A territorial change could have complex economic consequences for both the country that annexed a province and the country that lost it. This paper approaches the economic aspects of the territorial exchange from 1878, when Romania received the Northern Dobruja as a compensation for losing...

Very often, the holiday effects are studied only for the first day before and for the first day after any public holiday. Beside these traditional forms of the holiday effects it was revealed an extended one, which refers to the abnormal stocks returns occurring in intervals, containing some...

This paper approaches the sensitivity to the external turbulences of the crude oil price influence on the exchanges rates from Romania. This country has a particular situation being an importer of the crude oil and an exporter of refined petroleum products. In the last decades, in Romania it was...

This paper explores the impact of the large stock prices increases (positive shocks) and decreases (negative shocks) from the New York Stock Exchange on the returns and volatility of some European developed capital markets. We found that more than a half of shocks from these European stock...

This paper approaches the opportunities for contrarian and momentum profits during the periods of high trading volume preceded by stock prices shocks. We investigate these aspects for ten stocks from New York Stock Exchange. We found that more than three quarters of the periods of high trading...

This is a brief presentation of the methodology of a study in progress for identifying rhetorical strategies used in CSR reports having to deal with risk issues. It presents the conceptual approach of a study meant to analyze excerpts of CSR reports for 2012 of several US large companies. The...

At the present time, information systems are an important component in the development of many activities, due to their ability of managing a large amount of data and performing complex operations in a very short time. In this regard, very important is the correct management of all available...

This paper compares details of my general power analysis of religion with details of other two strands of analysis that dominate the current orthodox perspective: the Beckerian-inspired and the Stark–Bainbridge theories. With regard to the former, what is unconceivable from my own perspective...

This paper presents issues about the coverage with financing sources of current assets for 64 companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. The aim of the study is to see how to calculate indicators specific to current assets and the general framework offered as whole analysis of the...

Due to the changes generated by the new economy, the European Union countries must adopt proactive attitudes in order to remain productive and competitive, at the same time trying to achieve a balance on the labor market. Forecasting jobs that will be available in the future has become a...