TOPIC PROPOSALS FOR THE BACHELOR THESIS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-2017

1. FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Prof.PhD. Andreea STOIAN Contact: andreea.stoian@fin.ase.ro, Consultations: Tuesday, during 15.00-18.00, room 3108

1. Study on the Welfare State

2. Study on the Provision of Public Goods

3. Empirical Analysis on the Government Size

4. Testing Wagner’s Law

5. The Effects of the Institutions on Economic Growth

6. Study on Optimal Taxation

7. Empirical Analysis on Public Finance and Economic Growth

8. Study on Fiscal Sustainability

9. Testing Laffer Curve for Taxation

10. Testing Laffer Curve for Public Debt

11. Estimating the Sustainable Taxation Rate

12. Early Warning System of Debt Crisis

13. Early Warning System on Fiscal Vulnerability

14. Assessing Public Expenditures Efficiency

15. Fiscal Policy and the Business Cycle

Assoc.Prof.PhD Atila GYORGY

Contact: gorgi_mc@yahoo.com Consultations: Wednesday, from 9.00, room 3109

1. Performance budgets

2. Performance indicators used in the budgetary process

3. The budgetary process in…. and …. (comparison between at least two countries)

4. Financial analysis of public institutions

5. Financial analysis of the local budget ….

6. The financial crisis and the insolvency of administrative-territorial units

7. Budgetary transparency

8. Participative budgeting

ACADEMIA DE STUDII ECONOMICE DIN BUCUREŞTI FACULTATEA DE FINANŢE, ASIGURĂRI, BĂNCI ŞI BURSE DE VALORI

Str.Mihail Moxa nr. 5-7; Telefon (021) 311.19.00, interior 571 e-mail: secretariat@fin.ase.ro

FACULTATEA DE FINANȚE,

ASIGURĂRI, BĂNCI ȘI BURSE

DE VALORI

Assoc.Prof.PhD Nicoleta VINTILA Contact: nicoleta.vintila@fin.ase.ro Consultations: Tuesday, from 16.30, room 3109 1. Comparative study regarding the tax system in Romania / other countries 2. Fiscal Implications and consequences of Romania's accession to the European Union 3. Methods for levying and collecting taxes 4. Personal income tax in an international context 5. Personal income tax in the European context 6. Taxation of companies – corporate income tax and income tax for microenterprises 7. Value added tax - features, settlement, economic and social impact of its use 8. Excise duties, an approach in the European context 9. Property taxes in Romania 10. The impact of taxation for financial activity of a company 11. Impact of taxation in evaluating and financing investment projects 12. Financial diagnosis of a company 13. Financial ratios and cash-flows for a company 14. Financial forecast for company ... 15. Investments decision under uncertainty 16. Assesing cost of capital used as the discount rate for investment projects 17. Financing decision for investment projects 18. Using real options for evaluation of investment projects NOTE: The proposed topics are indicative. Students may also choose other topics in the area: Taxation, Corporate Finance, Direct investments and their financing (only after a prior discussion with the professor). Acceptance as advisor is based on a CV and covering letter motivating the choice made.

Assist.Prof.PhD. Maricica MOSCALU Contact: maricica.moscalu@fin.ase.ro Consultations: Wednesday, from 9.00, room 3108

1. Assessment of firm’s risk. Approaches and methods.

2. Evaluating company’s financial performance

3. Evaluating investment opportunities

4. Uncertainty and the evaluation of investment opportunities

5. Financial forecasting and growth

6. Determinants of firms’ capital structure

7. Estimating cost of capital for Romanian companies

8. Cash management and forecasting

Assoc.Prof.PhD. Emilian-Constantin MIRICESCU

Contact:miriemil@yahoo.com, Consultations: Wednesday, during 16.30-17.50, room 3305

