The Bulgarian transition since 1991 was marked by two huge "financial pyramids" which erupted into the 1996-1997 crisis. From January to September 1996, there was an open banking panic, followed by a fiscal and public debt crisis due to ever rising interest payments, the sudden drop in the real value of tax revenues, and widespread expectations that the country would default on its foreign debt. This led to a quasi- hyperinflation in January and February 1997, followed by a remarkably fast stabilization. These different phases are analyzed, including from a political economy viewpoint; an assessment is then made of the Currency Board set up on July,l 1997. Attention is drawn to the importance of quantitative and expectational factors, which...
The paper deals with the P-star model in conditions of the Bulgarian economy operating under the cur...
International audienceThis note aims at analyzing Bulgaria’s high inflation regime during the 1990s....
Bulgaria's shaky macroeconomic situation is a serious obstacle for a smooth transition from central ...
The Bulgarian transition since 1991 was marked by two huge "financial pyramids" which erupted into t...
Au printemps de 1996, la Bulgarie a traversé une crise financière très grave, combinant panique banc...
On 1 July 1997, Bulgaria set up a Currency Board. The Bulgarian Central Bank was thus subjected to t...
International audienceThis article has two objectives: to study the 1997 episode of hyperinflation i...
The ten years of transition from planned to market economy in Bulgaria can be divided into two subpe...
Abstract: This paper provides analysis of the key economic developments in Bulgaria over the period ...
Bulgaria : Difficulties of a Transition in the Balkans Jacky Fayolle In Bulgaria, a resolute and co...
The paper reviews basic features of the currency board arrangement (CBA) as a monetary system and th...
Currency boards have always been a subject of debate. While they may significantly improve the quali...
The first part of the paper highlights the many and often perverse forms taken by the adjustment of ...
International audienceStarting July the 1st 1997, Bulgaria adopted a Currency Board (CB) monetary sy...
This paper describes Bulgarian macroeconomic performance from early 1991 through early 1997 and prov...
The paper deals with the P-star model in conditions of the Bulgarian economy operating under the cur...
International audienceThis note aims at analyzing Bulgaria’s high inflation regime during the 1990s....
Bulgaria's shaky macroeconomic situation is a serious obstacle for a smooth transition from central ...
The Bulgarian transition since 1991 was marked by two huge "financial pyramids" which erupted into t...
Au printemps de 1996, la Bulgarie a traversé une crise financière très grave, combinant panique banc...
On 1 July 1997, Bulgaria set up a Currency Board. The Bulgarian Central Bank was thus subjected to t...
International audienceThis article has two objectives: to study the 1997 episode of hyperinflation i...
The ten years of transition from planned to market economy in Bulgaria can be divided into two subpe...
Abstract: This paper provides analysis of the key economic developments in Bulgaria over the period ...
Bulgaria : Difficulties of a Transition in the Balkans Jacky Fayolle In Bulgaria, a resolute and co...
The paper reviews basic features of the currency board arrangement (CBA) as a monetary system and th...
Currency boards have always been a subject of debate. While they may significantly improve the quali...
The first part of the paper highlights the many and often perverse forms taken by the adjustment of ...
International audienceStarting July the 1st 1997, Bulgaria adopted a Currency Board (CB) monetary sy...
This paper describes Bulgarian macroeconomic performance from early 1991 through early 1997 and prov...
The paper deals with the P-star model in conditions of the Bulgarian economy operating under the cur...
International audienceThis note aims at analyzing Bulgaria’s high inflation regime during the 1990s....
Bulgaria's shaky macroeconomic situation is a serious obstacle for a smooth transition from central ...