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 SSRN or IDEAS libraries)

  1. Interest rates and bank risk-taking (with G. Kouretas). Journal of Banking and Finance, forthcoming.

  2. Are democratic governments more efficient (with A. Adam and P. Kammas). European Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming.

  3. The effect of board size and composition on bank efficiency (with M. Agoraki and P. Staikouras). International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, forthcoming.

  4. Public spending efficiency: Leveling the playing field between OECD countries (with A. Adam and P. Kammas). Public Choice, forthcoming.

  5. Regulations, competition and bank risk-taking in transition countries (with M. Agoraki and F. Pasiouras). Journal of Financial Stability, forthcoming.

  6. Competitive conditions in the Central and Eastern European banking systems. Omega 38 (2010), 268-274 .

  7. 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.

  8. The joint estimation of bank-level market power and efficiency (with E.G. Tsionas). Journal of Banking and Finance 33 (2009), 1842-1850.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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 SSRN library, usual disclaimer applies)

  1. Regulations and productivity growth in banking (with P. Molyneux and F. Pasiouras).

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

  3. Bank-level estimates of market power (with S. Brissimis).

  4. Bank competition, institutional strength and financial reforms in Central and Eastern Europe and the EU. (with G. Pagoulatos).

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

  6. Supervisory effectiveness and bank risk-taking (with P. Staikouras).

  7. Quantifying and explaining parameter heterogeneity in the capital ragulation-bank risk nexus (with K. Tran and E. Tsionas).

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