The purpose of this paper is to reflect the behavioral aspects that govern corporations. The paper briefly presents some of the main pillars of behavioral corporate finance: management, closed – end funds puzzle, dividends and the importance of aggregate earnings releases. The first pillar...

This study presents the valuation scheme of a flexographic printing industry firm. The industry, the technology used and most importantly the firm being young ones, it is not possible to use the classical comparable valuation methods. The new approach in this matter is to use as benchmark...

Corporate Governance has particular importance and relevance for the good management and governance of the companies. Even the disruption between the owners and the executives has been widely recognised since many decades, the frauds and manipulations we have witnessed in the 90s and later...

On international level, the economic and financial crisis has determined a diminution of the asset value of compulsory pension funds, reflecting a reallocation of funds towards alternative or low-risk investments. The present paper indicates how the net asset value of privately managed pension...

In this paper we examine the performance of investment funds during the period 2006-2010, intending to comprise the portfolio performanceâ€(tm)s dynamics before, during and after the present economic and financial crises climax. We categorize investment funds according to their investment...

This paper continues the series of researches about the paradoxes of modern stock exchange markets and their impact on the real economy, addressing this time the most important technical anomalies but also fundamental anomalies, which can be observed on the financial markets. As we mentioned in...

In this article we propose an easy approach of stock exchanges and their impact on the real economy. The paradoxes of modern stock exchanges are commonly understood as opinions that contradict the generally accepted truth and therefore are considered absurdities or huge enormity by the majority...

The goal of this paper is to present the basic characteristics of the Romanian private pension system as well as its evolution during a period of 43 weeks from 20th June 2008 to 10th March 2009. The paper begins by describing the legal work frame of the s

The pension system reform in Romania initiated in 2000 is based on three pillars: 1) the public redistributive mandatory pillar; 2) the private mandatory pillar; 3) the private optional pillar. The paper tries to answer a few questions concerning the juridical and technical problems raised by...

In the last three decades, many emerging countries have moved away from a system of restrictive monetary and financial controls to a more liberalized financial sector. The restrictive imposed policies were expected to contribute to industrialization of the economy and to the stability of the...