Publications

1/ Articles in refereed journals

• Mutascu, M. (2025): Tax evasion - bribery paradox. International Tax and Public Finance, (online) (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q3, AIS Q2; ABS 2).

•  Mutascu, M., Strango, C., Hegerty, S. (2025): Does English Proficiency Promote International Trade? International Economics, 100628 (Scopus).

•  Mutascu, M., Strango, S., Turcu, C. (2025): Online social media and populism in Europe, European Journal of Political Economy, 48, 102619 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q2; ABS 2).

•  Mutascu, M., & Nicolescu, A.-C. (2025): Operating financial sustainability in the German car industry: A new approach. Transport Policy, 173, 103791 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1; ABS 2).

•  Mutascu, M. (2025): Beyond the EKC: Economic development and environmental degradation in the US, Ecological Economics, 232, 108567 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1; ABS 3).

•  Donath, L., Mutascu, M., Mura, O. (2025): Impact of energy consumption on income inequality in CEE countries, Post-Communist Economies, 37(7), 1009-1038 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q3; ABS 1).

•  Magazzino, C., Mele, M., Mutascu, M. (2025): An Artificial Neural Network Experiment on the Prediction of the Unemployment Rate, Journal of Policy Modeling, 47(3), 471-491 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q2; ABS 2).

•  Mutascu, M. (2025): Unravelling the influence of pole motion on CO2 emissions: exploring the pathways through global warming, Geological Journal, 60(11), 2714-2739 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q3).

•  Strango, C., Mutascu, M. (2025): Beyond the Buzz: Electric Cars and the German Public Health Budget Puzzle, Journal of Transport & Health, 43, 102076 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q2).

•  Özmen, I., Mutascu, M. (2025): Don’t look earth: environmental taxes effect on Co2 emissions, evidence from moments quantile regression for EU countries, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 27, 4619-4658 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q3).

•  Mutascu, M., Lessoua, A., Ianc, B. (2024): Public debt and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa the case of EMCCA and WAEMU countries, Economic Change and Restructuring, 57, 162 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q2).

•  Mutascu, M., Strango, S., Sokic, A. (2024): Demand for electric cars and oil prices: a wavelet approach, International Journal of Green Energy, 3498-3520 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q2; ABS 2).

•  Mutascu, M., Lessoua, A., Murgea, A. (2024): Tropospheric ozone - hidden cost for the financial performance of French wineries, Journal of Environmental Management, 368, 122112 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1; ABS 3).

•  Mutascu, M., Strango, C., Sokic, A. (2024): Wildfires and Wind Turbine Plants: A Story Never Told, Journal of Forest Economics, 39(3), 205-237 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q3, AIS Q3; ABS 2).

•  Mutascu, M. (2024): European Union funds and corruption in the ex-communist member states, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 32, 555-574 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q2).

•  Mutascu, M., Lessoua, A., Ianc, N. B. (2024): The effect of inflation on inequality in the EMCCA and WAEMU Zones of Sub-Saharan Africa, International Journal of Finance and Economics, 30(2), 1893-1914 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q3; ABS 3).

•  Mutascu, M., Hegerty, S. W. (2024): Expected inflation and interest-rate dynamics in the COVID era: evidence from the time - frequency domain, Empirica, 51, 559-582 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q3; ABS 1).

•  Magazzino, C., Mele, M., Albulescu, C. T., Apergis, N., Mutascu, M. (2024): The presence of a latent factor in gasoline and diesel prices co-movements, Empirical Economics, 66, 1921-1939 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q2; ABS 2).

•  Özmen, I., Mutascu, M. (2024): Public Debt and Growth: New Insights, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 15, 8706-8736 (Clarivate Analytics, ABS 1).

•  Mutascu, M. (2023): Oil Price and Geopolitics Risk: New Causality Insights in Frequency-Domain, Ekonomicky Casopis, 71(8/9), 489-513 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q4, AIS Q4).

•  Mutascu, M., Sokic, A. (2023): Air transportation under COVID-19 pandemic restrictions: A wavelet analysis, Transport Policy, 139, 155-181 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1; ABS 2).

•  Sokic, A., Mutascu, M. (2023): Do online social networks affect information asymmetry? Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management, 11(2), 1-24 (Scopus, ABS 1).

