Research Production Metrics (indicatively)
Indexed Publications (Scopus/WoS): 17 Academic Journal Rankings (AJG/ABDC): 9
Scopus: Q1 (6), Q2 (1), Q3 (1) AJG/ABDC : 2/B (3)
SJR: Q1 (1), Q2 (6), Q4 (1) AJG/ABDC : 1/C (9)
JCR: Q1(2), Q2 (2), Q3 (1), Q4 (1)
Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals
Vlachos V. and Stamatiou P., “Country-level determinants of material deprivation: The role of economic policy uncertainty and unreported income”. (in progress)
Vlachos V. and Stamatiou P., “What Determines Public Corruption? Macroeconomic Evidence from Easter Europe”. (in progress)
Kechagia P., Vlachos V., Stamatiou P. and Polychronidou P., “Analyzing Economic Conditions Regional Development and Investment Incentive Polilies: Feasibility of Special Economic Zone in Serres, Greece”. (under review)
Stamatiou P., “Financial Development and Economic Growth in the Euro Area. Evidence from Heterogeneous Panel Estimates Robust to Cross Sectional Dependence”. (revised and resubmitted, Scopus)
Stamatiou P., “Towards Green Tourism: The Role of Renewable Energy in Sustainable Development”. (revised and resubmitted, Scopus)
Tudor C., Sova R., Vlachos V. and Stamatiou P., “Blue Horizons: Factor Analysis of Water and Clean Energy Equity Portfolios”, Review of Accounting and Finance, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 149-179, 2026. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/RAF-04-2025-0139
Tudor C., Florescu M., Polychronidou P., Stamatiou P., Vlachos V. and Kasabali K., “Cloud Adoption in the Digital Era: An Interpretable Machine Learning Analysis of National Readiness and Structural Disparities Across the EU”, Applied Sciences, Vol. 15, No. 14, 8019, 2025. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app15148019
Stamatiou P. and Dritsakis N., “FDI and Trade Connectivity in EU: New Evidence from a Non-linear Panel Smooth Transition VECM”, Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 79-97, 2025. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47743/saeb-2025-0005
Tudor C., Sova R., Stamatiou P., Vlachos V. and Polychronidou P., “Future-Proofing EU-27 Energy Policies with AI: Analyzing and Forecasting Fossil Fuel Trends”, Electronics, Vol. 14, No. 3, p. 631, 2025. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14030631
Stamatiou P., “Quality of Life: The Role of Tourism and Renewable Energy”, International Journal of Applied Economics, Finance and Accounting, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 43-52, 2024. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33094/ijaefa.v18i1.1286
Stamatiou P., “Modeling Environmental Degradation: The Role of Electricity Consumption, Economic Growth and Globalization”, International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 62-72, 2023. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.14626
Stamatiou P., “Modeling Electricity Consumption for Growth in an Open Economy”, International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 154-163, 2022. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.12752
Dritsaki C., Niklis D. and Stamatiou P., “Oil Consumption Forecasting using ARIMA Models. An Empirical Study for Greece”, International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 214-224, 2021. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11231
Stamatiou P. and Papadopoulou M., “Financial Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Eurozone”, International Journal of Accounting and Finance Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 7-16, 2021. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22158/ijafs.v4n1p7
Dritsaki C. and Stamatiou P., “Investigating the Impact of Market Openness on Economic Growth for Poland: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bounds Testing Approach to Cointegration”, International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 123-131, 2019. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijefi.8327
Stamatiou P. and Dritsaki C., “The Phillips Curve: Unemployment Dynamics and NAIRU Estimates of Poland’s Economy”, Economia Internazionale/International Economics, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 281-312, 2019. [link]
Stamatiou P. and Dritsakis N., “Causality among CO2 Emissions, Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in Italy”, International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 268-286, 2019. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCEE.2019.102509
Stamatiou P. and Dritsakis N., “The Effects of FDI on Greek Economy: An Empirical Analysis”. International Journal of Accounting and Finance Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 39-60, 2019. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22158/ijafs.v2n2p39
Dritsakis N. and Stamatiou P., “Causal Nexus between FDI, Exports, Unemployment and Economic Growth for the Old European Union Members. Evidence from Panel Data”, International Journal of Economic Sciences, Vol. VII, No. 2, pp. 35-56, 2018. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20472/ES.2018.7.2.002
