CURRENT ISSUE - 13 REBS, Volume VII, Issue 1

RESEARCH ARTICLE

»	PERCEPTIONS OF WARMTH & COMPETENCE IN ONLINE NETWORKING: AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF A COMPANY LAUNCH By: Andreia Gabriela ANDREI, Adriana ZAIŢ JEL: D03, D12, Z13, M13, M31 Keywords: perceptions of warmth and competence, corporate communications, social media branding

»	WHAT DETERMINES AN APPEALING WEBSITE? EXPLORING THE ROLE OF DESIGN PRINCIPLES IN CONSUMER DECISION MAKING By: Adriana-Emilia ROBU JEL: M310 Keywords: web design, website aesthetics, user experience, user interface features

»	A DIAGNOSTICS APPROACH TO ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SMALL OPEN ECONOMIES: THE CASE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA By: Dragan TEVDOVSKI, Vladimir FILIPOVSKI, Igor IVANOVSKI JEL: E20, O11 Keywords: economic development, growth diagnostics, economic reform, Macedonia

»	MODELING THE FREQUENCY OF CLAIMS IN AUTO INSURANCE WITH APPLICATION TO A FRENCH CASE By: Mihaela DAVID JEL: G220 Keywords: Frequency of claims, count data models, over dispersion, zero inflation, models comparison, specification tests, Vuong test

»	IMPROVING THE INFLATION RATE FORECASTS OF ROMANIAN EXPERTS USING A FIXED-EFFECTS MODELS APPROACH By: Mihaela SIMIONESCU JEL: E21, E27, C51, C53 Keywords: accuracy, forecasts, fixed-effects model, random walk, forecast error

»	THE DEPOSITS OF ROMANIAN CREDIT INSTITUTIONS IN TIMES OF CRISIS By: Adina APĂTĂCHIOAE JEL: C33, G21, G28 Keywords: financial crisis, liquidity, static panel regression.

»	QUALITY OF BANKING GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF CAMEROON By: Rodrigue NANA KUINDJA Keywords: Corruption, Mechanisms of thresholds, CPA, Financial Development, Banking Regulation, Quality of bank governance, Socio-political environment.

SURVEY ARTICLE

“DECIPHERING THE POLITICAL ENTREPRENEUR’S BLACK BOX”: ON THE INCOME FUNCTION OF THE ULTIMATE DECISION MAKER IN STATE AFFAIRS
By: Matei-Alexandru APĂVĂLOAEI, Octavian-Dragomir JORA
JEL: B53, D20, D33, D72, P50, L26
Keywords: Austrian School of Economics, praxeology, market entrepreneur, political entrepreneur, free market, State interventionism

»	EUROPE AND RUSSIA: A NECESSARY COOPERATION By: Răzvan HAGIMĂ, Delia Vasilica ROTARU JEL: L12, L95, O13 Keywords: energy security, gas resources, Nabucco, South Stream, Trans-Adriatic

BOOK REVIEW

»	REVIEW OF JOOP J. HOX MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS – TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS, Second Edition, Routledge (2010) By: Roxana-Otilia-Sonia HRITCU