•  Mutascu, M. (2023): Is biomass energy really sustainable in the United States? Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 181, 113325 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1).

•  Mutascu, M., Horky, F., Strango, C. (2023): Good or bad? Digitalisation and green preferences, Energy Economics, 121, 106640 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1; ABS 3).

•  Horky, F., Mutascu, M., Fidrmuc, J. (2023): Oil and renewable energy returns during pandemic. Environmental Sciences and Pollution Research, 30, 25836-25850 (Scopus).

• Mutascu, M., Sokic, A. (2023): An extended wavelet approach of the money-output link in the United States, Empirical Economics, 64(4), 1647-1665 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q2; ABS 2).

•  Mutascu, M., Hegerty, S.W. (2023): Predicting the contribution of artificial intelligence to unemployment rates: an artificial neural network approach, Journal of Economics and Finance, 47, 400-416 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2).

•  Sokic, A., Mutascu, M. (2022): Revisiting the money growth and inflation in US - a wavelet approach, Economics Bulletin, 42(2), 959-970 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q4, AIS Q4).

•  Magazzino, C., Mutascu, M. (2022): The Italian fiscal sustainability in a long-run perspective, Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 26, e00254 (Scopus).

•  Mutascu, M. (2022): CO2 emissions in the US: new insights based on ANN approach, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Research, 29, 68332–68356 (Scopus).

•  Mutascu, M., Albulescu, C., Apregis, N., Magazzino, C. (2022): Do gasoline and diesel prices co-move? Evidence from the time-frequency domain, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Research, 29, 68776–68795 (Scopus).

•  Mutascu, M., Hegerty, S. (2022): The role of refugees in the underground economy of the European Union, IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 13(1), 1-19 (Scopus).

•  Horky, F., Mutascu, M., Fidrmuc, J. (2021): Pandemic versus financial shocks: Comparison of two episodes on the Bitcoin market, Applied Economics Quarterly, 67(2), 113–141 (Scopus).

•  Mutascu, M., Sokic, S. (2021): Okun's law in the US: New insights in time and frequency, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 82, 207-222 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q2; ABS 2).

•  Magazzino, C., Mutascu, M. Mele, M., Sarkodie, S. (2021): Energy consumption and economic growth in Italy: A wavelet analysis, Energy Reports, 7, 1520-1528 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q3).

•  Albulescu, C., Mutascu, M. (2021): Fuel price co-movements among France, Germany and Italy: A time-frequency investigation, Energy: The International Journal, 225, 120236 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1).

•  Mutascu, M. (2021): Artificial intelligence and unemployment: new insights, Economic Analysis and Policy, 69, 653-667 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1; ABS 1).

•  Magazzino, C., Mutascu, M., Sarkodie, S., Adedoyin, F., Owusu, P. (2021): Heterogeneous effects of temperature and emissions on economic productivity across climate regimes, Science of The Total Environment, 775, 145893 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1).

•  Mutascu, M., Hegerty, S. (2020): Capital-Flow Volatility and Economic Openness: A Wavelet Approach, Applied Economics Quarterly, 66(4), 291-318 (Scopus).

•  Mutascu, M., Sokic, A. (2020): Trade Openness - CO2 Emissions Nexus: a Wavelet Evidence from EU, Environmental & Resource Economics, 25, 411-428 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1; ABS 3).

•  Lessoua, A., Mutascu, M., Turcu, C. (2020): Firms’ performance and exports: the case of Romanian winemakers, Journal of Wine Economics, 15(2), 207-228 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q3).

•  Magazzino, C., Mutascu, M. (2019): A wavelet analysis of Italian fiscal sustainability, Journal of Economic Structures, 8(19), 1-12 (Scopus).

•  Mutascu, M. (2019): Phillips curve in US: New insights in time and frequency, Research in Economics, 73(1), 85-96 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q3, AIS Q3; ABS 1).

•  Tiwari A., Mutascu, M. (2019): A revisit on the role of macro imbalances in the US recession of 2007-2009: A frequency domain approach, East-West Journal of Economics and Business, XXII(2), 13-29 (EconLit).

•  Mutascu, M. (2018): G7 countries: between trade openness and CO2 emissions, Economics Bulletin, 38(3), 1446-1456 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q4, AIS Q4).