Stamatiou P. and Dritsakis N., “Financial Development and Economic Growth: The Case of Greek Economy”, International Journal of Accounting and Finance Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 173-182, 2018. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22158/ijafs.v1n2p173
Dritsakis N. and Stamatiou P., “Foreign Direct Investments, Exports, Unemployment and Economic Growth in the New EU Members - A Panel Data Approach”, Economia Internazionale/International Economics, Vol. 70, No. 4, pp. 443-468, 2017. [link]
Dritsakis N. and Stamatiou P., “Causal Nexus between Government Debt, Exports and Economic Growth for Three Eurozone Countries: A Panel Data Analysis”, Journal of Economics and Public Finance, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 47-65, 2017. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22158/jepf.v3n1p47
Dritsakis N. and Stamatiou P., “The Effects of Unemployment on Economic Growth in Greece. An ARDL Bound Test Approach”, Romanian Economic Journal, Vol. XIX, Issue 62, pp. 53-72, 2016. [link]
Dritsakis N. and Stamatiou P., “Trade Openness and Economic Growth: A Panel Cointegration and Causality Analysis for the Newest EU Countries”, Romanian Economic Journal, Vol. XIX, Issue 59, pp. 45-60, 2016. [link]
Dritsakis N. and Stamatiou P., “Budget Deficit, Economic Growth and FDI in the Baltics: A Cross-Section Dependence Panel Approach”, Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 12, pp. 65-76, 2016. [link]
Dritsakis N. and Stamatiou P., “Exports, Foreign Direct Investments and Economic Growth for five European countries: Granger Causality Tests in Panel Data”, Applied Economics Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 253-272, 2014. [link]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/aeq.60.4.253
Publications in International Conferences with Reviewers
Tavellaris G., Vlachos V. and Stamatiou P., “The Determinants of Public Corryption: Evidence drom Central and Eastern Europe”, Proceedings of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), Athens, Greece, 12-16, October, 2026. (forthcoming)
Vlachos V. and Stamatiou P., “Country-level determinants of material deprivation: The role of economic policy uncertainty and unreported income”, Proceedings of the 24th Annual European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS) Conference, Seville, Spain, 17-20 June, 2026. (to appear)
Kechagia P., Vlachos V., Stamatiou P., Polychronidou P., “Analyzing Economic Conditions, Regional Development and Investment Incentive Policies: Feasibility of a Special Economic Zone in Serres, Greece”, Proceedings of 22nd ASECU International Conference Sustainable South and Eastern Europe 2030+: Tackling Socioeconomic Transitions through the SDGs, Sofia, Bulgaria, 24-25April, 2026. [link]
Tavellaris G., Vlachos V. and Stamatiou P., “Macroeconomic Determinants of Corruption: An Empirical Analysis of Eastern European Countries”, Proceedings of EMIDWORLD 3rd International Congress on Economics Public Finance Business & Social Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan, 13-15 November, 2025. [link]
Niklis D., Stamatiou P. and Dritsaki C., “Identification of Environmental and Economic Indicators: A Case Study of EU Countries with the Use of DEA Method”. Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), Heraklion, Greece, 26-28 August, 2021 published by Springer in the series 'Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics' under the title Advances in Quantitative Economic Research, Vol. 30, pp. 439-450, 2022. (Scopus, WoS) [link]
Stamatiou P., Dritsaki C. and Niklis D., “CO2 Emissions, Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, Trade and Urbanization in Greece”. Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), Virtual, 2-3 July, 2020 published by Springer in the series 'Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics' under the title Advances in Longitudinal Data Methods in Applied Economic Research, Vol. 26, pp. 379-389, 2021. (Scopus, WoS) [link]
Stamatiou P. and Dritsaki C., “Inflation, Unemployment and the NAIRU in Poland”, Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), Warsaw, Poland, 5-7 July, 2018 published by Springer in the series 'Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics' under the title Advances in Time Series Data Methods in Applied Economic Research, Vol. 12, pp. 159-176, 2018. (Scopus, WoS) [link]
Dritsaki C. and Stamatiou P., “Cobb-Douglas Production Function: The Case of Poland’s Ecoonomy”, Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), Warsaw, Poland, 5-7 July, 2018 published by Springer in the series 'Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics' under the title Advances in Time Series Data Methods in Applied Economic Research, Vol. 31, pp. 465-483, 2018. (Scopus, WoS) [link]
Ruttimann BG. and Stamatiou P., “Measuring the Globalization Degree of Foreign Direct Investments from 2001-2012: First Interpretations”, Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), Coventry, England, 6-8 July, 2017 published by Springer in the series 'Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics' under the title Advances in Panel Data Analysis in Applied Economic Research, Vol. 42, pp. 573-592, 2018. (Scopus, WoS) [link]
