Abstract

Based on long-term studies and archive documents, memories of employees of the Institute of Economics at the Bulgarian Academy of Science (BAS) and personal impressions an attempt was made to find out how it was established. Unknown or concealed facts are focused - the succession from the Institute of Economics of BAS and the Statistics Institute for Economic studies and the Bulgarian Economics Society, the election (nominal) of Vassil Kolarov as its first director, of political ups and downs from the activity of its first director Academician Ivan Stefanov.