•  Mutascu, M. (2018): A time-frequency analysis of trade openness and CO2 emissions in France, Energy Policy, 115, 443-455 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1; ABS 2).

•  Cieslukowski, M., Mutascu, M. (2018): Fiscal consequences of the abolition of sugar levies, Economics and Business Review, 4(4), 83-96 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q4).

•  Mutascu, M. (2017): The tax-spending nexus: evidence from Romania using wavelet analysis, Post-Communist Economies, 29(3), 431-447 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q3; ABS 1).

•  Mutascu, M. (2016): Government revenues and expenditures in the East European economies: a bootstrap panel Granger causality approach, Eastern European Economics, 54(6), 489-502 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q3, AIS Q3; ABS 1).

•  Mutascu, M. (2016): A bootstrap panel Granger causality analysis of energy consumption and economic growth in the G7 countries, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 63, 166-171 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1).

•  Tiwari, A., Mutascu, M. (2016): The revenues-spending nexus in Romania: a TAR and MTAR approach, Economic Research, 29(1), 735-745 (Scopus).

•  Tiwari, A., Bolat, S., Mutascu, M. (2016): The behaviour of US and UK public debt: further evidence based on time varying parameters, Journal Transition Studies Review, 23(1), 11-19. 

•  Tiwari A., Mutascu, M., Albulescu, C. (2016): Continuous wavelet transform and dynamic correlation of European stock markets, International Review of Economics & Finance, 42, 237-256 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q2; ABS 2).

•  Mutascu, M. (2015): A bootstrap panel Granger causality analysis of government revenues and expenditures in the PIIGS countries, Economics Bulletin, 35(3), 2000-2004 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q4, AIS Q4).

•  Tiwari, A., Mutascu, M., Albulescu, C., Kyophilavong, P. (2015): A Frequency Domain Causality Analysis of Stock Market and Economic Activity in India, International Review of Economics & Finance, 39, 224-238 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q2; ABS 2).

•  Mutascu, M., Cieslukowski, M. (2015): Tax Revenues and Aging in Ex-communist EU Countries, Economics and Business Review, 1-15(2), 95–109 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q4).

•  Tiwari A., Mutascu, M., KG, S. (2015): Is Real Exchange Rates Nonlinear with a Unit Root? A Note on Romania’s Experience, Journal of Applied Economics and Business Research, 5(1), 20-37 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q4, AIS Q4).

•  Tiwari, A., Mutascu, M. (2015): Fiscal sustainability in E.U. 27, European Economics Letters, (4)1, 1-4 (EBSCO, WorldCat).

•  Tiwari, A., Mutascu, M. (2015): Environmental Degradation and Happiness in 23 Developed Contemporary Economies, Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 26(2), 301-321 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q3; ABS 1).

•  Tiwari, A., Mutascu, M. (2014): A revisit on the tax burden distribution and GDP growth: fresh evidence using a consistent nonparametric test for causality for the USA, Empirical Economics, 46, 961–972 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q2; ABS 2).

•  Kodila-Tedika, O., Mutascu, M. (2014): Shadow economy and tax revenues in Africa, Economics Bulletin, 34(1), 469-479 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q4, AIS Q4).

•  Mutascu, M. (2014): Influence of clime conditions on tax revenues, Contemporary Economics, 8(3), 315-328 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q2, AIS Q4).

•  Tiwari, A., Mutascu, M. (2014): Are labour force participation rates non-stationary in Romania?, Review of Economic Perspectives, 14(4), 411-426 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q3, AIS Q2).

•  Tiwari, A., Mutascu, M., Albulescu, C. (2013): The influence of the international oil prices on the real effective exchange rate in Romania in a wavelet transform framework, Energy Economics, 40, 714-733 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1; ABS 3).

•  Mutascu, M., Fleischer, A-M. (2013): VAT and CPI: A Two-Way Approach, Empirical Economics Letter, 12(2), 1371-1379 (EconLit, Cabell's).

•  Estrada, F., Mutascu, M., Tiwari, A. (2013): Political stability and taxation, Analisis Politico, 44, 133-152 (Clarivate Analytics, Scopus).

