EDITORIAL BOARD PUBLISHING EDITOR     DRAGOS IPATE, Spiru Haret University EDITOR-IN-CHIEF     CLAUDIU CHIRU, Spiru Haret University ASSISTANT EDITOR     GEORGE LAZAROIU, Contemporary Science Association INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD     JON L. BRYAN, Bridgewater State College     DUMITRU BURDESCU, University of Craiova     MARIN BURTICA, West University Timisoara     SOHAIL S. CHAUDHRY, Villanova School of Business     DUMITRU CIUCUR, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies     LUMINITA CONSTANTIN, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies     ANCA DACHIN, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies     ELENA DOVAL, Spiru Haret University     MANUELA EPURE, Spiru Haret University     LEVENT GOKDEMIR, Inonu University     KASH KHORASANY, Montreal University     RAJ KUMAR, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi     MARTIN MACHACEK, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava     COSTEL NEGREI, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies     ION PETRESCU, Spiru Haret University     T. RAMAYAH, Universiti Sains Malaysia     ANDRE SLABBERT, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town     CENK A. YUKSEL, University of Istanbul     MOHAMMED ZAHEERUDDIN, Montreal University     LETITIA ZAHIU, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies     GHEORGHE ZAMAN, Economics Research Institute, Bucharest PROOFREADERS     GEORGETA ACHIMESCU, Spiru Haret University     CAMELIA BOARCAS, Spiru Haret University     MIHNEA DRUMEA, Spiru Haret University     OLGA DUTU, Spiru Haret University     LIANA ELEFTERIE, Spiru Haret University     IZABELLA GRAMA, Spiru Haret University     IULIA GRECU, Spiru Haret University     ONORINA GRECU, Spiru Haret University     MANUELA GRIGORE, Spiru Haret University     LAURA IACOB, Spiru Haret University     DRAGOS IPATE, Spiru Haret University     ION LUNGU, Spiru Haret University     STEFAN MIHU, Spiru Haret University     PAULA MITRAN, Spiru Haret University     LAVINIA NADRAG, Spiru Haret University     OCTAV NEGURITA, Spiru Haret University     IULIANA PARVU, Spiru Haret University     MEVLUDIYE SIMSEK, Bilecik University