Published Papers:
Chatzistamoulou, N., & Dimakopoulou, A. G. (2025). Mapping the Influence of European Environmental Policies Toward Climate Neutrality Progress: A Quantile Analysis of Green Technologies and Policy Effectiveness. The Energy Journal, 0(0). DOI
Chatzistamoulou, N., & Dimakopoulou, A.G. (2025). Do climate change policy instruments loom like the sword of Damocles over green technology independence to achieve green growth and sustainability in Europe?, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 215. DOI - Open Access
Chatzistamoulou, N., Kounetas, K., & Tsekouras, K. (2024). Knowledge flows in Data Envelopment Analysis. The role of peer effects. Omega, 103137. DOI
Chatzistamoulou, N., Koundouri, P. (2024). Is Green Transition in Europe Fostered by Energy and Environmental Efficiency Feedback Loops? The Role of Eco-Innovation, Renewable Energy and Green Taxation. Environmental and Resource Economics, 1-28. DOI - Open Access
Chatzistamoulou, N., & Kounetas, K. (2023). Tracing green growth through industrial resource efficiency patterns: The role of competitiveness and clean technologies. Managerial and Decision Economics, 44(7), 4011–4026. DOI - Open Access
Chatzistamoulou, N. (2023). Is digital transformation the Deus ex Machina towards sustainability transition of the European SMEs?. Ecological Economics, 206, 107739. DOI - Open Access
Dimakopoulou, A.G., Chatzistamoulou, N., Kounetas, K., & Tsekouras, K. (2023). Environmental innovation and R&D collaborations: Firm decisions in the innovation efficiency context. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 1-30. DOI - Open Access
Chatzistamoulou, N., & Tyllianakis, E. (2022b). Commitment of European SMEs to resource efficiency actions to achieve sustainability transition. A feasible reality or an elusive goal?. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 321, 115937, DOI. - Open Access
Chatzistamoulou, N., Kounetas, K., & Tsekouras, K. (2022). Technological hierarchies and learning: spillovers, complexity, relatedness, and the moderating role of absorptive capacity. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 183, 121925. DOI
Received the Best Paper Award 2022 as an acknowledgement of the excellence of research conducted over the period 2017-2022 at the University of Patras. Awarded by} the University of Patras.
Chatzistamoulou, N., & Tyllianakis, E. (2022a). Green growth & sustainability transition through information. Are the greener better informed? Evidence from European SMEs. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 306, 114457, DOI.
The policy aspects and related implications of the above paper have been published in Science for Environment Policy, a news service published by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV). The article "Factors promoting green growth include access to information on funding opportunities", based on the above paper, is freely available by the DG for Environment!
Chatzistamoulou, N., Kounetas, K., & Antonakis, Th. (2022). Salary Cap, Organizational Gap, and Catch-up in the Performance of NBA Teams: A Two-Stage DEA Model Under Heterogeneity. Journal of Sports Economics, 23(2), 123-155. DOI
Koundouri, P., Chatzistamoulou, N., Davila, G., Giannouli, A., Kourogenis, N., Xepapadeas, A., & Xepapadeas, P. (2021). Open Access in Scientific Information: Sustainability Model and Business Plan for the Infrastructure and Organization of OpenAIRE. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 12(1), 170-198. DOI - Open Access
Received the "Journal's Best Applied Paper for 2021" Award by the Journal's Award Selection Committee and the Board of Directors of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis.
Chatzistamoulou, N., Kounetas, K., & Tsekouras, K. (2019). Energy Efficiency, Productive Performance and Heterogeneous Competitiveness Regimes. Does the Dichotomy Matter?. Energy Economics, 81, 687-697. DOI
Akinsete, E., Apostolaki, S., Chatzistamoulou, N., Koundouri, Ph., & Tsani S. (2019). The Link between Ecosystem Services and Human Wellbeing in the Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive: Assessing Four River Basins in Europe. Water, 11(3), 508. Special Issue Economics of Water Resources Management. DOI
Tsekouras, K., Chatzistamoulou, N., & Kounetas, K. (2017). Productive performance, technology heterogeneity and hierarchies: Who to compare with whom. International Journal of Production Economics, 193, 465-478. DOI
Tsekouras, K., Chatzistamoulou, N., Kounetas, K., & Broadstock, D. (2016). Spillovers, Path Dependence and the Productive Performance of European Transportation Sectors in the Presence of Technology Heterogeneity. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 102, 261-274. DOI
Chatzistamoulou, N., Diagourtas., G., & Kounetas, K. (2015). Do pollution abatement expenditures lead to higher productivity growth? Evidence from Greek manufacturing industries. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 1-20. DOI
Chapters in Peer Reviewed Collective Volumes:
Chatzistamoulou, N. & Koundouri Ph. (2024). 51: Monitoring Sustainability through the Lens of Water Productivity, Resource Productivity and Eco-Innovation in the EU-28}. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Water Policy, Economics and Management, 224-229, Field: Economics of Sustainable Development. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. DOI.
Chatzistamoulou, N. & Kounetas K. (2022). Is monitoring progress towards sustainability straightforward? Evidence from the EU-28. Chapter 2, pp. 28-61 In "The Road to a Smart and Sustainable European Union". Published by the European Liberal Forum - EUPF & Zavod 14.
The chapter's policy implications and key messages can be found at page 3 of the published Policy brief.
Chatzistamoulou, N., & Koundouri P. (2022). Sustainability Transition through Awareness to Promote Environmental Efficiency Advances in Econometrics, Operational Research, Data Science and Actuarial Studies - Techniques and Theories, 345. Series: Contributions to Economics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85254-2_21. Springer International Publishing.
Chatzistamoulou N., & Koundouri P. (2020). SDGs Patterns Across The Globe: From Theory to Practice. Decent Work and Economic Growth. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham.
Chatzistamoulou, N., & Koundouri, P. (2020). 1 The Economics for Sustainable Development. In Designing an Innovative Pedagogy for Sustainable Development in Higher Education. (pp. 1-15). CRC Press-Taylor and Francis Group.
Books:
Kounetas, K. & Chatzistamoulou, N. (2023). Energy Economics, Climate Change & Sustainable Development. [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions.
Kounetas, Kostas & Chatzistamoulou, Nikos. Applied Operations Research and Linear Programming. Solutions using R. Applications in Economics and Management Science. Kritiki Publishing, 2020.
Kounetas, K. & Chatzistamoulou, N. (2015). Introduction to Operations Research and Linear Programming; Applications using R. [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions.