Journal Articles (click title for download)
Assessing the effect of international terrorism on civil liberties using a potential outcomes framework, with E. Tsavou, Public Choice, 2024, vol. 200, 201-236.
Conflict under the shadow of elections, with M. Manuet and P.G. Sekeris, Public Choice, 2024, vol. 200, 173-199.
Be my guest: the effect of foreign policy visits to the USA on FDI, with S. Tsarsitalidou, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 2024, vol. 160, 455-480.
Serving two masters. The effect of state religion on fiscal capacity, with S. Tsarsitalidou, Public Choice, 2023, vol. 194, 181-203.
Do natural disasters fuel terrorism? The role of state capacity, with E. Tsavou, Economic Modelling, 2022, vol. 115, 105950.
Electoral repression cycles, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 2022, vol. 37, 172-192.
Data Misreporting and Government Response in the COVID19 Crisis: the role of political institutions. with S. Tsarsitalidou, Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 213, 110348. Click here for a Stata Program to calculate the updated MAD for all countries and here for a Stata Program to calculate the daily updated (from 1/6/2022) MADs for selected countries.
The effect of international development association's (IDA) aid on conflict. A fuzzy regression discontinuity approach, with S. Tsarsitalidou, 2022, European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 74, 102162.
One Strike and you're out...Dictator's Fate in the Aftermath of Terrorism, with E. Tsavou, Defense and Peace Economics, 2022, vol 33(5), p. 585-602.
Economic Complexity and Jobs: an Empirical Analysis, with A. Garas, M.S. Katsaiti and A. Lapatinas, 2021, Economics of Innovation and New Technology.
Under economic adjustment programs, do private sector wages respond to changes in public wages and employment?, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2020, vol. 42(6), p. 1334-1351.
Guerre et Paix : les Vertus d’une Séparation des Pouvoirs Décisionnels . with P. Sekeris, Revue Francaise d' Economie, 2019/3, p. 23-54.
Neighbors and Friends: How European political parties respond to globalization. with S. Ftergioti, European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, vol. 59, p. 369-384.
Do sanctions lead to a decline in civil liberties? with S. Tsarsitalidou, Public Choice, 2019, vol. 180(3), p. 191-215.
Environmental policy efficiency. Measurement and determinants, with S. Tsarsitalidou, Economics of Governance, 2019, vol. 20(1), p. 1-22 .
Sovereign Defaults and Democracy, with K. Karanatsis, Comparative Economic Studies, 2019, vol. 61(1), p. 36-62.
Do Democracies Have Higher Current Account Deficits?, with S. Tsarsitalidou, Constitutional Political Economy, 2018, vol. 29(1), p.40-68.
The Modality of Fiscal Consolidation and Current Account Adjustment, with T. Moutos, Cesifo Economic Studies, 2017, vol. 63 (2), p. 162-181.
Self- Containment: Achieving Peace in Anarchic Setting, with P. Sekeris, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2017, vol. 61(1), p.173-203.
Income Inequality and the Tax Structure: evidence from developing and developed countries, with P. Kammas and A. Lapatinas, Journal of Comparative Economics, 2015, vol. 43(1), 138-154.
Do capital importing counties pay higher prices for their imports of goods, with T. Moutos, Journal of International Money and Finance,2014, vol. 40(C), p.95- 108.
Fiscal decentralization and public sector efficiency: Evidence from OECD countries, with P. Kammas and M. Delis, Economics of Governance, 2014, vol. 15(1), p. 17-49
Do Elections bring optimism?, Electoral Studies, 2014, vol. 33, p.137-143.
The effect of globalization on capital taxation: What have we learned after 20 years of empirical studies?, with A. Lagou and P. Kammas, Journal of Macroeconomics, 2013, 35, p. 199- 209.
Inequality and the import demand function, with M. Katsimi and T. Moutos, Oxford Economic Papers, 2012, 64, p. 675-701.
Military conscription as a means of stabilizing democratic regimes, Public Choice, 2012, vol. 150(3), p. 715-730.
A politico-economic analysis of minimum wages and wage subsidies, with T. Moutos, Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 110(3), p. 171-173.
Are Democratic Countries More Efficient?, with M. Delis and P. Kammas, European Journal of Political Economy, 2010, vol. 27(1), p. 75- 86.
Public Sector Efficiency: Leveling the Playing Field between OECD Countries, with M. Delis and P. Kammas, Public Choice, 2011, vol. 146(1), p.163-183.
Pension Funding in a Unionized Economy , with T. Moutos, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2009, vol. 56(2), p. 213-231.
Fiscal Reliance on Tariff Revenue: In Search for a Political Economy Explanation?, Review of Development Economics, 2009, vol. 13(4), p. 610-625.
The Trade Effects of the EU- Turkey Customs Union, with T. Moutos, World Economy, 2008, vol. 31(5), p. 685-700.
Tax Policies in a Globalized World: Is it Politics After All?, with P. Kammas, Public Choice, 2007, vol.133(3), p. 321-341.
Foreign Direct Investment and Civil Liberties:a new perspective, with F. Filippaios, European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, vol.23 (4), p. 1038-1052.
Pension Benefits, Labour Market Institutions and Unempoyment, LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 2007, vol. 21 (4-5), p. 595-610.
Minimum Wages, Inequality and Unemployment, with T. Moutos, Economics Letters, 2006, vol. 92(2), p. 170-176.
Book Chapters
Public Sector Efficiency, with S. Tsarsitalidou, in A. Afonson, J.T. Jalles, and A. Venancio (eds.), Handbook on Public Sector Efficiency, p.103-128, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
The Political Economy of EU Enlargement: Why Japan is not a Candidate Country with T. Moutos, in H. Berger and T. Moutos (eds.), Managing EU Enlargement, p. 261-296, MIT Press, 2003.
Book Reviews
Shapiro, I. : The real world of democratic theory, Journal of Economics, 2012, vol. 105(3), pages 281-283.
Work in Progress
Public Sector Employment, Institutional Quality, and the Size of the Shadow Economy
Democracy and Internal Conflict
Immigration and Democracy