Content -- 30 Years of Inspiring Academic Economic Research. From the transition to a market economy to the interlinked crises of 21st Century - Foreword -- The Need for a Paradigm Shift in Economics -- National strategies without fundamental research? -- Environmental tax revenues in Europe: structural estimation models -- European Funds - Resilience mechanism against the expected collapse due to the COVID-19 pandemic -- Assessing the European Funds' impact on economic growth and the New Generation Europe prospects -- An econometric model for the short term projection of the stock of fixed capital -- Debt-threshold effect on output in European Union countries -- Analysis of the degree of structural convergence of Romania with the Euro Area -- Convergence of the most/least developed counties/NUTS3 regions in Romania/Euro area -- Covid-19 social policy response in Romania: outlook and lessons from the past -- Applying simulation techniques in social sciences. The dynamics of opinion formation -- Financial development in Central and Eastern European Countries. Reflections on the past and prospects -- Progress and prospects of some Sustainable Development Goals in Romania -- High frequency market efficiency test for cryptocurrency -- Microfinance as a catalyst for boosting businesses at the bottom of the pyramid -- Saving the economy in a low-pay EU country -- Development of the natural gas national transmission system - support for their efficient valorisation -- Natural resources management: key-factors to sustain policies applicable in Romania -- Protected natural areas - areas removed from the economic circuit?! -- From innovation to practice - extracting economically valuable materials from waste -- The impact of the use of natural resources patrimony on climate change -- The gait of ideas and of economic reflections on the path to the next normal and the touch point between citizens and their local community represented by a retail progressively adapting to the technology trends -- Role of taxes in the transition to an inclusive circular economy -- Evaluation of habitats of community interest from Apuseni Mountains. Case study -- A perspective on the human cloud industry -- Rural-urban age segregation in Romania -- Urban regeneration. Concept's evolution and its transposition forms into practice -- Romanian policy related to the urban public transport, in socialist and contemporary periods -- Evolutions in the dynamics and structure and of professional, scientific, technical and management services in Romania -- Analysis of the Free Trade - Protectionism dichotomy in the European Union confronted with the coronavirus pandemic -- Impact of Covid-19 on fiscal developments in the EU28 in the first part of 2020 -- The equilibrium between helicopter money policy and war economy transition: economic solutions against coronavirus pandemic -- Some considerations on the impact of the coupled support on the vegetable sector in Romania -- Health as a motive for cured meat choice: consumer socio-demographic characteristics perspective -- The global dairy chain in relation with the Romanian dairy market. Retrospective and future directions -- A "Young Farmer Problem"? Opportunities and challenges for generational renewal in farms -- Adapting agricultural policies in the Covid-19 crisis: Romania's case -- The dimension of food waste phenomena in Romania. Case-study: Agro-mountain pensions -- The potential of the forestry and crop insurance in the sustainable development of Romania -- Embedding blockchain technology in food imports to U.A.E for improved food security -- Agro-tourism - an opportunity for rural area -- The impact of organic agriculture on economic growth. A comparative analysis between the EU New and Old Member States -- Food system challenges and transformations under COVID-19. A systematic literature review -- Non-price determinants of demand for tobacco products in SEE countries -- Changes in households' economic well-being during Covid-19 pandemic -- A study on how attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control influence financial awareness -- Proposals of methodologies for the assessment of risks from the atypical situations in the investment fund management activity -- Public sector and SMEs digital relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic in EU -- Ethics in banking organisations under the conditions of the pandemic crisis COVID-19 -- Business ethics and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic -- The ethics in project management

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Overview The aim of the International Conferences "Economic Scientific Research-Theoretical, Empirical and Practical Approaches"- (ESPERA), initiated in 2013 by the "Costin C. Kirițescu" National Institute for Economic Research (NIER) within the Romanian Academy is to present and evaluate the economic scientific research portfolio, to argue and substantiate the Romanian development strategies - including European and global best practices, to provide an opportunity for researches, practitioners, and academics interested in economic scientific research, both theoretical, practical and empirical discuss and exchange insightful research ideas. The 7th edition of the International Conferences "Economic Scientific Research-Theoretical, Empirical and Practical Approaches"- (ESPERA), under the title "30 Years of Inspiring Academic Economic Research - From the Transition to a Market Economy to the Interlinked Crises of 21st Century" was organized virtually during 26th -27th November 2020, In Bucharest, Romania. The event, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of NIER and its economic research network of its return under the auspices of the Romanian Academy, will include a scientific program of wide diversity initiatives, bringing together researchers from all NIER institutes and centers, members of the Romanian Academy, Romanian academic researchers and also guests from other countries. The ESPERA Conference is organized in such a way as to provide an academic platform for debates, covering the broadest approaches, enabling an interactive exchange of ideas on state-of-the art knowledge and the latest results and findings, including those emerged in economic science arising from both fundamental and empirical researches and promoting evidence-based policy making. Researchers are encouraged to present articles on economic scientific research that they have focused on most over the past 30 years, summarizing as much as possible paradigm shifts and dialogue between currents of thought, developments and trends in national, European and international economic realities. The recent developments in the world economy and the interlinked crises which are shaping up over the horizon of an increasingly uncertain future in this Century should also be essential reflection topics for challenges and opportunities trading-off. The main topics of the conference are focused on but not limited to the following sections: Assessment of economic-social and political experiences and thoughts; Business ethics - economic strength or weakness in a global world; Contributions to the New Encyclopedia of Romania; Demographic facts and figures; Development and improvement of economic and social forecasting tools; Economic instability and stabilization policies; Economy dynamics and structural changes for a competitive growth; European integration and globalization - new challenges; Food safety and security - challenges for agriculture economic development; Knowledge, innovation, smart development and human capital; Mountain Economy; Natural resources patrimony - costs and benefits of its valorization; PhD and post PhD students debates; Quality of life and social policies evaluations; Romania's sustainable economic and social development. Models, scenarios, evaluations; The sessions were designed in such manner to encourage new developments between researchers, academia, practitioners and business environment to establis

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