Emil Dinga is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Financial and Monetary Research, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania.

Camelia Oprean-Stan is a Professor of Finance at the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania.

Cristina-Roxana Tanasescu is a Professor of Economic Methodology at the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania.

Vasile Bratian is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics at the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania.

Gabriela-Mariana Ionescu is an economist and PhD student in the School of Advanced Studies of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania.