Global Economic Observer

2013 - 2026

Current editor(s): Serghei Margulescu and Simona Moagar-Poladian

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2026, issue 1, vol 14

The German Automotive Industry under Geo-Economic Pressure: From Hegemony to Structural Vulnerability pp. 7-21

Ana-Cristina Bâlgăr

The Role of Renewable Energy in the Efforts to Combat Climate Change in the CEE-4 Countries pp. 22-30

Paul Calanter, Daniela Zisu and Anca-Catalina Dragomir

State Aid as a Driver of the EU Green Transition: A Comparative Analysis of Member States in the Post-Pandemic Era pp. 31-41

Andreea-Emanuela Drăgoi

Researchers In R&D And Patent Applications By Residents: A Cross-Country Econometric Analysis pp. 42-50

George-Cornel Dumitrescu

A Closer Look at the New IFRS Accounting Standard IFRS 18 „Presentation And Disclosure In Financial Statements” and his Impact on Company Reporting in the Future pp. 51-56

Andreea Paula Dumitru

Economic Migration and Regional Differences in Romania pp. 57-62

Andreea-Oana Enache

Financial Structure, Profitability and Productivity in the Romanian Pharmaceutical Industry: A 2020–2024 Analysis pp. 63-70

Maria Zenovia Grigore and Carmen-Maria Negoiță

Green Jobs in Romania in the Context of the Circular Economy: Opportunities, Challenges and Public Policy Directions pp. 71-87

Nicoleta Gudanescu and Mariana-Camelia Țăranu

Financial Innovations and Economic Convergence in the European Union: Evidence from Regional Cohesion Policy Reconfiguring pp. 88-94

Otilia Manta and Teodor Emanuel Petreanu

Brazil’s Renewable Energy Sector and Sustainable Foreign Investment: Opportunities and Institutional Challenges pp. 95-109

Beatrice Trocinesu, Flavia Bogoevici, Iulian Ion and Andrei Ursulescu

Second-Generation Asian Tigers in Global Value Chains: A Comparative Analysis of Backward and Forward Linkages pp. 110-121

Iulia Monica Oehler-Șincai and Georgeta Ilie

Impact of Fees and Commissions on Banks Profitability in the European Union and the Republic of Moldova pp. 122-135

Stela Ciobu and Victoria Iordachi

Beyond the Screen: Assessing the Role of Smartphone Addiction, Fear of Missing Out (FOMO), and Leisure Boredom on Podcast Consumption pp. 145-150

Otilia-Elena Platon

ESG Reporting and Sustainable Finance in the Romanian Banking Sector: 2020–2024 pp. 151-158

Nicoleta Panait and Mădălina Rădoi

The Role of Nostalgia in Advertising: Effects on Emotional Engagement pp. 170-178

Otilia-Elena Platon

2025, issue 2, vol 13

A REASSESSMENT OF THE MIGRATION ISSUE IN THE EU: A CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH FOCUS ON ROMANIA pp. 7-16

Alina Dumitrescu

MACROECONOMIC CLIMATE – FROM THE WORLD ECONOMY TO THE MOLDOVAN ECONOMY pp. 17-29

Andrei Rădulescu

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ROMANIA AND POLAND pp. 30-37

Andreea Oana Begu, Bogdan Zainea and Maria-Cristina Zorilă

BANKS AND THEIR ROLE IN SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE - A CASE STUDY APPROACH pp. 38-44

Claudia Gabriela Baicu

THE ROLE OF MENTORING AT THE BEGINNING OF A PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN ADVERTISING pp. 45-56

Cristina Leovaridis and Ioana-Daria Iordăchescu

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA’S ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING AND GROWTH AMIDST EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS pp. 57-64

Dorina Clichici and Angela Timuș

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DYNAMICS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AMID THE WAR IN UKRAINE pp. 65-72

Andreea-Emanuela Drăgoi

HOW HAVE RECENT ADVERSE CONDITIONS AFFECTED ROMANIA’S INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS? pp. 73-79

Dorina Clichici

INSOLVENCY OF COMPANIES IN ROMANIA – LEGAL, ACCOUNTING AND TAX ASPECTS pp. 80-86

Andreea Paula Dumitru

THE INTERACTION BETWEEN FOREIGN INVESTORS AND NATIONAL ENTERPRISES IN THE ROMANIAN SERVICE SECTOR pp. 87-102

Georgeta Ilie

THE ASIAN TIGERS’ DEGREE OF PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW SILK ROADS INITIATED BY CHINA pp. 103-111

Iulia Monica Oehler-Şincai

IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF STANDARD AUDIT FILE - TAX IN THE EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES AND VALUE ADDED TAX GAP pp. 112-119

Nicoleta-Cristina Matei, Maria Zenovia Grigore and Mihai Dumitru Nedelescu

FINANCING THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY THROUGH INNOVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS IN A DIGITAL AND SUSTAINABLE CONTEXT pp. 120-125

Otilia Manta

ASYMMETRIC EFFECTS OF ECB MONETARY POLICY ON EMERGING EU ECONOMIES pp. 126-132

Nicoleta Panait

TAXATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN ROMANIA. A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF TAXPAYERS’ EXPERIENCES WITH THE FISCAL REGIME pp. 133-139

Cristina Nicolau and Viorica Mirela Ştefan-Duicu

THE CONSUMPTION DECISION IN RURAL TOURISM AND MODELS OF RURAL TOURISM IN SOUTH TRANSYLVANIA pp. 140-145

Andreea Mihaela Stroe and Andreea Oana Begu

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES IN ROMANIA pp. 146-156

Mihaela Sudacevschi and Viorica Mirela Stefan-Duicu

2025, issue 1, vol 13

THE WORLD INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION – STRUCTURAL pp. 6-12

