Corruption in Bulgaria and its Impact on the Quality of Foreign Investments

The purpose of this thesis is to find out what the impacts of corruption levels in Bulgaria are on the quality of foreign investments. Other analysis include tracing the development of corruption in Bulgaria, the perceptions of foreign and domestic organizations towards the business and macro environment in the country and how to define what quality foreign direct investments are.To reach these goals, both desk and primary research were executed. Thereby, global indexes, such as the Global Corruption Barometer, the Corruption Perception Index, the Global Competitiveness Index as well as the Control of Corruption Index as one of six composite World Governance indicators of the World Bank were used to give an example of the levels of corruption of a country. Furthermore, surveys conducted by export promotion agencies were considered.The analysis led to the result that corruption does influence the decisions of foreign investors. The levels of corruption that Bulgaria faces do have an impact on the quality of foreign investments - They either discourage investors to invest or to proceed doing business in the country.