Degree of Differences in the Structure of Government Expenditure for the Provision of Collective Services Between EU-26 and Bulgaria

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Keywords
government expenditure, structural differences, convergence, public policies, public welfare

Summary
The main goal of this article is to examine the differences in the structure of the expenditure of the “Central Gorvernment” sub-sector by functions of the classification of the functions of state government (COFOG) between the EU-26 and Bulgaria in the period 2007 - 2021 and, on this basis, to analyze the conducted public policies in the field of providing collective services for the benefit of society, aimed at increasing public welfare. To realize the set goal, an integral coefficient of structural differences is used. The obtained results indicate that during the analyzed period there are significant differences in the structure of certain expenditure by functions of the COFOG between the EU-26 and Bulgaria, which in turn is the reason for differentiation in the public policies implemented between the EU and Bulgaria.

JEL: C00, E60, H5
Pages: 14
DOI:  https://doi.org/10.58861/tae.di.2024.1.03

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