Liviu-George MAHA

Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza | UAIC · Department of Economics and International Relations

Recently, the variety of the financial frauds have increased, while the number of victims became difficult to estimate. The purpose of this paper is to present the main profiles of financial frauds’ victims using a reviewing method. The analysis captures the main theoretical and empirical background regarding the motives and circumstances of becomi...

The COVID-19 pandemic has made the world face a whole new reality, and the measures taken for slowing the spread of the disease included social distancing, as well as national, regional, or local lockdowns and restrictions regarding the movement of people. For such an important sector of the Romanian economy as the construction industry, the restri...

Purpose As satisfaction is one of the most important conditions for loyalty, this study aims to investigate the main factors affecting online satisfaction for buying clothes from the internet. In this research, the authors followed two main objectives: (1) to identify factors influencing online satisfaction and (2) to determine the importance of th...

The European Atlas of Resilience is one of the main results of ReGrowEU project, supported by a grant financed by the Ministry of Research and Innovation of Romania. Designed in a methodologically flexible manner, the atlas aims at delivering a unique multi-dimensional, multi-shock and multi-level diagnosis of national and regional resilience for t...

Cross-border migration is a phenomenon of all times, because people seek to improve their economic fortune—and that of their relatives or community—through labour mobility. There is an extant literature on the backgrounds and rationality of migration decisions. Research has extensively addressed both the specific and the wider impacts of a migratio...

Fiscal policy plays an important role in stimulating economic activity, but it also has a significant influence in securing monetary stability in an economy. Our study aims to analyse the asymmetric effects of fiscal policy on inflation and economic activity on twelve post-communist European countries that are associated with the European Union (EU...

This study aims to identify the determinant country-level factors that impact the trend of registered death cases from the recently emerged infectious disease COVID-19, analyzing data from March 2020 to July 2020, for 40 European countries. We use four categories of indicators covering major areas of influence: health, demographic, economic, and so...

This chapter is focused on conducting in-depth analyses with respect to the economic dynamics of Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries from a macroeconomic but also a socio-economic perspective, using unique data sets, in the ex post phases of crisis. The carried-out investigations have the role to point out the existing development discrepancies ins...

This paper aims to consider two tendencies in economy simultaneously: internal integration within the country and localization of economic activities. Firstly, we examine the quantitative measurement of internal economic integration in Romania. Different methods of economic integration measuring have been developed over time, so we have defined and...

Lucrarea de față își propune să ofere studenților informații utile privind înființarea, finanțarea și managementul noilor afaceri. În egală măsură, prin conținutul său, lucrarea se adresează antreprenorilor și potențialilor antreprenori din România. Autorii au oferit atât suportul teoretic necesar creării și dezvoltării unei noi afaceri, cât și exe...

Volunteering is a way to express civic behavior, including pro-environmental behavior such as buying products with recycled content. The purpose of this research is to understand the differences between individuals involved in volunteering activities and individuals who have never been involved in volunteering activities. In order to do this, dimen...

The purpose of this paper is to measure the efficiency of hotel units in Romania from the customers’ point of view and to identify factors that explain the differences in efficiency between hotel units. A stochastic production frontier is estimated together with a technical inefficiency model using cross-sectional data from 622 hotel units in Roman...

The present paper proposes a new perspective on relationship marketing in international businesses, advancing a multidimensional model, further referred to as CRMS model (the Cs of Relationship Marketing Sustainability), developed on five key dimensions of Relationship Marketing Sustainability: Convergence, Commonality, Compatibility, Credibility,...

This paper attempts to investigate the co-integration relationship between consumption, income and GDP per capita (as a proxy of the level of standard of living) in time-series cross-section data. To conduct this analysis, we have applied tests to verify if the time series are non-stationary and co-integrated. The panel data covers a large sample f...

In tackling the Romanian academic environment, we were interested in the extent to which the perception of communication blockages and of good organizational communication practices are correlated with the cultural dimensions of the model formulated by Hofstede (1980/ 2001). 939 subjects, from the four categories of envisioned stakeholders (teachin...

Geopolitical changes triggered by the fail of the Iron Curtain gave the start to the rearrangement of the global centres of power and influence. In the new world order the influence of, until then, marginal states increased. This article aims to explore how the emergence of Brazil and the development of Mercosur influenced not only the economy of t...

This paper examines the quantitative measurement of internal economic integration in Romania. An analysis has been carried out based on the NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 regions, for checking if there is a link between the region's share in production factors and the region's share in total output. The empirical analysis has confirmed the assumption, showing a...

The recent financial crisis has reanimated the old dispute between economic efficiency and social solidarity upholders. On the one hand, the contraction of economic activity has reduced government revenues. On the other hand, the redundant population has increased, emphasizing the vulnerability of population and putting additional pressure on socia...

