Alexandra-Anca Purcel
Welcome to my academic webpage!
Since February 2025, I have been a Senior Assistant Professor (Lecturer) and Researcher at the Department of Statistics, Forecasts, Mathematics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FSEGA), Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca. I received my Ph.D. in Economics (double diploma) from CERDI, University Clermont Auvergne (France), and FSEGA, Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania).
2020-2025: Assistant Professor and Researcher, Department of Statistics, Forecasts, Mathematics, FSEGA, UBB.
Research interest:
environmental & energy economics,
development economics,
health economics.
Publications
A. environmental & energy economics [selection]
[1] Purcel, A.A. (2023). Environmental protection expenditures and EU ETS: Evidence from Romania. Finance Research Letters, 58, 104418.
[2] Purcel, A.-A. (2020). Developing states and the green challenge. A dynamic approach. Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting, 23, 173-193.
[3] Purcel, A.-A. (2020). New insights into the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in developing and transition economies: a literature survey. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 22, 585-631. DOI: 10.1007/s10018-020-00272-9
[4] Purcel, A.-A. (2019). Does political stability hinder pollution? Evidence from developing states. The Economic Research Guardian, 9, 75-98.
[5] Lazăr, D., Minea, A., Purcel, A.-A. (2019). Pollution and economic growth: Evidence from Central and Eastern European countries. Energy Economics, 81, 1121-1131. DOI:10.1016/j.eneco.2019.05.011
B. development economics (health & others) [selection]
[1] Purcel, A.A., Dragos, C.M., Mare, C., Dragos, S.L. (2023). Voluntary health insurance and out-of-pocket payments in European OECD countries. Economic Modelling, 120(C). DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106190
[2] Dragos, S.L., Mare, C., Dragos, C.M., Muresan, G.M., Purcel, A.A. (2022). Does voluntary health insurance improve health and longevity? Evidence from European OECD countries. European Journal of Health Economics, 23, 1397–1411. DOI: 10.1007/s10198-022-01439-9
[3] Dragos, C.M., Dragos, S.L., Mare, C., Muresan, G.M., & Purcel, A.A. (2023). Does risk assessment and specific knowledge impact crop insurance underwriting? Evidence from Romanian farmers. Economic Analysis and Policy, 79, 344-358.
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FSEGA), Babeș-Bolyai University
Econometrics (L3; EN)
Descriptive Statistics (L2; RO; EN)
Healthcare Data Analytics (M1; EN)
Statistics Applied in Healthcare (M1; EN)
Cluj School of Public Health, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences (FSPAC), Babeș-Bolyai University
2021-2023: Inferential Statistics (M1; EN)
Babeș-Bolyai University
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Department of Statistics, Forecasts, Mathematics
58-60 Teodor Mihali Street
FSEGA Campus, Office 231—2nd floor
400591 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Email: alexandra.purcel@econ.ubbcluj.ro | alexandra.purcel@ubbcluj.ro