Stamatiou P. and Dritsakis N., “Dynamic Modeling of Causal Relationship between Energy Consumption, CO2 Emissions and Economic Growth in Italy”, Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), Nicosia, Cyprus, 7-9 July, 2016 published by Springer in the series 'Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics' under the title Advances in Applied Economic Research, Vol. 8, pp. 99-109, 2017. (Scopus, WoS) [link]
Stamatiou P. and Dritsakis N., “Granger Causality Relationship between Foreign Direct Investments, Exports, Unemployment and Economic Growth. A Panel Data Approach for the New EU Members”, Proceedings of the 14th Annual European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS) Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 11-14 June, 2015. [link]
Stamatiou P. and Dritsakis N., “The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Unemployment Rate and Economic Growth in Greece: A Time Series Analysis”, Proceedings of the International Work-Conference on Time Series Analysis (ITISE), Vol. 1, pp. 97-108, Granada, Spain, 25-27 June, 2014. (WoS) [link]
Stamatiou P. and Dritsakis N., “A causal Relationship between Exports, Foreign Direct Investments and Economic Growth for five European countries. A Panel Data Approach”, Proceedings of the 12th Annual European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS) Conference, Berlin, Germany, 20-23 June, 2013. [link]
Book Chapters (Refereed)
Niklis D., Stamatiou P. and Dritsaki C., “Identification of Environmental and Economic Indicators: A Case Study of EU Countries with the Use of DEA Method”. In: Tsounis N., Vlachvei A. (eds) Advances in Quantitative Economic Research. ICOAE 2021. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham, 2022. (Scopus, WoS)
Stamatiou P., Dritsaki C. and Niklis D., “CO2 Emissions, Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, Trade and Urbanization in Greece”. In: Tsounis N., Vlachvei A. (eds) Advances in Longitudinal Data Methods in Applied Economic Research. ICOAE 2020. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham, 2021. (Scopus, WoS)
Stamatiou P. and Dritsaki C., “Inflation, Unemployment and the NAIRU in Poland”. In: Tsounis N., Vlachvei A. (eds) Advances in Time Series Data Methods in Applied Economic Research. ICOAE 2018. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham, 2018. (Scopus, WoS)
Dritsaki C. and Stamatiou P., “Cobb-Douglas Production Function: The Case of Poland’s Economy”. In: Tsounis N., Vlachvei A. (eds) Advances in Time Series Data Methods in Applied Economic Research. ICOAE 2018. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham, 2018. (Scopus, WoS)
Rüttimann BG. and Stamatiou P., “Measuring the Globalization Degree of Foreign Direct Investments from 2001 to 2012: First Interpretations”. In: Tsounis N., Vlachvei A. (eds) Advances in Panel Data Analysis in Applied Economic Research. ICOAE 2017. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham, 2018. (Scopus, WoS)
Stamatiou P. and Dritsakis N., “Dynamic Modeling of Causal Relationship Between Energy Consumption, CO2 Emissions, and Economic Growth in Italy”. In: Tsounis N., Vlachvei A. (eds) Advances in Applied Economic Research. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham, 2017. (Scopus, WoS)
Presentations/Participations/Contributions at Annual International Conferences
International Scientific Conference IADERA (Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, Digitalization, Economics, and Sustainability Research Association), Zadar, Croatia, 2026 (forthcoming)
International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), Athens, Greece, 2026 (forthcoming)
European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS) Conference, Seville, Spain, 2026
Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe (ASECU) International Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2026
International Congress on Economics Public Finance Business & Social Sciences (EMIDWORLD), Baku, Azerbaijan 2025
International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), Heraklion, Greece, 2021
International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), Virtual, Greece, 2020
International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), Warsaw, Poland, 2018
International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), Coventry, England, 2017
International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), Nicosia, Cyprus, 2016
European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS) Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 2015
International Work-Conference on Time Series Analysis (ITISE), Granada, Spain, 2014
European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS) Conference, Berlin, Germany, 2013
Monographs
Stamatiou P., “Foreign Direct Investments, Exports, Unemployment and Economic Growth: Evidence from Panel Cointegration and Causality Analysis in EU Countries”, PhD Dissertation (in Greek), University of Macedonia, Greece, 2017.