The present article aims to analyse the presence of Indian companies in the European market and identify the barriers they encounter, offering highlights concerning the fields with investment potential, as well as solutions for the reduction of entry barriers. It has also made a foray into the history of Romanian-Indian relations, an important issu...

From the perspective of tourism consumers, researchers as well as of other categories of stakeholders, protected natural areas have become holiday destinations based on the principles of sustainable development. The tourism activity is proving to be a real support for the sustainable development of these areas, for the protection of their natural r...

Existing competition between higher education institutions involve sustained efforts to adapt to the demands of modern society. The educational offerings must address the new challenges that require flexibility, speed, complexity and provide students both the skills and tools for effective work. Through the research conducted we aimed to identify p...

Turismul este un sector mai deosebit al economiei, unic din acest punct de vedere, serviciile comercializate neputand fi testate înainte de cumparare. Consumatorii, turistii, trebuie sa aiba încredere ca modul în care percep ei produsul turistic corespunde realitatii. De aceea, modul în care este prezentata destinatia turistica reprezinta factorul...

The aim of this paper is to examine the way in which the 2007 global financial crisis has emerged into more specific national ones. The interventionist policies responses have led to an intensification of the economic unhealthy situations in some countries of the European Union. At the same time through well-chosen economic policies other countries...

The present turning point, accentuated by the crisis, has revitalized the interdisciplinary study of economics and determined the reconsideration of its fundamental bases as a social science. The economists have abandoned the traditional neoclassical sphere and have directed towards understanding the behaviour resorting to psychology and developing...

The causes of economic crisis are a subject of intense debate, most opinions of economists ranging from the liberalization of the market to its regulation. We believe that usually there is " sufficient state " and that a change in its level does not have the expected effects. Although on the long term the reduction of the state presence would be pr...

This article proposes an econometric analysis of the effects of remittances on the Romanian economy in terms of consumption and investment. Unlike the other sociological studies regarding the Romanian migration phenomenon, the present research targets the macroeconomic level, following the extent to which remittances have supported the evolution of...

Amazon.com has been during the time one of the most important leading force in e-commerce. Although during the years, the company had to face ups and downs, it did not stop her to become the most important pioneer in this industry. This article approaches the evolution of Amazon.com from a PESTEL, Porter`s five forces, a competitor analyze point of...

The duchy of Bukovina has experienced a great development after obtaining its autonomy. The new status and the internal organization allowed Bukovina to significantly reduce the gap in development with other provinces of the Empire. Unfortunately, the autonomy of the province of Bukovina in the Empire was a short one and the reduction of the gap in...

The evolution towards an informational society implied mutations in the competitive advantages of countries of the world, being advantaged those who produce goods with a high content of creativity, those who manage to fit in the modern patterns of international specialization and disadvantaged those who remain in traditional types. In the context o...

The main objective of this paper is to analyse the interrelationship between remittances and economic growth dynamics. In order to achieve this objective, a comprehensive study of literature has been induced to identify the impact of remittances on origin country economy and to determine possible channels through which they can contribute to econom...

The main objective of this article is to identify the barriers faced by immigrants in their new countries, regarding their access to social services, such as education. First of all, the paper clarifies a few concepts related to the immigration phenomenon and establishes some coordinates regarding the immigration process, its impact on the budgetar...

The annexation of Bukovina by the Habsburg Empire was a decisive moment for its economic and social evolution. The measures taken by the new administration, right after 1775, created the basis for a rapid economic development, which had positive effects on the standard of living and the quality of life in the region. The administrative reform, the...

The recent evolutions in the world economy have generated questions which prove the necessity of a new approach of the theory regarding the international commerce. In which way the price liberalization affects the localization of the economic activities and the national income in real terms? Which are the factors that make a certain zone or region...

The process of globalization has as main feature the liberalization of the international trade. And although initially by liberalizing the international trade we understood especially trading of final goods in another country, globalization has fostered a new form of trade: intra-firm trade. The goal of this paper is to explore the changes in the i...

This paper explores the impact of the illegal immigration on the U.S. economy in a context where the immigration phenomenon in this country is one of scale, taking into account its effects on the labor market, on consumption, budget equilibrium and American business. Nation founded by immigrants, the U.S. is facing the problem of immigrants, who ar...

The concept of globalization refers to the growing interdependence of countries, resulting from the increasing integration of trade, finance, investments, labor markets and ideas in one globalmarketplace. The most important elements of this process are the international trade and the cross-border investment flows. Economic globalization has increas...

In the European Union countries and neighboring regions, the expansion will produce a redistribution of the labour force between industries and countries. After the Romania’s adhesion to theEuropean Union, the need for an increased productivity, the lack of capital, the competition on the EU market and the low wages have concurred to the intensific...

The paper tries to underline the most important aspects of the financial crisis in Romania. Taking into account the information speed, the full integration of the capital markets and the commercial integration, the economic crisis of 2008 is certainly a global one and it has repercussions not only on the Western economies, but it also affects the e...