Papers
Selected papers
Niţoi, M., Pochea, M. M., & Radu, Ş. C. (2023). Unveiling the sentiment behind central bank narratives: A novel deep learning index. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 100809, in press.
Niţoi, M., & Pochea, M. M. (2022). The nexus between bank connectedness and investors’ sentiment. Finance Research Letters, 44, 102432.
Niţoi, M., Clichici, D., Zeldea, C., Pochea, M., & Ciocîrlan, C. (2022). Financial Well-Being and Financial Literacy in Romania. Institute for World Economy Working Paper, 2022.
Pochea, M. M., & Niţoi, M. (2021). The impact of prudential toolkits on loan growth in Central and Eastern European banking systems. Economic Systems, 45, 100767.
Niţoi, M., Clichici, D., & Moagăr-Poladian, S. (2021). Foreign Banks in Central and Eastern Europe: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Prague Economic Papers, in press.
Niţoi, M., & Pochea, M. M. (2020). Time-varying dependence in European equity markets: A contagion and investor sentiment driven analysis. Economic Modelling, 86, 133-147.
Niţoi, M., & Pochea, M. M. (2019). What drives European Union stock market co-movements? Journal of International Money and Finance, 97, 57-69.
Niţoi, M., Clichici, D., & Moagăr-Poladian, S. (2019). The effects of prudential policies on bank leverage and insolvency risk in Central and Eastern Europe. Economic Modelling, 81, 148-160.
Niţoi, M., & Pochea, M. M. (2016). Testing financial markets convergence in Central and Eastern Europe: A non-linear single factor model. Economic Systems, 40(2), 323-334.
Niţoi, M., & Pochea, M. M. (2016). Productivity clustering and growth in Central and Eastern Europe. Baltic Journal of Economics, 16(2), 132-151.
Spulbăr, C., & Niţoi, M. (2014). Determinants of bank cost efficiency in transition economies: evidence for Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe and South-East Asia. Applied Economics, 46(16), 1940-1952.
Spulbăr, C., Niţoi, M., & Stanciu, C. (2012). Inflation inertia and inflation persistence in Romania using a DSGE approach. Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University-Economics, 59(1), 115-124.
Newsletters, reports and others
Co-author of the monthly newsletter Financial Market Review (in Romanian: Evoluția piețelor financiare) (with Dorina Clichici and Maria-Miruna Pochea).
Co-author for a financial literacy mobile application (in Romanian: AlFin: Alfabetizare financiară) available in Google Play.
Research studies (coordinated within the Romanian Academy yearly research program):
Unconvetional monetary policies during the Covid-19 pandemic: A case study for Central and Eastern European countries (in Romanian: Abordări neconvenționale ale băncilor centrale în criza pandemică. Implicațiile financiare și economice în statele din Centrul și Estul Europei), 2022.
The effects of economic and financial crisis on the regulation and the supervision of the banking systems (in Romanian: Impactul crizelor financiare și economice asupra reglementării și performanței sistemelor bancare), 2021.
Interdependence and risk in European Union financial markets (in Romanian: Interdependențe și riscuri pe piețele financiare din Uniunea Europeană), 2020.
Integration and stability in European Union banking systems: A macroprudential view (in Romanian: Integrarea și stabilitatea sistemelor bancare din Uniunea Europeană, din perspectiva politicilor macroprudențiale), 2019.
The economic integration in European Union in turbulent times (in Romanian: Integrarea economică din Uniunea Europeană sub influența factorilor perturbatori), coordinated with Simona Moagăr-Poladian & Dorina Clichici, 2018.
Economic and financial closeness in European Union member states: A necessary condition for Europe’s stability and unity (in Romanian: Apropierea economică şi financiară a statelor membre din Uniunea Europeană – condiţie pentru stabilitatea şi unitatea Europei), coordinated with Simona Moagăr-Poladian, 2016 - 2017.