Issue 1, 2018

During the 70s of the twentieth century economists realized that public expenditures and rulemaking have similar effects on resource allocation and equity. Thus, the process of creating regulations entered the orbit of the economic cost-benefit analysis. This article is dedicated to the genesis and development of impact assessment in the United States, the European Union and Bulgaria.
JEL: K00; K20; K30

The aim of the study is to bring out the business models for intellectual property management, which are a prerequisite for the formation of business concentrations in the creative industries. The aim is achieved by studying the economic characteristics of intellectual property as a business asset; by analyzing the models of economic realization applicable to intangible assets and by bringing out the leading economic effects from the formation of business concentrations such as outsourcing and joint ventures. The research methodology is interdisciplinary, using as a priority the method of comparative analysis and the synthesis of the theory and practice in the field of intellectual property management.
JEL: А20; К0; L1; L7; M3; О3; Z1

In this study the financial resources from the Structural and Cohesion Funds which Bulgaria has received are analyzed, presented as expenditures from the EU budget and their link to economic growth is examined. Quarterly statistical data covering the period 2008-2014 is used, along with 28 observations. A standard linear regression is applied for the calculation of the coefficients and the interpretation of the results in the form of the least squares method. The results of the empirical analysis show that there is a proportional statistically significant link between the financial resources from the EU budget and the economic growth of Bulgaria. It is assumed that the expenditure incurred during the analyzed period under the Structural and Cohesion Funds has led to a 1% increase in the economic growth of the country.
JEL: H24; H25; H63

The impact of the rate of absorption of EU funds on the rate of short-term economic growth, the rate of employment and the unemployment rate in the countries in Central and Eastern Europe in the period 2008-2015 is analyzed. A regression analysis of panel data is performed, following the least squares method (LSM). The results of the analysis show that the rate of absorption of EU funds has no statistically significant effect on the rate of short-term economic growth and the employment rate in the countries of this region, but that it affects the unemployment rate in them.
JEL: F15; F43; O47; E23