EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF     ADINA TRANDAFIR, Spiru Haret University ASSISTANT EDITOR     CLAUDIU CHIRU, Spiru Haret University INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD     MARIA ANDRONIE, Spiru Haret University     JON L. BRYAN, Bridgewater State College     DUMITRU BURDESCU, University of Craiova     MARIN BURTICA, West University Timisoara     SOHAIL S. CHAUDHRY, Villanova School of Business     DUMITRU CIUCUR, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies     LUMINITA CONSTANTIN, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies     ANCA DACHIN, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies     LEVENT GOKDEMIR, Inonu University     KASH KHORASANY, Montreal University     RAJ KUMAR, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi     GEORGE LAZAROIU, Contemporary Science Association, Varanasi     MARTIN MACHACEK, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava     ABDELNASER OMRAN, University Utara Malaysia, Kedah State, Malaysia     T. RAMAYAH, Universiti Sains Malaysia     ANDRE SLABBERT, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town     CENK A. YUKSEL, University of Istanbul     MOHAMMED ZAHEERUDDIN, Montreal University     LETITIA ZAHIU, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies     GHEORGHE ZAMAN, Economics Research Institute, Bucharest EDITORIAL TEAM     MIHAELA BEBESELEA, Spiru Haret University     MIHAELA CIOBANICA, Spiru Haret University     DANIEL DANECI, Spiru Haret University     MIHNEA DRUMEA, Spiru Haret University     CLAUDIA GUNI, Spiru Haret University     DRAGOS IPATE, Spiru Haret University     LAVINIA NADRAG, Ovidius University     OCTAV NEGURITA, Spiru Haret University     IULIANA PARVU, Spiru Haret University     LAURA PATACHE, Spiru Haret University     MEVLUDIYE SIMSEK, Bilecik University