Shadow Economy Tolerance Index
The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology - BAS (IPS) has completed the implementation of a three-year research project "Shadow economy factor determination and approaches to limit it in Bulgarian society" (Contract KP-06-H35/9 of 18.12.2019), funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund and implemented by a team under the scientific leadership of Prof. Emilia Chengelova. The project is a continuation of a decade-long tradition of scientists from IPS - BAS to study shady practices in the Bulgarian economy. What is new is the focus of the research lens on the empirical study of the "shadow economy" factor determination. As a result of the activities carried out, the team was able to get to the heart of the problem, to unravel the layers of multi-layered causal determinism [...]