Position/Role: Lecturer

Schools/Unit: Economics

Contact Details:

• Australian School of Business Building, Room 442B
• Phone: +61 2 9385 7480
• Fax: +61 2 9313 6337
• Email: dobrescu@unsw.edu.au
• Webpage: http://research.economics.unsw.edu.au/dobrescu

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. University of Padua, Italy
• M.Sc. in Economic Mathematics, West University of Timisoara, Romania
• B.A. in Economics, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.
• B.A. in Finance, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Research Areas:

• Microeconometrics
• Mathematics
• Economics of Ageing

Publications:

1. Neimark-Sacker bifurcation for the discrete-delay Kaldor Model, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals (2008), with Dumitru Opris (West University of Timisoara)
2. Hopf bifurcation for the discrete-delay Kaldor-Kalecki model, forthcoming in Chaos, Solitons & Fractals (2009), with Dumitru Opris (West University of Timisoara)

Working Papers:

1. To love or to pay: On consumption, health and health care
2. Why aren't developed countries saving?, with Laurence J. Kotlikoff (Boston University) and Alberto Motta (University of New South Wales)
3. Hopf bifurcation and chaos analysis of a discrete –delay dynamic model for a stock market, with Dumitru Opris (West University of Timisoara)

Work in Progress:

1. Staying home or dining out? Social interactions and old-age consumption profiles, with Benedetto Gui (University of Padua) and Alberto Motta (University of New South Wales)