Here you can find a list of my publications
Hopefully (we all hope anyways) there are many more and much better to come, so stay tuned!

Publications in refereed journals (please find working paper versions and forthcoming articles in the IDEAS library)

  1. Bank competition, financial reform and institutions: The importance of being developed. Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming. Results for bank competition index available on request

  2. Quantifying and explaining parameter heterogeneity in the capital ragulation-bank risk nexus (with K. Tran and E. Tsionas). Journal of Financial Stability, forthcoming.

  3. Supervisory effectiveness and bank risk (with P. Staikouras). Review of Finance 15 (2011), 511-543 . Data on audits and sanctions available on request

  4. The chicken or the egg? A note on the dynamic interrelation between government bond spreads and credit default swaps (with N. Mylonidis). Finance Research Letters 8 (2011), 163-170.

  5. Regulations and productivity growth in banking (with P. Molyneux and F. Pasiouras). Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 43 (2011), 735-764.

  6. Bank-level estimates of market power (with S. Brissimis). European Journal of Operational Research 212 (2011), 508-517.

  7. Are democratic governments more efficient (with A. Adam and P. Kammas). European Journal of Political Economy 27 (2011), 75-86 . Data available on request

  8. Interest rates and bank risk-taking (with G. Kouretas). Journal of Banking and Finance 35 (2011), 840-855 .

  9. Public spending efficiency: Leveling the playing field between OECD countries (with A. Adam and P. Kammas). Public Choice 146 (2011), 163-183. Data available on request

  10. Regulations, competition and bank risk-taking in transition countries (with M. Agoraki and F. Pasiouras). Journal of Financial Stability 7 (2011), 38-48. Data on bank competition available on request

  11. Competitive conditions in the Central and Eastern European banking systems. Omega 38 (2010), 268-274 . Data on bank competition available on request

  12. Technical and allocative efficiency in European banking (with S.N. Brissimis and E.G. Tsionas). European Journal of Operational Research 204 (2010), 153-163 and Bank of Greece Working Paper No 46.

  13. The effect of board size and composition on bank efficiency (with M. Agoraki and P. Staikouras). International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance (2010), 357-386.

  14. The joint estimation of bank-level market power and efficiency (with E.G. Tsionas). Journal of Banking and Finance 33 (2009), 1842-1850. Data on bank competition available on request

  15. Evaluating cost and profit efficiency: A comparison of parametric and non-parametric methodologies (with K. Gerogiannaki, N. Koutsomanoli and C.K. Staikouras). Applied Financial Economics 19 (2009), 191-202.

  16. Identification of a loan supply function: A cross-country test for the existence of a bank lending channel (with S.N. Brissimis). Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money 19 (2009), 321-335 and Bank of Greece Working Paper No 54.

  17. Exploring the nexus between banking sector reform and performance: Evidence from newly acceded EU countries (with S.N. Brissimis and N.I. Papanikolaou). Journal of Banking and Finance 32 (2008), 2674-2683 and Bank of Greece Working Paper No 73.

  18. On the measurement of market power in the banking industry (with C.K. Staikouras and P. Varlagas). Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 35 (2008), 1023-1047.

  19. Bank-specific, industry-specific and macroeconomic determinants of bank profitability (with P.A. Athanasoglou and S.N. Brissimis). Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money 18 (2008), 121-136 and Bank of Greece Working Paper No 25.


Other publications (in refereed journals after invitation or in Greek journals)

  1. Determinants of bank efficiency: Evidence from a semi-parametric methodology (with N.I. Papanikolaou). Managerial Finance 35 (2009), 260-275. Special Issue: "Efficiency of Financial Institutions".

  2. Efficiency of Greek banks (with I. Asimakopoulos and S.N. Brissimis), 2008.
    Bank of Greece, Economic Bulletin 30, 7-31.

  3. Competition in the Greek banking system (with C.K. Staikouras), 2006.
    Scientific Marketing 32, Special Issue on Banking and Finance, pp. 88-89     (article in Greek).

  4. Determinants of bank profitability in the South Eastern European region (with P.A. Athanasoglou and C.K. Staikouras). Journal of Financial Decision Making 2 (2006), 1-17 and Bank of Greece Working Paper No 47.


Working Papers (with links to IDEAS, usual disclaimer applies)

  1. Fiscal decentralization and public sector efficiency: Evidence from OECD countries (with A. Adam and P. Kammas).

  2. Anxious periods and bank lending (with G. Kouretas and C. Tsoumas).

  3. The theoretical framework of moneatry policy revisited (with H. Balfoussia and S. Brissimis).

  4. The risk-taking channel of monetary policy in the USA (with I. Hasan and N. Mylonidis).

  5. Bank liquidity and the board of directors (with C. Gaganis and F. Pasiouras).

  6. Bank heterogeneity and monetary policy transmission (with S. Brissimis).

  7. Bank regulations and income inequality: Empirical evidence (with I. Hasan and P. Kazakis).