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Bogdana Neamțu
Department of Public Administration and Management, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400132 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Journal article
Published: 21 May 2021 in Sustainability
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In the wake of current urbanization trends, Creative Class theory has gained much popularity. According to the theory, in order to achieve sustainable socioeconomic growth and citizens’ well-being, cities have to attract the Creative Class, who prefer places that simultaneously provide amenities such as tolerance, talent, technology, and territorial assets (the four Ts). Although the theory has been tested extensively in the USA and in Western European countries, few attempts have been made to study it in Eastern Europe. As such, this paper tests Creative Class theory in the case of Romania, which is an interesting country for this study, since it has a relatively low level of urbanization and the population is less mobile compared to Western countries. Our results show that talent, technology, and territorial assets are able to significantly explain the geographical concentration of the Creative Class. However, different types of tolerance have different effects on the concentration of the Creative Class. Nevertheless, when we control for conventional socioeconomic welfare variables, the results change. The variable that has the highest effect on welfare patterns is path-dependency, namely, the previous level of regional and urban welfare registered. Thus, this paper reflects the need for both researchers and practitioners to consider the path-dependency trajectories of socioeconomic health and well-being in urban areas.

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Alina Pavelea; Bogdana Neamțu; Peter Nijkamp; Karima Kourtit. Is the Creative Class a Game Changer in Cities? A Socioeconomic Study on Romania. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5807 .

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Alina Pavelea, Bogdana Neamțu, Peter Nijkamp, Karima Kourtit. Is the Creative Class a Game Changer in Cities? A Socioeconomic Study on Romania. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):5807.

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Alina Pavelea; Bogdana Neamțu; Peter Nijkamp; Karima Kourtit. 2021. "Is the Creative Class a Game Changer in Cities? A Socioeconomic Study on Romania." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 5807.

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Published: 29 July 2020 in The Sound of Silence in European Administrative Law
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The interplay between negative and positive silence has undergone a specific development in Romania. The principle of negative fiction was overturned by law to accommodate the services directive but again reversed by courts. Our research showed that public institutions try to comply with the mandatory deadlines when answering petitions, but in a formal way because some institutions wait until the last day to answer or they provide incomplete answers. Even though the response rate to citizens’ requests is still low in Romania, positive silence as a way to discourage administrative inactivity was limited by courts due to practical implications. Few citizens use legal remedies against administrative silence, which means that citizens often settle with the lack of response or decide not to take upon themselves the task of challenging the lack of response in courts. There are no strategies envisaged to improve the processing time of citizens’ requests.

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Dacian C. Dragos; Bogdana Neamtu; Bianca Radu. Using Legal Fictions to Deal with Administrative Silence: The Case of Romania. The Sound of Silence in European Administrative Law 2020, 399 -432.

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Dacian C. Dragos, Bogdana Neamtu, Bianca Radu. Using Legal Fictions to Deal with Administrative Silence: The Case of Romania. The Sound of Silence in European Administrative Law. 2020; ():399-432.

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Dacian C. Dragos; Bogdana Neamtu; Bianca Radu. 2020. "Using Legal Fictions to Deal with Administrative Silence: The Case of Romania." The Sound of Silence in European Administrative Law , no. : 399-432.

Journal article
Published: 21 September 2018 in Sustainability
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This article investigates if public investments in rural basic infrastructure represent the best strategy for boosting the local economy of rural communities from Romania. The article focuses on one specific program implemented under the Cohesion policy in the framework of the National Plan for Rural Development, called Measure 322. Geographically, the research included a sample of rural communities from the North-Western Region of Romania. Moreover, the study also looks at other determinants of local economic development (LED), rather than infrastructure investments, with a focus on certain features characterizing Romanian rural communities such as population size, isolation from urban centers, connection with European and national roads networks, educational stock, etc. The research included three steps, namely the construction of the LED Index, a cvasi-experimental research, and a regression model. Our main findings seem to suggest that, while investments in infrastructure do help, the development gap between beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries remains relatively the same. In terms of determinants of LED level, percentage of population with a university degree and connection to a European road are the most significant in the Romanian rural context.