1. Public debt

2. Public pensions

3. Private pensions

4. Transfer pricing

5. Property tax

6. Value added tax

7. Corporate income tax

8. Independent activities income tax

9. Microenterprises income tax

Assist.Prof.PhD. Meral KAGITCI

Contact: meral.kagitci@ase.ro Consultations: Tuesday, from 16.00, room 3108

1. Economic growth and public debt

2. A comparative analysis of public debt in European Union

3. Economic growth before and after financial-global crisis in Romania

4. Fiscal evasion in Romania and its impact on national economy

5. A comparative analysis of the economic growth within European Union

6. The absorption of EU funds and its impact on national economy

7. Foreign Direct Investments and their impact on economic growth

8. Financial analysis with the use of financial statements of the companies from X field

9. The financial performance analysis of the companies from X field with the use of

10. financial ratios

11. The analysis of investments with the use of feasibility plan

Approved by Department of Finance Board Assoc.Prof.PhD. ȚÂȚU Lucian

Prof.PhD. DRAGOTĂ Victor Prof.PhD. VINTILĂ Georgeta

Prof.PhD. CÂMPEANU Emilia Assist.Prof.PhD. CREȚAN Georgiana

II. MONEY AND BANKING DEPARTMENT

Assist.Prof.PhD. Bogdan DUMITRESCU

Contact: dbogdan4@yahoo.com; bogdan.dumitrescu@fin.ase.ro Consultations: Monday, from 18.00, room 3207

1. The market risk assessment using the value at risk method 2. The impact of minimum capital requirements changes on the credit institutions activities 3. The liquidity risk management for a credit institution 4. The assessment and the management of the credit risk for a commercial bank 5. Unconventional strategies for the monetary policy 6. The transmission mechanism of monetary 7. The money multiplier in Romania 8. The inflation targeting in Romania 9. The nominal convergence of the Romanian economy in the context of EMU integration 10. The real convergence in Romania in the context of EMU integration

Assist.Prof.PhD. Cătălina HANDOREANU

Contact: catalina.handoreanu@yahoo.com; catalina.handoreanu@fin.ase.ro Consultations: Friday, from 9.00, room 3207

1. Exchange rate determinants 2. Current account deficit determinants 3. Real exchange rate 4. Equity evaluation

Assist.Prof.PhD. Alexandru LEONTE

Contact: alexandru.leonte@fin.ase.ro

Consultations: Friday, from 19.00, room 3504

1. Models for short-term inflation forecasting 2. The real effective exchange rate and external equilibrium 3. Developments in the real economy. The role of credit 4. The influence of foreign shocks on the local inflation rate 5. The relation between inflation and unemployment in the context of the economic crisis 6. Real convergence between Romania and the euro area 7. The Romania current account deficit in the economic crisis aftermath

Assoc.Prof.PhD. Dan Costin NIȚESCU

Contact: dan.nitescu@fin.ase.ro; dancostinn@gmail.com Consultations: Wednesday, during 16.30-18.00, room 3207

1. Profitability and products of the banks acting in Romania 2. Dynamic change in regulations and the impact for banking products and services 3. Digitalisation of financial services 4. Traditional vs. Digital banking and the impact on banking products and services 5. International banks vs. Local banks, business strategies and banking products 6. Payment systems on the Romanian markets within the Europa context 7. Mergers and aquisitions on the Romanian banking market and the impact for the products and services 8. Banking products within the new European regulations

Assoc.Prof.PhD. Alina Nicoleta RADU

Contact: alina.radu@fin.ase.ro Consultations: Wednesday, from 18.30, room 3207

1. Monetary policy strategies 2. Banking products and services for Corporate clients 3. Banking products and services for Retail clients 4. The EURO Adoption and its effects on monetary policy 5. Operational risk in banking 6. Financial crises management 7. The efficiency of deposit insurance schemes 8. Banking resolution machanism

Approved by Department of Money and Banking Board: Prof.PhD NEGREA Bogdan

Assist.Prof.PhD. SIMA Alina Assist.Prof.PhD. DAMIAN Virgil

Associate professor Ionela COSTICA, PhD. DEAN