George Kladakis
I'm a Lecturer in Finance at the University of St Andrews Business School. My main research interests include banking as well as sociopolitical factors such as press freedom, political uncertainty or societal trust.
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). I hold a PhD in Finance from the University of Sheffield, a Msc in Finance and Investments from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and a BA in Business Studies (Accounting & Finance) from the University of Sheffield.
Selected publications
Kladakis, G. and Skouralis, A., 2025. Press freedom and systemic risk. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Forthcoming.
Kladakis, G. and Skouralis, A., 2024. Credit rating downgrades and systemic risk. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 101902.
Kladakis, G., Chen, L. and Bellos, S.K., 2023. Ethical bank disclosures and liquidity creation. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 84.
Kladakis, G., Chen, L. and Bellos, S.K., 2022. Bank regulation, supervision and liquidity creation. Journal of International Money and Finance, 124.
Kladakis, G., Chen, L. and Bellos, S.K., 2022. Wholesale funding and liquidity creation. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 59, 1501–1524.
Kladakis, G., Chen, L. and Bellos, S.K., 2020. Bank asset and informational quality. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 69.
Media
The Conversation, April 2024: Extraordinary Vietnam fraud case exposes the inherent vulnerabilities of banks
The Conversation, September 2023: Is the US banking crisis over?
The Conversation, March 2023: The European Central Bank seems to have got away with raising interest rates in the middle of a banking crisis – here’s why