Emilian Dobrescu (born 22 May 1933, Bucharest) is a Romanian economist and chess composer.
In addition to serving as a member of the Romanian Academy, an influential academic forum in Romania,[1] Dobrescu has published many books and articles on various topics in the field of economics.
It addressed possible economic policies that the Romanian leadership could implement to allow Romania to become more European.
[1] Some scholars point out that the policies he promoted were not always successful and played at least a small role in the failings of the Romanian economy during the 1970s.
He is co-author (with Virgil Nestorescu) of the monographs Compoziţia şahistă în România (1973, 312 p.) and Studii de şah (1984, 199 p.).