Publications in Academic Journals:

Breaking Bad or Making Amends? The dynamics of internal conflict after democratization. (with Antonis Adam), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

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:

Does aid harm or benefit institutions? Time heals all wounds. (with Michael Chletsos)

From Abroad to the Ballot: The effect of remittances on political institutions. (with Antonis Adam)

Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies, (with Antonis Adam)

Don't worry, be Greek: Expressive voting in the case of Greece. 

Down With the Sickness: Unraveling the Connection Between Leader Health and Terrorism. (with Evi Tsavou)

Work in progress:

Nonlinear regression discontinuity designs, with Jeffrey Wooldridge

Determinants of vaccination, with Ilias Kyriopoulos and Elias Mossialos

Sanctions and institutions