Research

Publications in peer-reviewed journals


Căpraru, B., Pappas, A., Sprincean, N., 2024. Fiscal Rules in the European Union: Less is More. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, forthcoming


Andrieș, A.M., Chiper, M.A., Ongena, S., Sprincean, N., 2024. External Wealth of Nations and Systemic Risk. Journal of Financial Stability 70, 101192


Andrieș, A.M., Sprincean, N., 2023. ESG Performance and Banks' Funding Costs. Finance Research Letters 54, 103811 


Andrieș, A.M., Plopeanu, A.P., Sprincean, N., 2023. Institutional determinants of households' financial investment behaviour across European countries. Economic Analysis and Policy 77, 300-325

Aevoae, G.M., Andrieș, A.M., Ongena, S., Sprincean, N., 2023. ESG and Systemic Risk. Applied Economics 55(27), 3085-3109


Andrieș, A.M., Brodocianu, M., Sprincean, N., 2023. The Role of Institutional Investors in the Financial Development. Economic Change and Restructuring 56, 345-378


Andrieș, A.M., Cazan, S., Sprincean, N., 2022. The Nexus between Bank M&As and Financial Development. Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting 25(2), 5-28


Căpraru, B., Georgescu, G., Sprincean, N., 2022. Do Independent Fiscal Institutions Cause Better Fiscal Outcomes in the European Union? Economic Systems 46(2), 100973 

Andrieș, A.M., Podpiera, A.M., Sprincean N., 2022. Central Bank Independence and Systemic Risk. International Journal of Central Banking 18(1), 81-150


Andrieș, A.M., Ongena, S., Sprincean N., Tunaru, R., 2022. Risk Spillovers and Interconnectedness Between Systemically Important Institutions. Journal of Financial Stability 58, 100963


Andrieş, A.M., Melnic, F., Sprincean, N., 2021. The effects of macroprudential policies on credit growth. The European Journal of Finance 28(10), 964-996


Andrieș, A.M., Ongena, S., Sprincean, N., 2021. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Sovereign Bond Risk. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance 58, 101527.


Andrieș, A.M., Sprincean, N., 2021. Cyclical behaviour of systemic risk in the banking sector. Applied Economics 53, 1463–1497


Andrieș, A.M., Cazan, S., Sprincean, N., 2021. Determinants of Bank M&As in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14(12), 621


Andrieș, A.M., Nistor, S., Ongena, S., Sprincean, N., 2020. On Becoming an O-SII (“Other Systemically Important Institution”). Journal of Banking and Finance 111, 105723


Andrieş, A.M., Nistor, S., Sprincean, N., 2020. The Impact of Central Bank Transparency on Systemic Risk—Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe. Research in International Business and Finance 51, 100921


Sprincean, N., 2019. Early Warning Indicators for Macrofinancial Activity in Romania. Review of Economic and Business Studies 12(1), 137-162


Andrieș, A.M., Ihnatov, I., Sprincean, N., 2017. Do Seasonal Anomalies Still Exist in Central and Eastern European countries? A Conditional Variance Approach. Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting 20(4), 60-83


Books and book chapters


Sprincean, N., 2021. Ciclurile economice și riscul sistemic. Editura Universității Alexandru Ioan Cuza Iași, ISBN: 978-606-714-639-4


Andrieș, A.M., Ongena, S., Sprincean, N., 2020. The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic Through the Lens of the CDS Spreads, in Billio, M., Varotto, S. (eds): A New World Post COVID-19. Lessons for Business, the Finance Industry and Policy Makers. Edizioni Ca’Foscari


Andrieș, A.M., Melnic, F., Pleșcău, I., Sprincean, N., 2017. Riscuri bancare și stabilitate financiară. Rolul guvernanței și al reglementărilor. Editura Universității Alexandru Ioan Cuza Iași, ISBN: 978-606-714-379-9


Working Papers


Andrieș, A.M., Ongena, S., Sprincean, N., 2024. Good and Bad Credit Growth: Sectoral Credit Allocation and Systemic Risk. Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 24-23. Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4757815 


Lazăr, S., Sprincean, N., Ihnatov, I., Andrieș, A.M., 2024. Bank Size and Effective Tax Rates. Evidence from the U.S. Banks. Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4816213 


Căpraru, B., Georgescu, G., Sprincean, N., 2022. Fiscal Rules, Independent Fiscal Institutions, and Sovereign Risk. Romanian Fiscal Council Working Papers no 4.  Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4258340