Year 2019, Issue 3

Date published

26.9.2019

Table of content

  • Metody Kanev
    Towards a New Paradigm for Social Life
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  • Margarita Bachvarova
    About the Discussional Legal Nature of the Manager's Liability in the Limited Liability Company for Damages
    JEL: K15, K22
    Summary: This article studies the term management tort as grounds for the involvement of the specific liability of the manager for damages caused to the limited liability company in the commercial law. Theoretical analysis was made in... This article studies the term management tort as grounds for the involvement of the specific liability of the manager for damages caused to the limited liability company in the commercial law. Theoretical analysis was made in respect of the essence of liability in view of the main division in the legal doctrine – contract and tort by type. Based on the normative analysis and the current court practice, conclusions were drawn in respect of the specific characteristics of the liability which attribute it to the contract by type, but a specific property liability.
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  • Margarita Shopova, Ivanka Tsvetanova
    Trends in the Structural Dynamics of Payments from Social Protection System in Bulgaria
    JEL: C10, I38
    Summary: The subject of research are the payments from social protection system. A common characteristic of social protection has been made in the context of the European System of integrated Social PROtection Statistics (ESSPROS). The... The subject of research are the payments from social protection system. A common characteristic of social protection has been made in the context of the European System of integrated Social PROtection Statistics (ESSPROS). The profile of the social protection in Bulgaria is presented on the basis of the provided benefits. Official statistical data, published by NSI and gathered through the ESSPROS is used. Descriptive analysis of the dynamics of the structure of the social benefits in Bulgaria for the period 2005 – 2016 is employed. Intensity of the changes is evaluated through the integral coefficient of structural changes.
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  • Presiana Nenkova, Angel Angelov
    Vertical Fiscal Imbalance in Bulgaria in the Period 2003-2017
    Summary: The aim of the study is to present the evolution of vertical fiscal imbalance in Bulgaria, considering the contribution of revenue decentralization and expenditure decentralization as well as local governments’ revenue effort. With... The aim of the study is to present the evolution of vertical fiscal imbalance in Bulgaria, considering the contribution of revenue decentralization and expenditure decentralization as well as local governments’ revenue effort. With this respect we first reviewed and discussed the indicators of vertical fiscal imbalance applied. We than performed an assessment of vertical fiscal imbalance in Bulgaria during the period 2003-2017 in order to reflect the impact of its determinants. The results demonstrate that the vertical fiscal imbalance in Bulgaria has been generally narrowing. Regardless of that, the fiscal imbalance remains considerably large in comparison with the imbalances between expenditure and revenue assignment in public sectors of other EU countries.
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  • Kremena Marinova
    Electronic Identification in the European Union and Bulgaria - Current State, Technological Features and Opportunities for Development
    Summary: Electronic identification is a means of authentication of individuals using electronic services. The successful application of e-Government is inconceivable without the use of a single method for proving the identity of the... Electronic identification is a means of authentication of individuals using electronic services. The successful application of e-Government is inconceivable without the use of a single method for proving the identity of the participants. The article aims to clarify the nature of electronic identification and to outline its application in the European Union and Bulgaria. The following tasks are solved: the concept of the e-identification has been defined, the main benefits of its implementation have been outlined, the technical specifications of the electronic identification scheme have been examined, the methods of electronic identification in the European Union and Bulgaria have been described. At the end of the article a SWOT analysis is made, comparing the e-identification options used by Bulgarian citizens.
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  • Trayan Yosifov
    Social and Economic Significance of Bulgarian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: SWOT Analysis
    Summary: Bulgarian economy remains within the periphery of more prominent economic processes. The country significantly lags not only behind leading European economies but also behind Central European economies, which used to have similar... Bulgarian economy remains within the periphery of more prominent economic processes. The country significantly lags not only behind leading European economies but also behind Central European economies, which used to have similar economic development in the early 1990s. In this respect, without a doubt, the emphasis should be put on the role of small and medium-sized enterprises, which form a fundamental part of the employment rate within the country and generate a major revenue part of the republican and local budgets. The purpose of this study is to focus on the main advantages and disadvantages of Bulgarian small and medium-sized enterprises and based on them to propose working measures for improving their market performance.
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