Andrei Rădulescu

THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND GLOBAL ALLIANCES FOR SECURING CRITICAL RAW MINERAL SUPPLY CHAINS pp. 13-22

Adrian Lucian Kanovici and Daniel Bulin

RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY IN THE EU AS A KEY CLIMATE CHANGE DRIVER pp. 23-31

Paul Calanter

RESHAPING EU STATE AID POLICY AMID GREEN TRANSFORMATION AND GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS pp. 32-40

Andreea-Emanuela Drăgoi and Anca Dragomir

AN ECONOMETRIC PERSPECTIVE ON PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL CAPITAL FORMATION AND INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SEVEN EU COUNTRIES pp. 41-50

George-Cornel Dumitrescu

SHIFTING PATTERNS IN GLOBAL FLOWS OF TRADE, CAPITAL, MIGRATION AND INFORMATION pp. 51-62

Marina Popa

TRADE IN SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT: HARNESSING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDRESSING CHALLENGES pp. 63-77

Georgeta Ilie

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN THE CURRENT GLOBAL CONTEXT: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS – EUROPE VS. USA pp. 78-86

Nicoleta Gudanescu

IMPACT AND INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE AMONG ROMANIAN STARTUPS pp. 87-94

Ion-Matei Dumitrescu and Simona Moagăr-Poladian

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN EU COUNTRIES: IMPLICATION FOR THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA pp. 95-101

Maia Pisaniuc

GERMANY’S LABOUR SHORTAGE: BETWEEN STRUCTURAL PRESSURE AND UNCERTAIN HORIZONS pp. 102-120

Ana-Cristina Bâlgăr

2024, issue 2, vol 12

THE INFLUENCE OF GLOBALIZATION ON GDP GROWTH IN EASTERN EUROPE pp. 06-14

Thomas L. Ainscough

TWO MANIFESTATIONS OF THE MIDDLE-INCOME TRAP IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE pp. 15-24

Tamás Tibor Csontos

THE SECOND-GENERATION ASIAN TIGERS: SPECIFIC POLICIES TO STIMULATE TRADE IN ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS pp. 25-33

Iulia Oehler-Şincai

FINANCING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY THROUGH STATE AID: A CROSS COUNTRIES ANALYSIS pp. 34-44

Andreea Dragoi

BANKS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE FINANCE: GREEN PRACTICES IN LETTERS OF CREDIT pp. 45-51

Claudia Gabriela Baicu

THE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM IN ROMANIA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH THE EU MEMBER STATES pp. 52-59

Dorina Clichici, Angela Timuș and Corina Chironachi

THE CONTRIBUTION OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROMANIA'S TRADE IN SERVICES pp. 60-72

Georgeta Ilie

INTERDEPENDENCE BETWEEN POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS OF COMPANIES IN A COMPLEX BUSINESS SYSTEM pp. 73-80

Marina Popa

SHIFTING TO E-MOBILITY: CHALLENGES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN CEE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY pp. 81-95

Sarmiza Pencea and Ana-Cristina Bâlgăr

THE IMPACT OF TAX INCENTIVES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC pp. 96-109

Maria Zenovia Grigore and Iuliana Uță

STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF CREDIT RISK ON THE QUALITY OF THE LOAN PORTFOLIO IN THE ROMANIAN BANKING SECTOR pp. 110-120

Elena Violeta Drăgoi, Larisa Elena Preda and Ana-Mariana Dincu

2024, issue 1, vol 12

THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR CHINESE INVESTMENTS UNDER THE CURRENT GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS pp. 6-14

Dorina Clichici, Andreea Dragoi and Angela Timuș

THE IMPACT OF THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN CONFLICT AND OF THE GLOBAL AND REGIONAL SHOCKWAVE: SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES pp. 15-25

Ana-Cristina Bâlgăr

HOW THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR HAS SHAPPED THE STATE AID POLICY IN EU1 pp. 26-37

Andreea Dragoi

ROMANIA'S JUST TRANSITION: COMPARATIVE INSIGHTS AND BEST PRACTICES FROM EU MEMBER STATES pp. 38-50

Alina Dumitrescu

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADE IN SERVICES - A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ROMANIA AND BULGARIA pp. 51-64

Georgeta Ilie

CONTRIBUTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IN EU: THE CASE OF ROMANIA pp. 65-74

Paul Calanter

HOW MANY PLUS ONE AND FOR HOW LONG? A BRIEF CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF CHINA-CEE COOPERATION pp. 75-86

Sarmiza Pencea

A NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER – 50 YEARS LATER (1974-2024) pp. 87-94

Florin Bonciu

CIRCULAR AND GREEN ECONOMY – A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT STATE IN ROMANIA AND IN THE EU pp. 95-105

Mădălina Tocan and Oana Chindriș-Văsioiu

STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF CREDIT RISK ON THE QUALITY OF THE LOAN PORTFOLIO IN THE ROMANIAN BANKING SECTOR pp. 106-116

Elena Violeta Drăgoi, Larisa Elena Preda and Ana-Mariana Dincu

THE EFFECTS OF THE ADOPTION OF IFRS 15 - REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS ON THE COMPANY’S PERFORMANCE pp. 117-123

Andreea Paula Dumitru

OUTCOME OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH REGARDING NORMATIVE AND POSITIVE ACCOUNTING THEORIES: FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS pp. 124-132

Viorica Mirela Ștefan-Duicu and Mihaela Sudacevschi