THE COHESION POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND INTER-REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN BULGARIA

Kalina Durova
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Kalina Durova: Southwest University “N.Rilski” ‒ Blagoevgrad

Economic Archive, 2018, issue 3 Year 2018, 55-62

Abstract: The article presents a theoretical analysis of the causes for inter-regional disparities and an empirical study on the impact of the EU Cohesion Policy on the standard of living in Bulgaria. It also gives some recommendations for maximizing the beneficial effect of this policy on the regions in our country. The author defends the thesis that the economic imbalances among regions cause social and demographic ones. Accordingly, the study focuses on the economic inter-regional differences and the way they are affected by the Cohesion (Regional) policy of the European Union as a tool utilized by the Community to achieve economic and social cohesion.

Keywords: Bulgaria; cohesion policy; standard of living; regional difference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F02 F15 F36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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