The Bulgarian “capitalism” and the Customs Policy in the 1920s and 1930s

Petar Stoyanov ()
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Petar Stoyanov: University of National and World Economy - Sofia, Bulgaria

Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, 2020, vol. 5, 246-261

Abstract: Bulgaria in the period between the two world wars was one of the countries that make extensive use of customs and customs policy as a powerful instrument for influencing trade, production and public finances. In this sense, this report aims at presenting trends, developmental features and clarifying the main factors responsible for the problematic status of customs duties and the customs regime. The customs policy is a very good barometer of the state of national capital and one of the important tools supporting its formation, also revealing very well the actual specifics of the ruling socio-economic system. For this reason, with the present publication the author aims also to pay attention to the problems related to the adequacy of the terminology used to describe the economic system during that period.

Keywords: customs; customs policy; duty-free imports; parasitic industry; crony capitalism; corporate socialism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N14 N24 N44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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