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Alexandru Pavel; Bogdan Moldovan; Bogdana Neamtu; Cristina Hintea. Are Investments in Basic Infrastructure the Magic Wand to Boost the Local Economy of Rural Communities from Romania? Sustainability 2018, 10, 3384 .

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Alexandru Pavel, Bogdan Moldovan, Bogdana Neamtu, Cristina Hintea. Are Investments in Basic Infrastructure the Magic Wand to Boost the Local Economy of Rural Communities from Romania? Sustainability. 2018; 10 (10):3384.

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Alexandru Pavel; Bogdan Moldovan; Bogdana Neamtu; Cristina Hintea. 2018. "Are Investments in Basic Infrastructure the Magic Wand to Boost the Local Economy of Rural Communities from Romania?" Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3384.

Chapter
Published: 21 July 2018 in The Laws of Transparency in Action
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This chapter addresses the topic of access to documents and more broadly transparency at the level of Community bodies, in the context of a mounting criticism regarding their opaque nature. It first investigates the outdated Directive No. 1049/2001 as well as the interplay of actors and regulations which shape this field. It then moves on to examine the case law of Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and European Ombudsman in the area of exceptions from free access. Exceptions represent perhaps the most challenging aspect of access, as EU bodies in many areas enjoy a wide discretion which needs to be balanced with the right of the EU citizens to know. The chapter includes a significant number of statistics and secondary data compiled by the authors from various reports drafted by EU bodies, which illustrate the practice of these institutions in terms of granting access to documents.

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Bogdana Neamtu; Dacian C. Dragos. Freedom of Information in the European Union: Legal Challenges and Practices of EU Institutions. The Laws of Transparency in Action 2018, 11 -70.

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Bogdana Neamtu, Dacian C. Dragos. Freedom of Information in the European Union: Legal Challenges and Practices of EU Institutions. The Laws of Transparency in Action. 2018; ():11-70.

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Bogdana Neamtu; Dacian C. Dragos. 2018. "Freedom of Information in the European Union: Legal Challenges and Practices of EU Institutions." The Laws of Transparency in Action , no. : 11-70.

Book chapter
Published: 19 July 2014 in Alternative Dispute Resolution in European Administrative Law
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The importance of alternative means of solving administrative disputes has been stressed repeatedly due to their role in reducing the caseload of the courts while still securing a fair access to justice. While the importance of administrative appeals is widely stressed in theoretical studies, there are very few studies that try to discuss this issue based on empirical evidence. The chapter strived to offer both a comprehensive theoretical perspective on the issue of administrative appeals in Romania, as well as to empirically investigate if they are effective—effectiveness was defined rather simply, referring to the percentage of cases that do not get in court due to the existence of the administrative appeal. The conclusion is that effectiveness is relevant and should not be ignored. In cases when public bodies with control duties exercise the appeal, the rate of success is very good. Other ADR tools have also been investigated, including mediation, but in this case the authors have some doubts regarding how and whether it will be effectively implemented (not a lot of empirical evidence available to draw conclusions from).

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Dacian C. Dragos; Bogdana Neamtu; Raluca Suciu. The Dynamic of Administrative Appeals and Other ADR Tools in Romania. Alternative Dispute Resolution in European Administrative Law 2014, 421 -459.

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Dacian C. Dragos, Bogdana Neamtu, Raluca Suciu. The Dynamic of Administrative Appeals and Other ADR Tools in Romania. Alternative Dispute Resolution in European Administrative Law. 2014; ():421-459.

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Dacian C. Dragos; Bogdana Neamtu; Raluca Suciu. 2014. "The Dynamic of Administrative Appeals and Other ADR Tools in Romania." Alternative Dispute Resolution in European Administrative Law , no. : 421-459.