DOI: 10.12681/eadd/44326
Research/Professional Experience
1/2026-10/2026: Research Associate (Asst. Professor) in the project «Highlighting and Demonstrating the Declining Economic and Social Course of the Serres Regional Municipality» in the Department of Economic Sciences, School of Economics and Business Administration at International Hellenic University, Greece (in collaboration with the Economic Chamber of Serres).
1/2024-9/2024: Head of the Student Research Group (Asst. Professor) at the institutionalized laboratory «Economic - Financial Studies» (sector «Environmental Economics») in the Department of Economic Sciences, School of Economics and Business Administration at International Hellenic University, Greece.
8/2018-6/2020: Research Associate (Post-Doc level) in the institutionalized laboratory «Environmental Technology» (sector «Environmental Economy») in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic School at University of Western Macedonia, Greece.
4/2019-7/2020: Research Associate (Post-Doc level) in the project «Determination of Environmental and Economic Indicators: The Case of EU Countries», in the Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Economics at University of Western Macedonia, Greece.
Research/Professional Activities
1. Editor/Guest Editor in International Scientific Journals
Sustainability (Special Issue: “Economic and Policy Framework Towards Green Energy Transition”) [link]
Accepting Submissions until 22 April 2027
2. Reviewer in Scientific Journals & Editorial Teams/Societies Memberships
Discover Sustainability – Ad Hoc Reviewer
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics - Ad Hoc Reviewer
Scientific Annals of Economics and Business - Ad Hoc Reviewer
Global Economic Science - Editorial Board Member
Economics, Law and Policy - Editorial Board Member
Public Administration Research - Editorial Board Member
Economics, Law and Policy - Editorial Board Member
Economics - Editorial Board Member
The International Trade Journal - Ad Hoc Reviewer
SCIREA Journal of Economics - Editorial Board Member
Applied Economics and Finance - Editorial Board Member
Public Administration Research - Editorial Board Member
Environment Systems and Decisions - Ad Hoc Reviewer
International Journal of Accounting and Finance Studies - Editorial Board Member
International Economic Journal - Ad Hoc Reviewer
Economies - Ad Hoc Reviewer
Economic Modelling - Ad Hoc Reviewer
Journal of Business and Management - Editorial Board Member
World Economic Association - Society Membership
Research Supervision
1. Doctoral Theses (main supervisor)
L. S. : How Corruption Affects Business Productivity (start 11/2024, in progress)
R. G. : Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Energy Development: Strategic Investments for Innovation in Green Technology (start 11/2025, in progress)
S. E. : Sustainable Development Prospects in the Manufacturing Sector: The Role of Energy, Technological Development and Policy Support (start 11/2025, in progress)
2. Doctoral Theses (member of a three-member advisory committee)
T. A. : Economic Growth, Energy Consumption and Environmental Policy: Empirical Studies in the Context of Sustainable Energy Transition in Greece (successfully defended, 1/2025)
T. G. : The Impact of Economic Growth, Civil Society, Good Legislation, Quality of Public Administration in the Countries of the SE Mediterranean on the Mitigation of Political Corruption (in progress)
G. P. : The Impact of Competition between Businesses with Informal Economic Activity on the Creation of New Jobs: The Case of Greece (in progress)
Petsiniki A.: The Impact of the Shadow Economy on Formal Economic Activity (in progress)
3. Master Theses (main supervisor)
2024-today: > 20 Master Theses Successfully Defended
6 Master Theses In Progess
4. Master Theses (member of a three-member advisory committee)
2024-today: > 30 Master Theses Successfully Defended
10 Master Theses In Progess