Ongoing Research and Working Papers

1. Retouniotis, A., Tzagkarakis, E., and Kounetas, K, (2026)."Energy Consumption effects on Bitcoin mining process" (submitted).

2. Chatzistamoulou, N., and Kounetas, K, (2026). "Sustainability Transition under Uneven Development: Evidence from a Production Paradigm Continuum of Technological Hierarchies and Green Spillovers." (submitted).

3. Skoura, A., Koumanakos E., and Kounetas, K,  (2026). "Does Advance Tax Affect Corporate Tax Aggressiveness?" (submitted).

4. Ferrara, G.,  and Kounetas, K (2026). Fuel energy efficiency and rebound effect in in European road transport: a semiparametric stochastic frontier analysis."(submitted).

5.  Ferrara, G., Stergiou, E., Rigas, N  and Kounetas, K (2026). "Rebound effect-A Sisyphean effort or a Chimera? Evidence from transient, persistent and energy efficiency in European Industries"(submitted).

6. Stergiou, E and Kounetas, K (2025). "Stairways to Heaven for European Industries: Multi-driving paths for CO2 emissions generation"(submitted)..

7. Lioris, A., Napolitano, O., Lepore, L.,  and Kounetas, K., (2025). "Is the role of institutional setting quality in the relation between ownership concentration and firm performance remained unchanged after the 2008 crisis? Some evidence from Continental Europe "(submitted).

In Progress

1. “Optimal reference point selection for efficiency and productivity analysis”. (with N. Chatzistamoulou and Κ. Tsekouras).

2. “Mapping European Countries' innovative and R&D characteristics. Heterogeneous technologies, Strategic groups and Environmental Efficiency Technology gaps”. (with Α.Gkypali,K. Tsekouras & N. Chatzistamoulou)

3.  “Industries and Learning; An Analysis under a Hierarchical Modelling Approach” (with K. Tsekouras & N. Chatzistamoulou)

4. “Greek Observatory of R&D Activities (GORDA)” (with Α.Gkypali and Κ. Tsekouras).  "http://rdsurveys.econ.upatras.gr/econsurveys/index.php?sid=32552&lang=el"

5. “Innovation Efficiency and Technology Gaps in European Regions: North vs. South”.  (with Α.Gkypali, A. Kontolaimou and Κ. Tsekouras).

6. "The input-output dimension of Greek Health sector. A bootstrap approach".(with N. Chatzistamoulou)

Working Papers

1. Working papers in Munich archive (https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/view/people/Kounetas=3AKostas=3A=3A.html)

2. Working papers in SSRN (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=412333)