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{"title":"Public Policies on Economic Education: What Can We Learn from the European Union Best Practices?","authors":"E. Nica, G. Popescu, Adina Teodora Pașa","doi":"10.24818/oec/2021/30/1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/oec/2021/30/1.02","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of this article is to analyse the public policies in the area of economic education in the European Union, with the aim to identify the best practices that exist in different countries, to point out the major phases in the development of public policy in this domain and the main factors that contribute to the positive results. The core assumption is that the wealth of countries is often associated with the individual level of economic education of their citizens, as individuals that possess basic economic knowledge contribute positively to the increase of their household wealth, which further has a positive impact on a nation-wide level in general. Furthermore, we analyse the evolution of public policy in the field of economic education with a focus on the wealthiest countries in the European Union in terms of the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. The institutional framework of economic education provides the basis for individuals to acquire basic economic knowledge in a well-defined setup with the involvement of actors belonging mainly to the public sector. We will also investigate whether the design of public policies in the range of economic education should also take into account actors from the private sector or whether their involvement should only be considered at a later stage, as an additional tool to the basic economic concepts taught in schools.","PeriodicalId":43088,"journal":{"name":"Argumenta Oeconomica","volume":"130 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89709995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Communication Dimension of the Business Model Applied to the ELI-NP Project","authors":"Dragoș Șeuleanu","doi":"10.24818/oec/2021/30/2.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/oec/2021/30/2.06","url":null,"abstract":"This paper stems from the conviction that communication via mass-media is very important in order to perform a valuable new business model, taking into consideration that organizations need to cope with sharp changes to their micro and macroeconomic equilibria and with increased intensity in creativity at the level of economic processes, while raising awareness in markets and collecting feedback from stakeholders. The inquiry starts from the hypothesis that, in the field of economics and business, communication approaches must be taken with some reserves for a number of reasons: functional markets have their infrastructural specificities; public choice logic is undisputedly widespread; the concept of social learning is present much more than in other fields; and the very principle of economic rationality possesses many competing off-springs and off-shoots. As the proposed analysis is undertaken in the confines of education systems, scientific research and high-tech industries, it is pointed out the fact that an advanced research project with international impact, such as the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics project (ELI-NP), will be an extremely important driver of the national and regional economies, needing a communicational strategy to complement and consolidate the informational flows of purely technical-scientific nature between specialists, thus enlarging the scale and scope for the dissemination of both efforts and results.","PeriodicalId":43088,"journal":{"name":"Argumenta Oeconomica","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90718201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impactul investiţiilor străine asupra dezvoltărilor durabile","authors":"Paula Munteanu","doi":"10.24818/oec/2021/30/2.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/oec/2021/30/2.04","url":null,"abstract":"There have always been concerns for the study of foreign direct investment (FDI), however the most significant contributions and theories have been developed with the expansion of multinational companies, due to the need to explain investment behaviour in order to perform forecasts at national, regional and global levels. Recent studies show that the investment decision starts from the market size, which is the most relevant criterion for investors as the market will absorb the products and services they will produce. Companies are less interested in other issues, often referring only to the GNI indicator (Gross National Income), regardless of its expression as it is considered a relevant benchmark for making direct investments, without addressing the principles of sustainable development. That said, recent theories suggest that the investment decision should also take into account social and environmental aspects, given the legal obligation of companies to declare non-financial data regarding environmental issues, i.e., the impact of business activities on the environment, safety and health, the use of renewable and non-renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and air pollution. In such a context, the study relies on the assumption that the investment decision is mainly grounded on the GNI criteria and, based on panel data, it was shown that this was one of the most decisive factors until the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is reflected by the migration of capital according to the economic results obtained. Taking into account the shock generated by the recent pandemic, the study will be prolonged to investigate the extent to which this state of affairs will be maintained in the post-COVID-19 stage.","PeriodicalId":43088,"journal":{"name":"Argumenta Oeconomica","volume":"257 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76763436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New Economic Thinking on Current Sustainability Transformations","authors":"G. Manea, A. Cozea","doi":"10.24818/oec/2021/30/2.