The present volume was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS - UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-IDPCE- 2011-3-1054, entitled "Uncertainty, Complexity and Financial Stability", within the Romanian-American University Bucharest. It represents a collection of dissertation papers presented by the graduates of the 2013 class of the master program DOFIN (Doctoral School of Finance and Banking) within the Department of Money and Banking of the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest.

The papers were coordinated by professors Moisa Altar, Ciprian Necula, Gabriel Bobeica and Nicolae Covrig. The students, as well as their coordinators, are participants in the above mentioned project.

The theses were defended in front of an international commission, comprising professors Simon Burke from the University of Reading, UK, Peter van der Hoek from Erasmus University, The Netherlands, as well as professors Moisa Altar, Ciprian Necula and Gabriel Bobeica from the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest.