Publications in Academic Journals:
From abroad to the ballot: remittances and political institutions. (with Antonis Adam), Journal of Institutional Economics. 2026;22:e48. doi:10.1017/S1744137426100848
Does aid harm or benefit institutional quality? Time heals all wounds. (with Michael Chletsos), (2026) Review of Development Economics
Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies, (with Antonis Adam), (2026) Economics & Politics, 38: 542–559
Breaking Bad or Making Amends? The dynamics of internal conflict after democratization. (with Antonis Adam), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, no. 5 (2026): 1149–1163
Effect of retirement on COVID-19 vaccination in Europe: a quasi-experimental study, (with Ilias Kyriopoulos and Elias Mossialos), npj Vaccines 10, 241 (2025).
Be my guest: The effect of foreign policy visits to the USA on FDI, (with Antonis Adam), Review of World Economics (2024), 160, pages 455–480 .
Serving two masters. The effect of state religion on fiscal capacity, (with Antonis Adam), Public Choice (2023), 194, pages 181–203.
Data Misreporting during the COVID19 Crisis: the role of political institutions. (with Antonis Adam), Economics Letters (2022), 213(C).
The effect of international development association's (IDA) aid on conflict. A fuzzy regression discontinuity approach. (with Antonis Adam), European Journal of Political Economy (2022), 74, September.
Do sanctions lead to a decline in civil liberties? (with Antonis Adam), Public Choice (2019),180, pages 191-215, September.
Environmental policy efficiency.Measurement and determinants. (with Antonis Adam), Economics of Governance (2019), vol. 20(1), pages 1-22, March.
Do democracies have higher current account deficits? (with Antonis Adam), Constitutional Political Economy (2018), vol. 29(1), pages 40-68, March.
Book Chapters:
Public Sector Efficiency, joint with A. Adam, in A. Afonso, J.T. Jalles, and A. Venancio (eds.), Handbook on Public Sector Efficiency, Edward Elgar Publishing, March 2023.
Other Publications:
Tsarsitalidou, S. (2025, Dec 10). The Double-Edged Effects of IDA Aid on Conflict and Governance: Policy Insights for Smarter Development Assistance. LISER.
Working Papers:
Don’t Worry, Be Greek: Expressive Voting and Procedural Utility after the 2015 Referendum, revisions requested
Sanctions as a Geoeconomic Tool: Heterogeneous Macroeconomic Effects in Resource-Rich and Resource-Poor Countries (with Antonis Adam and Marcel Thum)
Work in progress:
Nonlinear regression discontinuity designs, with Jeffrey Wooldridge
Tax Policy and Firm Behavior, with Ioannis Laliotis
Determinants of vaccination, with Ilias Kyriopoulos and Elias Mossialos
Failed coups in autocracies, with Antonis Adam