedom House ( joint project with Institute for Private Enterprise and Democracy, Warsaw and Institute for Liberal Studies, Bratislava ).
Project completed in 1998. (File size 460KB)

Competitiveness of Bulgarian Food Industry in EU Markets financed by PHARE through Netherlands Economic Institute the project tests competitiveness strategies of Bulgarian firms on EU markets;
Project completed in 1998

Presentation of Businesses in the Legislature funded by PHARE Democracy Program and dealing with business interest advocacy practices
Project completed in 1998.

Accelerating Privatisation Through The Use Of Bulgaria’s External Debt Bonds. Debt-Equity Swaps Development of the Debt-Equity Swaps ; Advantages and Disadvantages for the Participants; Country Experience; Restructuring of Bulgaria’s External Debt; Debt Conversion Activities in Bulgaria; Policy Recommendations; Government debt; ZUNK bonds.
Project completed in 1997. (File size 82KB)

Bureaucrats In Business: An Attempt To Measure State Enterprise Decision Making And Managers’ Attitudes The introduction of the currency board set up a new rules for real and financial sector. The project has an aim to study the role of the bureaucracy in business for improvement the management of the state enterprises and its influence on efficient distribution of economic resources.
Project completed in 1997. (File size 130KB)

Improvement Of The Mass Privatization Legislation The progress in the mass privatization process: the Bulgarian experience; Removing the ban on acquiring more than 34% of the assets of the privatized enterprises; Removing of the ban on the sales of shares 6 months after the tenders;
Project completed in 1997. (File size 31KB)

Profit Tax Law - Necessary Changes Fixed Assets (FA); Depreciation Expenses; Buying FA; Current Expenses on FA; Salary Regulation; Tax Rate; SMEs; Export Preferences; Income Tax.
Project completed in 1997. (File size 34KB)

Comments of “The Land for Roma Families” Program The short-comings of the proposed scheme; Possibilities to optimize the scheme; Possible parameters of the Institute’s involvement; Possible parameters of the Institute’s involvement.
Project completed in 1997. (File size 48KB)

Savings, Investments And Economic Growth Savings and investments in Bulgaria; Impact of the tax legislation on savings and investments; Tax treatment of investments in Bulgaria; Proposed legislative changes concerning depreciation.
Project completed in 1997. (File size 24KB)

Reform In The Social Secutiry System Structural Disproportion in the Present Social Security System; Age Structure Development and Movements in the Dependence Ration (DR) and Replacement Ratio (RR); The Influence of the Arrears in Social Security Fund; Investigation of the Effect of Possible Retirement Age Increase; The Problems of Social Security System.
Project completed in 1997. (File size 62KB)

Business Associations in the Current Bulgarian Environment Business associations and political change; Business associations in the eyes of the broader public; Self-esteem; The 1995 Record: Apparent Failures and Incremental Successes; A glance from “below”; Needs Assessment; How problems are being solved; What can business community leaders do; What’s the future.
Project completed in 1996.^. (File size 84KB)

Government Debt Instruments, Debt-Equity Swaps And Privatization In BULGARIA on the joint project “Transparency of Capital Markets (in the Context of Mass Privatization)" financed by ICEG (San Francisco) Description of government debt instruments and debt-equity arrangements; Secondary market transactions and bad debt bonds conversion experience; Debt-equity arrangements; Policy considerations affecting the government’s commitment to debt-equity swaps.
Project completed in 1996. (File size 113KB)

Fiscal decentralization in BULGARIA Independent municipal budget; Municipal receipts; The municipality as a subject of private law. Legal framework for the municipal investment policy; Establishment of municipal funds; Management of the municipal funds; Financing of the municipal funds.
Project completed in 1996. (File size 58KB)

Investment And Savings In The Bulgarian Economy: The Contribution Of The Informal Sector Overview of the issue; Theoretical notes; Investment and savings in the national economy; Problems with the data; Savings and investment by sectors of the economy; Problems of the banking system; The Budget.
Project concluded in 1996. (File size 101KB)

Legal Aspects And Characteristic Features Of The Internal Debt Instruments (Zunk-Bonds) Procedures for Payment With ZUNK-Bonds in Privatization Deals; List of Commercial Banks Where Investors Could Buy ZUNK-Bonds for Participation in the Privatization Deals; Use of Bulgaria Brady Bonds in Privatization Deals; Procedures for Payment With Brady Bonds in Privatization Deals, Pursuant to Decree N 278 of 1994.
Project completed in 1996. (File size 45KB)

Reducing Barriers In The Bulgarian Securities Market The period of no specific regulations; Laws; Regulations; Regulatory authorities; The drafting process; Basic issues of the law; The term “securities”; The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Project completed in 1996. (File size 86KB)

Comparative Advantage And Subsidies In The Bulgarian Economy History of the reform; Trade balance in 1994 - 1995; Productive use of electricity; Current financial indicators of the main users of electric energy.
Project completed in 1996. (File size 58KB)

Uninstitutionalised employment and self-employment Forms of uninstitutionalised employment and self-employment (UESe); Evaluation of UESe and it’s economic and social outcome; Macroeconomic outcome.
Project completed 1996. (File size 50KB)

Setting Up New Farmers And The Situation Of Private Farming In Cee Countries: The Case Of BULGARIA Structural Adjustment of Bulgarian Agriculture: 1992 - 1995; Development of Private Farms; Share Of Private Farms In Agricultural GDP; Labor Supply In Private Farms; Legislation Framework; Credit Policy; Price policy; Tax policy; Extension Services; Farmers’ Organizations; Perspective of the Development of Private Farms; Key Areas of International Exchange of Experience and Assistance.
Project completed in 1995. (File size 137KB)

Bank Privatization In Bulgaria — A Comparative Study To Hungary And Poland Analyzes the institutional structure of banking system; the BNB mergers and sales program; the quality of commercial banks’ assets and the process of banks privatization - the philosophy of the process, current bank privatization government approach and privatization projects for the future.
Project completed in 1995. (File size 101KB)

External Financing Of The Bulgarian Economy During The Transition External Financing in the Context of the Structural and Stabilization Policies; The period between February 1991 and June 1992; The period between mid 1992 - early 1994; The period was between 1994 and early 1995; The fourth period started in early 1995.
Project completed in 1995. (File size 74KB)

Problems of the Privatization in the Food Industry Transition Process - General Framework; BFI Problems; Privatization; Economic consequences.
Project concluded in 1995. (File size 56KB)

Integration Of Bulgarian Agriculture Into European Structures. Problems And Tasks In Agriculture And Food Industry Along With Bulgarian Accession To The European Union Achieving economic compatibility with the EU in agriculture; Harmonizing dgricultural policies and legislation with those within the EU; Basic instruments of the integration process.
Project completed in 1995. (File size 52KB)