CURRENT ISSUE - 23 REBS, Volume XII, Issue 1/June 2019

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RESEARCH ARTICLE » MECHANICS OF INVESTMENT DRIVERS IN CHINESE ECONOMY By: SHOBANDE, OLATUNJI ABDUL, SHODIPE, OLADIMEJI TOMIWA JEL: E22, D25, C26, E13 Keywords: China, Neoclassical model, Investment, Savings, Econometrics » DOES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT CAUSE FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT – EVIDENCE FROM AN EMERGING ECONOMY By: JOHN KWAKU AMOH, ABDUL-MUMUNI ABDALLAH, RICHARD AMANKWA FOSU JEL: P45, O16, O43 Keywords: foreign; investment; financial; development; Ghana; economy; emerging; » ALTERNATIVES FOR FINANCING OF MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS - GREEN BONDS By: SVETLANA ALEKSANDROVA-ZLATANSKA, DESISLAVA ZHELEVA KALCHEVA JEL: G150, G230 Keywords: municipal investments, climate change, green bonds, green investments, Eastern Europe, debt, pooled financing mechanism. » COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: SCALE DEVELOPMENT By: EKEAGBARA JANE A., OGUNNAIKE, OLALEKE OLUSEYE, IBIDUNNI AYODOTUN STEPHEN, KEHINDE, BUSOLA ELIZABETH Keywords: Competitive strategies, Cost leadership, Focus strategy, Differentiation, Higher Education Institutions » MACROPRUDENTIAL POLICIES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH By: FLORENTINA MELNIC, Alin Marius ANDRIES JEL: E58, H81, G01, G21, G28 Keywords: macroprudential policies; economic growth. » THE CONSUMER EXPLAINED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE EXTENDED SELF By: Adriana MANOLICĂ, Teodora ROMAN, IOANA DANIELA CIURDEA JEL: D11, D91, D83 Keywords: consumer’s possessions, extended self, inner self, outer self CASE STUDY » AN EXTENDED TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL FOR MARKETING STRATEGIES IN SOCIAL MEDIA By: GEORGE CRISTIAN NISTOR JEL: M31, M37 Keywords: social media, Social networks, Social influence, Technology acceptance model, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness. » EARLY WARNING INDICATORS FOR MACROFINANCIAL ACTIVITY IN ROMANIA By: NICU SPRINCEAN JEL: G01, G21, G28 Keywords: Early Warning Indicator; Systemic crisis; Macrofinancial vulnerabilities. » SYSTEMICALLY IMPORTANT BANKS IN EUROPE: RISK, COMPLEXITY AND CROSS-JURISDICTIONAL ACTIVITIES By: SIMONA NISTOR, ANA-ȘTEFANIA BĂLUȚĂ JEL: G01, G21 Keywords: Financial stability, Z score, complexity, cross-jurisdictional activity.