Six years ago, a study by Alberto Alesina, Dorian Carloni, and Giampaolo Lecce was published entitled “Electoral Consequences of Large Fiscal Adjustments.” In it, the authors dispute the thesis that large reductions in budget deficits (for which the term “fiscal adjustments” is used) lead to worse electoral results for political parties that …

The most notable (and frightening!) part of the election campaign so far has been the unprecedented escalation of populist economic promises from parties that have already announced some of their economic programs. Almost all parties are pushing each other to propose "solidarity" economic policies, which would have very negative consequences for both the state budget and...

Krasen Stanchev Definition Rumors are officially or documentary-factual-statistically unconfirmed messages that are put into circulation both in interpersonal and official information channels. Conditions for the sustainability of rumors: a. Plausibility (a grain of truth) concealing disinformation; b. Reliability (connection with generally accepted beliefs and ideas about human nature); c. The alleged …

Dear readers, We at EKIP believe that in order for a society to be free and able to navigate the contemporary economic and political situation, it must first and foremost be informed. That is why we have decided to start a new monthly column "Macroeconomic Monitor", in which we present an interactive graphical overview and …

We are publishing 12 recommendations for the new US president less than a month before his inauguration. They were sent to us specifically by the students of Professor Alexander Tokarev at Northwood University in Michigan, USA. Like Reagan, Trump has chosen crappy predecessors. With this clever move, he has significantly facilitated the task of …

Sustainable examples from the private sector In October, Coca-Cola HBC, the bottler of Coca-Cola products in Central and Eastern Europe, topped the global Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) in the Beverages sector for the third consecutive year. A week later, the company also published its new long-term goals for …

Rositsa Garcheva Three years ago, he was the first to declare that he would join the race. Sociologists assessed him as an outsider, with a chance of reaching 3rd-4th place. The spotlight was on the two favorites – the consensus Juppe and the sharp Sarkozy. The former led in all rankings, relying on the centrists and the left-thinking …

See: Dimitar Karagegov's comment Georgi Vuldjev's comment Our media appearances on the topic Dimitar Karagegov - The collapse of the mainstream media is complete The thing that I will remember these elections with, purely as a machine and mechanism, is the total collapse of the traditional media. A candidate who was not supported by any …

Although the TEAM has never been affiliated with any party entities, nor are our authors among those who consider voting in elections to be the only correct political action, our media has always been responsible for the process of exchanging ideas and visions of the world. Together with Brain Workshop and the Institute …

Nikola Filipov: The third and final presidential debate was certainly the most constructive so far. There was a good reason for this: the moderator of the debate, Chris Wallace, was not afraid to ask uncomfortable questions, both to Clinton about Wikileaks and to the accusations of sexist treatment of women by Donald Trump. Within the framework of …