2025

  Ilias Balatsouras : Comparative Macroeconomic Analysis of Greece and other EU Countries 

This paper compares Greece, Germany, and Spain to highlight structural differences within the Eurozone, showing how countries under a common monetary policy can experience divergent macroeconomic outcomes due to institutional strength, fiscal structure, and economic resilience. Using data from 1995–2024, it analyzes business cycles, public finances, labour markets, and financial conditions.

Chrysoula Stigka & Nikos Papavasileiou : Macro and Financial Indicators 

This project aims to provide an analysis of the macro and financial indicators of the Greek economy using data from the Greece in numbers. We concentrate on credit and leverage analysis and then proceed to provide insight into sectoral imbalances by focusing on financial accounts of the main creditors, households and firms. Furthermore, we examine the banking system, to understand how such issues, combined with structural weaknesses resulted in high leverage and excess liquidity.

Dimitra Tsementzi : Public Debt Dynamics and Debt Structure in Greece 

This paper analyzes Greece’s public debt dynamics and structure, examining how growth, inflation, interest rates, and primary balances shape debt evolution. Using a standard decomposition, it quantifies each component’s contribution across time. It highlights crisis effects, policy interventions, and shifts toward official financing, assessing sustainability and the role of macroeconomic conditions in stabilizing debt trajectories over time and future outlook.

Argyris Gkokidis : Greek Business Cycle

This paper decomposes Greece’s GDP into its main components and, employing appropriate econometric techniques, examines the dynamic responses of these components to exogenous shocks. The analysis is conducted using annual data covering the period 1995–2024, allowing for a comprehensive assessment of both short‑run and long‑run adjustment patterns.

Elsa Hatija & Christos Dourgoutis : Labour Market Indicators, Analysis of the Greek Labour Market 

The following paper contains an analysis of key labour market variables in order to assess the path the Greek economy has followed throughout the past two decades. Utilizing data in regards to the sectoral composition of labour, geographic discrepancies, education levels and the demographic makeup of the labour force, it paints a picture on the dynamic composition of the Greek Labour Market.