•  Tiwari A., Mutascu M., Andries A. (2013): Decomposing time-frequency relationship between producer price and consumer price indices in Romania through wavelet analysis, Economic Modelling, 31, 151-159 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q2; ABS 2).

•  Shahbaz, S., Mutascu, M., Azim, P. (2013): Environmental Kuznets curve in Romania and the role of energy consumption, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 18, 165-173 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1).

•  Mutascu, M. (2012): Taxation under media capture, Economics Bulletin, 32(4), 2752-2767 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q4, AIS Q4).

•  Shahbaz, S., Mutascu, M., Tiwari, A. (2012): Revisiting the relationship between electricity consumption, capital and economic growth: cointegration and causality analysis in Romania, Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting, 3, 97-120 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q3, AIS Q4).

•  Mutascu, M., Fleischer, A-M. (2011): Democracy, political regime durability and development: the Romania’s case, Empirical Economics Letter, 10(1), 69-77 (EconLit, Cabell's).

•  Mutascu, M. (2011): Taxation and democracy, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 14(4), 343-348 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q2; ABS 1).

•  Tiwari, A. K., & Mutascu, M. (2011): Economic growth and FDI in Asia: A panel-data approach. Economic Analysis and Policy, 41(2), 173–187 (Clarivate Analytics JIF Q1, AIS Q1; ABS 1).

2/ Papers in revision, submitted papers and papers in progress:

 In revision:

• Widler, H. A., Mutascu M., Fidrmuc, J. (2024): Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Building Wealth: Analysing the Impact of Female Managers on the Performance of Fund Management Companies, Czech Journal of Economics and Finance

•  Mutascu, M., Strango, C., Roy, L. (2025): Green but corrupt? Evidence of bribery in the renewable energy sector, Natural Resources Forum

•  Sokic, A. Mutascu, M. (2025): Revisiting the money growth and inflation nexus in the United States: new evidence from a wavelet approach, Bulletin of Economic Research

Under review:

• Mutascu, M., Lessoua, A., Murgea, A. (2026): Asylum seekers: an untapped resource for the French economy? Journal of Economic Inequality

•  Mutascu, M., (2026): Party-Switching Convergence Theorem, Constitutional Political Economy

•  Mutascu, M. (2026). When Automation Stops Helping the Middle Class, Social Choice and Welfare

•  Mutascu, M., Strango, C., Lessoua A. (2025): Rich or Poor: Who Leads Political Stability? World Development

•  Mutascu, M. (2025): Everything for football, everything for society - really? Journal of Sport for Development

•  Mutascu, M., Hegerty S. (2025): Does Trade Competition with the United States Influence CO2 Emissions in China? Energy Policy

•  Mutascu, M., Kyophilavong, P., Soukchalern, P. (2025). Energy and food prices: a wavelet analysis, Energy Policy

•  Mutascu, M. (2026). Who Really Pays? Income-Dependent Substitution Elasticity and Commodity Tax Incidence

•  Mutascu, M., Strango, C., Lessoua, A. (2025): Innovation under pressure: a quantile analysis of the pandemic's impact on creativity, Bulletin of Economic Research

•  Mutascu, M., Strango, C., Sokic, A. (2025): Digitalisation and Economic Synchronization in the EU, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

•  Mutascu, M., Strango, C., Cumpanasu, I. (2025): Irregular Immigration and Smuggling at the Serbian-Romanian Border: A Wavelet Approach, Journal of International Migration and Integration

Papers in progress:

• Mutascu, M., Strango, C. (2026): How Old Is Too Old? Leader Age and Geopolitical Risk

•  Mutascu, M., Nicolescu, A-C. (2026): Assessing Operating Financial Sustainability in the European Airline Industry: A Replication Analysis

•  Mutascu, M., Fidrmuc, J. (2024): Refugee Flows, Unemployment, and Start-Ups: A Note

•  Mutascu, M., Turcu, C., Zhang Y. (2024): Oil price, exchange rate and trade in China: a time-frequency domain approach

•  Kodila-Tedika, O., Mutascu, M. (2022): Tax Revenues and Intelligence: A Cross-Sectional Evidence

•  Mutascu, M., Turcu, C. (2016): Trade Openness and Business Cycle Synchronization in Eurozone: a Wavelet Approach