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The Beginning of Independent Financial Control in Bulgaria – from the Influences of the Modern World towards a National Model

Ivan Roussev ()

Economic Alternatives, 2023, issue 4, 670-686

Abstract: The paper analyzes the scientific works of Prof. Dobrev from the 1920s and the early 1930s - the time when he developed the concept of the establishment of the institution of independent financial control in Bulgaria. On the basis of this analysis, the following conclusions are drawn: strong influence of the Continental School (that of Germany, in particular) on the emergence and initial development of Bulgarian independent financial control; the characteristics of the “Bulgarian model†; in Bulgaria (contrary to Western countries), first the institution, regulated by law, is established and only then the practice of the public accountant profession begins; strong state control over the activities of the Institute of Sworn Expert Accountants and the profession - something that has been lacking in other countries to date. The article offers explanations for these features of the “Bulgarian model†. The public accountant profession was an outstanding manifestation of Bulgarian economic and social modernization in the first half of the 20th century.

Keywords: independent financial control; Anglo-Saxon School; Continental School; economic modernization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G28 H32 K22 N23 N24 N43 N44 N93 N94 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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