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/oec/2021/30/2.03","url":null,"abstract":"In the development of this study, we have considered the suggestion of some facilities to encourage the research-development-innovation activity within government institutions, universities and high-profile companies, as they also benefit from being able to self-finance their activity and, therefore, they need an insurance as well as an incentive to further encourage efforts and investments which can produce valuable results and applicable concepts. As a facilitator of the development of this paradigm, this can go from concept to practice with the aid of governmental policies and fiscal facilities for investments in creative fields, such as: exemptions from the tax on profit when the profit is (re)invested in creative activities for any type of public or private institution; exemption from corporate income tax for creative and/or newly established businesses for a certain period of time. Thus, the role of research in the field of economics could be reoriented by rethinking the basic principles in order to create a link between the economy and the environment. During the study, a report with case studies is presented aiming to find another approach that will support economic progress not to the detriment but in favour of the environment.","PeriodicalId":43088,"journal":{"name":"Argumenta Oeconomica","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84991991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dogma Antropocenului în reevaluare: înapoi la scepticismul educat","authors":"Henrique Schneider","doi":"10.24818/oec/2021/30/2.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/oec/2021/30/2.02","url":null,"abstract":"The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth’s geology and ecosystems, including, but not limited to, anthropogenic climate change. While this is not an academically established definition, as of yet, it is said to have begun in the 1950s. This article posits that the concept is erroneous in at least two ways. First, it relies on a normative and activist appropriation of science. Second, it disregards the system-property of the ecosystem, which consists in the continuous interaction between the system and its parts, or agents. Above all, however, the Anthropocene as a notion is a case study exemplifying how activist agendas appropriate science and academia while ignoring an important feature of scientific research: scholarly scepticism and scrutiny.","PeriodicalId":43088,"journal":{"name":"Argumenta Oeconomica","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81933859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“The Blue Economy” – The Phoenix of the Present Times. Implications on Current Problems of Mankind","authors":"G. Grigore","doi":"10.24818/oec/2021/30/1.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/oec/2021/30/1.06","url":null,"abstract":"Starting from the well-established notion that human beings live in society and the fact that their needs are unlimited in relation to the available resources, this paper focuses on the noticeable decrease of the rooted tension between two fundamental concepts in economics and on possible credible and promising solutions. The concept of blue economy is recognised as central to sustainable development that incorporates socio-economic benefits and environmental conservation. This highlights in an integrated way the economic and trade activities focusing on the ocean-based marine environment, associated biodiversity, ecosystems, species and genetic resources whilst ensuring conservation. Thus, blue economy means the use of sea and the use of its resources for sustainable economic development. Also closely related to the idea of sustainability, this new type of economic approach offers humanity new opportunities and perspectives by promoting appropriate policies to support research and development in view of the implementation of mechanisms based on sustainable practices inspired by ecosystems. Following the analysis of the main economic indicators at EU level (the number of jobs in specific sectors of the blue economy and their specific gross value added), there has been a continuous upward trend generated by the efforts of European authorities to perceive, understand, assimilate and adopt the most relevant aspects relating to the phenomenon of the blue economy. The study’s contribution is based on the manifestation of this new phenomenon, which is analysed by collecting updated data from the latest reports and documents, as well as by presenting case studies aimed at identifying its features, advantages and weaknesses, both at EU level as well as at a national (i.e., Romanian) and global level.","PeriodicalId":43088,"journal":{"name":"Argumenta Oeconomica","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75296160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impactul împăduririlor artificiale asupra calităţii aerului. Principii de dezvoltare durabilă","authors":"Laurențiu Ciornei","doi":"10.24818/oec/2021/30/2.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/oec/2021/30/2.05","url":null,"abstract":"Recent studies suggest that the level of pollutants emitted into the atmosphere can be significantly reduced by employing environmental policies and strategies regarding the use of renewable energy sources, alternative fuels, high energy efficiency plants and equipment, as well as the implementation of a program for afforestation and creation of green spaces for CO2 absorption, retention of fine powders and release of oxygen into the atmosphere. The current paper analyses the above-mentioned environmental strategy, starting from the assumption that the development of an afforestation program contributes to the retention of fine powders and implicitly to the release of a greater quantity of oxygen in the atmosphere, being the starting theory tested through an econometric model. Through this econometric model, the relationship between air quality and the surface of the land on which