Emil DINGA - Genes, Memes, Semes in the Human Behaviour

Cosmin VIZINIUC, Alexandru TAŞNADI - An Econotheological View upon the Natural Environment and Ecology [O viziune econoteologică privind mediul şi ecologia]

Matei Alexandru APĂVĂLOAEI - Economic and Political Integration: Does One Require the Other?

Anda Simona DÎRVĂ, Cristian DÎRVĂ - Cyprus: Tax Evasion or Tax Avoidance?

Adrian-Ioan DAMOC, Ioan Alexandru GHERASIM - A Game Theory Perspective on the Central Asian Water Crisis

Cezar TECLEAN, Alexandru FOTIA - Transport Infrastructures and Regional Geopolitical Stakes in the European Union

Iustin Emanuel ALEXANDRU - Influences of Media Channels and the Expansion of Consumer Culture [Influenţe ale canalelor mass-media şi expansiunea culturii de consum]

Alexandra PERJU-MITRAN - Level of Education Influences in Modelling Social Media Marketing Message Reactions

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Înainte ca ştiinţa economică să se bifurce între micro- şi macro-, economiştii au convers intuitiv către imaginea sistemului economic ca “focalizat pe comportamentul la nivel agregat”. Bunăoară, într-o tradiţie începută cu Adam Smith şi trecând prin Alfred Marshall, consolidată de Şcoala istoristă germană de secol XIX şi supravieţuind contestării dinspre Şcoala Austriacă – cu Menger cultivând “individualismul metodologic” şi teoria pornită de la agentul economic –, economia naţională – definită ca “totalitatea activităţilor şi interdependenţelor economice la nivel macro- şi microeconomic, coordonată în plan naţional prin mecanisme proprii de funcţionare” (DEX ’09) – s-a împământenit, odată cu “revoluţia macroeconomică keynesiană”, ca “arena” principală de analiză a fenomenelor economice, după cum statul a devenit “actor” principal al acestei scene. “Naţionalismul metodologic” se împleteşte deci cu macroeconomia.

NATION AND ECONOMY, CENTENNIAL AND CONTINUITY [NAŢIUNE ŞI ECONOMIE, CENTENAR ŞI CONTINUITATE]

The general human behaviour is based on three kinds of drivers: a biological driver, a social a-cultural driver, and a social-cultural driver. The first has as a vehicle the gene, the second – the meme, and the third – the seme. The paper examines, in a logical way, this trinity of human behaviour drivers, putting into evidence the analogies as well as the differences among them.

Keywords: gene, meme, seme, human behaviour, behaviour pattern

JEL: B41, C00, E17

Genes, Memes, Semes in the Human Behaviour

The authors start from the idea that nature and people are creations of the divinity. The affectivity of man towards Creation is the way towards life in harmony, love, and hope. The paper is based on some ideas supported by the patriarchs Bartolomew Ist, Kiril and Daniel, as well as Pope Francis. These ideas are comprised in a transdisciplinary field which the authors name econotheology.

Keywords: econotheology, Creation, ecology, human behaviour, belief

JEL: A12

An Econotheological View upon the Natural Environment and Ecology [O viziune econoteologică privind mediul şi ecologia]

This paper is going to argue that economic integration is a distinct phenomenon from political integration and that the latter can only impede the first. Because political integration reduces the stringencies that constrain the actions of political entrepreneurs, it should be seen as representing a factor that acts against economic integration, not one that is conducive to it.

Keywords: praxeology, economic integration, political integration, praxeological theory of politics, counterfactual, political entrepreneurship

JEL: B53, F15, F50

Economic and Political Integration: Does One Require the Other?

Cyprus, once upon a time an attractive international business and financial centre, faced collapse almost at the same time with neighbouring mainland Greece. Although a small island, Cyprus succeeded to attract assets of up to eight times its GDP. Thus making it one of the most successful offshore centres in Europe, the dilemma that arises is what qualification should we assign to it: tax evasion or tax avoidance.

Keywords: offshore centre, tax evasion, tax avoidance, economic crisis

JEL: F20, H26

Cyprus: Tax Evasion or Tax Avoidance?

Water is an extremely important natural resource, with applications ranging from sustenance to hygiene, to agriculture, or energy. Central Asia, one of the world’s most interesting geostrategic areas known for its energy riches, is also known for having an asymmetrical distribution of fresh water supplies, with only few countries benefitting from the rivers that provide them with water.

Keywords: water conflict, geopolitics, game theory, Central Asia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

JEL: C71, C79

A Game Theory Perspective on the Central Asian Water Crisis

Territorial cohesion deficits highlight the reality of a concentric multi-speed Europe. In order to illustrate this model, we proposed a three-speed European project, designed on the basis of differentiated territorial cohesion given by the uneven endowment with highways and an uneven global integration. Therefore, the differentiated territorial cohesion is an important geopolitical stake for the new EU.

Keywords: transport infrastructure, territorial cohesion, geopolitical stake, multi-speed model, concentric European Union

JEL: F15, O18, R41

Transport Infrastructures and Regional Geopolitical Stakes in the European Union

In the treaty Principles of Economics, Carl Menger said that people are prone to let themselves misled in any field of knowledge. Keeping in mind these considerations, we ask whether media channels impose a commercial schedule that has nothing to do with people’s wants and, by this, contributing, as a matter of fact, to the design of patterns of a “counterproductive” consumption.

Keywords: onsumption, consumer culture, commercial message, media channels, business ethics

JEL: A13, D9, M37

Influences of Media Channels and the Expansion of Consumer Culture [Influenţe ale canalelor mass-media şi expansiunea culturii de consum]

The study investigates the differences between highly educated and medium studies users in responses to marketing messages received via social media, a topic that has been disregarded so far in the study of online marketing communication. The paper builds on a previously tested and validated model, by testing whether causal relationships are maintained regardless of the level of education.

Keywords: structural equation modelling, digital marketing communication, social media, consumer behaviour

JEL: M31

Level of Education Influences in Modelling Social Media Marketing Message Reactions

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