Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Andrey Zahariev Author-Email: a.zahariev@uni-svishtov.bg Author-Workplace-Name: D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, Department of Finance and Credit Author-Name: Martin Dimitrov Author-Workplace-Name: D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, Department of Finance and Credit Title: Efficient Fiscal Policy in EU's Open Economy Abstract: Since the financial crisis in 2008, the EU member states have not been able to reach their pre-crisis GDP growth rates for already seven years (the study was conducted in the beginning of 2015). Most of them face the effects of deflation as a new factor that delays the process of post-crisis recovery. Thus the public debate revolves around the logical questions whether and to what extent a policy of public sector expansion by increasing government spending can change the established trend and restore the growth rates. The aim of this study is to determine whether and to what extent a Pan-European expansionary government policy for post-crisis recovery would be efficient and could provide positive economic results. The first section presents an analysis of the causes for the global financial crisis. The second section contains a critical analysis of the Keynesian theory and the business cycles theory of the Austrian Economic School as well as a comparative analysis of the fiscal positions of the EU member-states before and after the crisis and an outline of the new trends. The third section reviews Bulgaria's net fiscal position and its effect on the GDP growth in before, during and immediately after the peak of the crisis. The fourth section reviews the currency exchange rate adjustment of the imbalances of the open economies of the EU and the US as a possible factor for their different rates of post-crisis recovery. The study contains eight tables, five figures and 26 cited sources, eight of which are in Bulgarian. The research methods include comparative analysis, correlation analysis, induction and deduction. The analyses are conducted with monthly and annual data from January 2000 to January 2015 (the last period prior to submitting the study.) Classification-JEL: E62; F15; F42; F43 Keywords: fiscal policy, financial crisis, fiscal position, budget deficit, government debt, USD/EUR Journal: Yearbook of D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics Pages: 7-44 Volume: 118 Issue: 1 Year: 2015 Month: April File-URL: http://dlib.eacademy.bg/handle/10610/2471 Handle: RePEc:dat:yrbook:v:118:y:2015:i:1:p:7-44 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Elena Yordanova Author-Email: e.jordanova@uni-svishtov.bg Author-Workplace-Name: D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, Department of Management Title: Factors for managerial communication efficiency Abstract: Many contemporary researchers in the field of management science believe that culture is a factor that is as important for the economic development as the market itself. This shows that a profound change has occurred in the basic concepts in terms of a new, people-oriented bias as well as that today there is a new type of managerial relations and communication based on values shared by managers and their subordinates in the organization. The study aims to analyse the organizational culture and the ethical values as performance factors of managerial communication. This is one of the most common and complex problems that social organizations have to deal with and which affects the efficiency of their management. The main research thesis is to confirm the importance of organizational culture and ethical values for the development and enhancement of the new socio-economic relations in the global economy of the twenty-first century. Classification-JEL: M14 Keywords: managerial communication, organizational culture, ethical values, managerial process. Journal: Yearbook of D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics Pages: 45-79 Volume: 118 Issue: 1 Year: 2015 Month: April File-URL: http://dlib.eacademy.bg/handle/10610/1881 Handle: RePEc:dat:yrbook:v:118:y:2015:i:1:p:45-79 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Vanya Ganeva Author-Email: v.ganeva@uni-svishtov.bg Author-Workplace-Name: D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, Department of History, Philosophy and Sociology Title: Non-government organizations as proponents of policies related to domestic violence against women Abstract: In the last decades domestic violence has been considered a major and widespread problem, which in turn causes numerous other problems on both societal and individual level. This requires the development of policies against the domestic violence as a negative social phenomenon, as well as implementation of concrete steps for its mitigation and elimination. The aim of the study is to determine the role of the NGOs in Bulgaria in relation to policies against domestic violence. To do this the author has performed the following tasks: 1. Surveyed the availability of specialists in NGOs in the field of social activities related to domestic violence against women. 2. Surveyed the sources of funding of the activities of NGOs which provide social services in the field of domestic violence as well as their legislative and institutional environment. 3. Reviewed the prevention and redress aspects of NGO's policies related to domestic violence against women. 4. Outlined the aspects for improving the social services related to domestic violence against women. The study presents the results of a sociological survey among NGOs conducted in the period October - November 2013. Classification-JEL: L31, J71, J78 Keywords: non-government organizations, domestic violence, policies in the field of domestic violence against women Journal: Yearbook of D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics Pages: 81-124 Volume: 118 Issue: 1 Year: 2015 Month: April File-URL: http://dlib.eacademy.bg/handle/10610/1884 Handle: RePEc:dat:yrbook:v:118:y:2015:i:1:p:81-124 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nikolay Yordanov Author-Email: nyordanov@uni-svishtov.bg Author-Workplace-Name: D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, Department of International Economic Relations Title: Evolution of the toolbox for measuring intra-industry trade Abstract: The growing importance of intra-industry trade and its role for decreasing the cost of adjustment of economies along the processes of their transformation require a toolbox for accurate measurement of its share. The study reviews three major stages in the development of the mathematical models for measuring intra-industry trade: 1) Initial quantification attempts; 2) Historical measuring; 3) Decomposing the intra-industry trade into vertical and horizontal trade. The author has described the specific indices and methodologies used at each stage and analyzed those of their specific characteristics the researches should take into account when using them. Classification-JEL: F12, F14 Keywords: intra-industry trade, Grubel and Lloyd Index, models of intra-industry trade decomposition. Journal: Yearbook of D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics Pages: 125-150 Volume: 118 Issue: 1 Year: 2015 Month: April File-URL: http://dlib.eacademy.bg/handle/10610/1918 Handle: RePEc:dat:yrbook:v:118:y:2015:i:1:p:125-150 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Dimitar Kolev, Author-Email: dkolev@uni-ruse.bg Author-Workplace-Name: "Angel Kanchev" University of Ruse, Department of Economics Title: Sharing and disclosure of informal consumer information (A cross-cultural study of India and Bulgaria) Abstract: The study covers the sharing and disclosure of informal consumer information. Its main objective is to determine the levels, the type and the principal means of sharing and disclosure of informal information by consumers. Assessment was based on the behavior patterns of foodstuff buyers. The results from a survey were subjected to a comparative analysis to determine the specific characteristics of the consumers in India and Bulgaria in this respect. Classification-JEL: M30; M31 Keywords: sharing, disclosure, informal information, positive and negative informal information Journal: Yearbook of D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics Pages: 151-186 Volume: 118 Issue: 1 Year: 2015 Month: April File-URL: http://dlib.eacademy.bg/handle/10610/1920 Handle: RePEc:dat:yrbook:v:118:y:2015:i:1:p:151-186