artificial regeneration was performed will be studied, using panel data for a number of 41 counties in Romania. The results of this analysis highlight that artificial forests have a positive impact on air quality, but the effects are visible after a certain time lag because forests are slowly renewable resources. For these reasons, it should be emphasized that the afforestation program must be doubled by the rational exploitation of this extremely precious resource, the forest, combined with the reduction of emissions of polluting elements. As a consequence, significant air quality improvement can be achieved.","PeriodicalId":43088,"journal":{"name":"Argumenta Oeconomica","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85252363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reform of the EU Cohesion Policy in the Context of the New 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework: A Study on the Post-2020 Prospects of Central and Eastern European Interdependence","authors":"Bianca-Georgiana Petre","doi":"10.24818/oec/2021/30/1.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/oec/2021/30/1.03","url":null,"abstract":"In the midst of competing demands triggered by historical decisions and novel challenges of the 21st century, the EU’s long-term budget is once again expected to capitalize on its finite resources in the most efficient manner. In the context of the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), which has been situated at the heart of a long-standing debate on “the future of Europe”, this research study investigates the impact of the reform of the EU Cohesion Policy on the ongoing process of EU integration of six Member States in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), in terms of their expected fragmentation or interdependence. This main research objective is complemented by a secondary ambition of assessing whether this EU investment instrument will facilitate their digital transformation in the post-2020 programming period. Thus, this paper challenges the reader with a change of perspective from the traditionally scrutinized East-West divide to the potential internal divisions within CEE-6, a subgroup of the Friends of Cohesion. By means of a case study, the analysis unveils a disintegration tendency, given the different country-specific positions towards the EU values and their respective national interests, which are expected to complicate the Member States’ compliance with the revised regulatory framework of the Cohesion Policy. As for their digital transformation, the future Regional Policy appears to be a step forward in the right direction, due to a higher thematic concentration on innovation. The research study concludes with a series of three policy recommendations, in view of preventing the evolution of the remarked fragmentation trend.","PeriodicalId":43088,"journal":{"name":"Argumenta Oeconomica","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78770290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“ECONOMIA COMPARATĂ” – O PERSPECTIVĂ TRIADICĂ","authors":"O. Jora","doi":"10.24818/oec/2021/30/1.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/oec/2021/30/1.01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43088,"journal":{"name":"Argumenta Oeconomica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91070665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How Has Romania’s Economic Development Been Affected by NATO and EU Accession? Costs Incurred in the Field of National Security for Meeting the Criteria Required by Partners","authors":"Marius Trăistaru","doi":"10.24818/oec/2021/30/2.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/oec/2021/30/2.07","url":null,"abstract":"The present paper analyses the manner in which the implementation of the measures assumed by Romania during the pre-accession period (NATO and EU) has influenced Romania’s economic development in recent years. In this regard, the topic is approached from the point of view that the costs requested by “partners” and supported by Romania were justified by subsequent results (such as economic development, improved national security, institutional reforms or improving Romania’s external image). To this effect, a custom analysis is developed to assess the extent to which Romania’s integration processes into the Euro-Atlantic structures have affected the further economic development of the country in terms of costs for securing the Romanian state, with effects that can be witnessed to this day. In the research undertaken in this paper, the social, economic and political conditions existing in Romania and in the states in its immediate vicinity during the pre-accession period are also taken into account in order to highlight the positive effects generated by NATO and EU accession on all levels (especially economic and security/geopolitical). Thus, it is demonstrated that Romania, as a member of the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union, acting in a security space based on common values, interests and objectives, on the principles and norms of democracy, the rule of law, and the market economy, has enjoyed favourable conditions for its accelerated economic and social development. From a security viewpoint, the terrorist actions/attacks carried out in recent years in European countries were not critical to Romania, but only aimed at the material destruction, political destabilization, and damage to European markets. However, the measures implemented by Romania are accompanied by a low level of trust in public institutions, meaning that all future actions of the Romanian state must take into account this vulnerability. At the same time, Romanian authorities need to understand that transparency and consultation with the public and partners are important in order to find the best ways to address threats and implement international measures.","PeriodicalId":43088,"journal":{"name":"Argumenta Oeconomica","volume":"119 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74528802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}