EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION WITHIN THE LARGEST BULGARIAN COMPANIES FOR THE PERIOD 2006-2013 Cover Image

Емпиричен анализ на икономическата концентрация в най-големите български фирми за периода 2006-2013
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION WITHIN THE LARGEST BULGARIAN COMPANIES FOR THE PERIOD 2006-2013

Author(s): Aleksandar B. Todorov
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Стопанска академия »Д. А. Ценов«
Keywords: economic concentration; large companies; inequality

Summary/Abstract: The article provides a descriptive analysis of the economicconcentration and inequality among the 100 largest companies in the Bulgarian nonfinancial sector in the period from 2006 to 2013. For this purpose, data used are salesand number of employees provided by the annual ranking Capital 100. Establishedstatistical measures of concentration and disparity are applied to the data:concentration ratio, Herfindahl index and Gini coefficient. The empirical resultssuggest stabilization of the positions of the 10 largest companies, but at the same timegrowing importance of companies in the second half, i.e. of these with positions from51 to 100.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 44-57
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Bulgarian
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