This article proposes a different point of view on the pricing in the stochastic volatility models when the underlying price is uncorrelated with its volatility. Heston (1993) established a closed-form formula of the European option price. This paper proposes a new closed-form formula of the...

The paper analyses within a two-country framework the role of monetary shocks in transmitting macroeconomic fluctuations across countries, with a special emphasis on the case of Romania. The investigation is important as Romania is preparing to give up its monetary sovereignty and become a full...

The present study sheds light on important aspects of monetary integration in the European Union involving the newest member states. It assesses the degree to which they satisfy the business cycle correlation criteria.Our results demonstrate that there is a common business cycle in the Euro area...

Although there is no express requirement in the regulations of the National Bank of Romania, the design, the implementation and the use of rating systems in the management of risks related to exposures of non-banking financial institutions (NFIs) on the basis of good banking practice, is a...

The current financial crisis marked the end of a period characterized by a profit rush and an ascending trend of taking risks. In order to diminish its effects, central banks and governments made a prompt and joint intervention which resulted in urgent measures to re-establish the trust in the...

The last decade has witnessed the development of a vast literature devoted to the study of several phenomena like banking crises or episodes of vulnerability and distress, characterized by inadequate capitalization, impairment of the asset quality and of the credit institutions' rating. The...

Data Envelopment Analysis method allows both the measurement of the relative efficiency of an homogenous group of credit institutions, and the identification of those banking activity’s components generating a state of inefficiency. The present study focuses on this last issue, by proposing an...

One of the consequences of the financial liberalization process is the entry of new competitors in the banking system, increasing the risk taking attitude of credit institutions whose aim is to gain a substantial remuneration and to maintain/increase the market share. In this context, an...

The paper focuses, primarily, on assessing if risks associated to household sector havea significant impact on Romanian banking system’s soundness and stability, by establishing whichhousehold specific variables are the most important and have to be monitored. We have consideredseveral...