Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

Degree programme director for Joint and Combined Honours in the Business School.

Qualifications

BA MA PhD

Research Interests

Empirical Macroeconomics, Transition Economics, Investment and the labour market, Credit Rationing

Current Work - in preparation

The influence of labour market conditions on fixed investment - a sectoral study of OECD countries based using data from the KLEMS database. Preliminary results obtained.

Credit rationing in transition countries - study of firm level data across the region. Presented at IAES conference in 2010 and almost ready for submission.

Undergraduate Teaching

ECO2014 European Economic Integration
ECO3028 Advanced Economic Theory
ECO3029 Dissertation - Literature Review
ECO3030 Dissertation - Independent Research Project

Postgraduate Teaching

NBS8252 Macroeconomic Theory

• Radulescu R, Barlow D. The relationship between policies and growth in transition countries. Economics of Transition 2002, 10(3), 719-745.
• Radulescu R, Robson M. Does Labour Market Flexibility Matter for Investment? A Study of Manufacturing in the OECD. Applied Economics 2013, 45(5), 581-592.
• Radulescu R. Financial constraints in transition countries: The recent experience. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Newcastle University, 2010. Newcastle Discussion Papers in Economics 2010/09.
• Radulescu R, Robson M. Trade Unions, Wage Bargaining Coordination, and Foreign Direct Investment. Labour 2008, 22(4), 661-678.
• Barlow D, Radulescu R. The sequencing of reform in transition economies. Journal of Comparative Economics 2005, 33(4), 835-850.
• Barlow D, Radulescu R. Purchasing power parity in the transition: The case of the Romanian leu against the dollar. Post-Communist Economies 2002,14 1 123-136.