Professor, PhD, at Bucharest University of Economic Studies, teaching Corporate Finance and Investments and Portfolio Management. My scientific interests: (i) Investors' behaviour, Efficient Market Hypothesis and behavioural finance; (ii) Dividend policy: shareholders' behaviour, culture and agency problems; (iii) Ownership and control, agency problems and control premium; (iv) Capital structure and cost of capital; (v) Financial development; (vi) Social conventions and financial decisions.