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  Adjusting Unemployment Benefits to the Economic Cycle

  As a socio-economic phenomenon, unemployment is intrinsic to any market economy. Unemployment benefits provide incomes to individuals who have lost their jobs and the possibility of bearing the severity of risk collectively. The generosity of unemployment benefits may affect the incentives for searching and accepting a job, as well as the duration ... As a socio-economic phenomenon, unemployment is intrinsic to any market economy. Unemployment benefits provide incomes to individuals who have lost their jobs and the possibility of bearing the severity of risk collectively. The generosity of unemployment benefits may affect the incentives for searching and accepting a job, as well as the duration of unemployment. They could therefore act as an inbuilt economic stabiliser which is adjusted to a particular economic cycle. The article aims to identify potential pros and cons and examine the extent to which unemployment benefits in Europe and Bulgaria successfully act as inbuilt automatic stabilisers.

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  A Comparative Analysis of Return on Equity in Bulgarian Public Companies

  In practice, there are different criteria for the classification of Bulgarian public companies. Public companies are most commonly ranked according to their market capitalisation and realised turnover (the value amount of transactions with shares in a company). In this article, another criterion for the classification of Bulgarian public companies ... In practice, there are different criteria for the classification of Bulgarian public companies. Public companies are most commonly ranked according to their market capitalisation and realised turnover (the value amount of transactions with shares in a company). In this article, another criterion for the classification of Bulgarian public companies has been proposed. This criterion is the return reached by the shares of public companies. In the article, a comparative analysis of return on equity in Bulgarian public companies in the insurance and banking sectors has been made.

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  Issues Facing the European Union – a SWOT Analysis

  The new realities facing the European Union at the beginning of the XXI century placed it in an unpredictable situation of crisis, geopolitical conflict and overindebtedness. These conditions slowed the pace of development and led in fact to the economic slowdown in the European Union - with modest GDP growth in 2013 and low inflation. The ... The new realities facing the European Union at the beginning of the XXI century placed it in an unpredictable situation of crisis, geopolitical conflict and overindebtedness. These conditions slowed the pace of development and led in fact to the economic slowdown in the European Union - with modest GDP growth in 2013 and low inflation. The European Union has been facing a number of internal difficulties and many threats from the external environment. For this reason there is a need for analysis that takes into account both the internal state of the European Union and the external environment which was characterised by high complexity and dynamics in the period 2008 - 2014.