Research

Accepted and Published Research Papers:

1. Gkikopoulos, S., Lee, E., Stathopoulos, K. 2026. Managerial Short-Termism and Corporate Tax Avoidance. The International Journal of Accounting, forthcoming (ABDC A, ABS 3; SSCI). https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1094406026500010.

2. Gkikopoulos, S., Lee, E., Stathopoulos, K. 2025. Does Corporate Tax Planning Affect Firm Productivity? Management Science, forthcoming (ABDC A*, ABS 4*, FT, SSCI, REF 2029). https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.03569.

Working Papers:

1. Tax Policy, Financial Frictions, and Firm Risk-Taking

Conferences: 2026 Financial Management and Accounting Research Conference (scheduled); 2025 Finance and Accounting Annual Research Symposium; 2025 Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Conference; 2023 Early Career Accounting Scholars Conference; 2023 European Accounting Association Annual Congress; 2023 International Corporate Governance Society Annual Conference

Seminars: CUNEF Universidad; Lancaster University Management School; University of Cambridge Judge Business School; University of Cyprus; University of Manchester Alliance Business School; University of Strathclyde Business School; WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

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2. Keeping the Dead Alive: Zombie Firms and Pollution, with Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, and Konstantinos Stathopoulos

Conferences: 2025 AfriMed Finance Society Annual Conference; 2025 European Accounting Association Annual Congress; 2024 International Corporate Governance Society Annual Conference; 2024 Sustainable Finance Conference

Seminars: Centre for The Analysis of Investment Risk; Copenhagen Business School; Huddersfield University Business School; King’s College London Business School; Neoma Business School; University of London Bayes Business School; University of Strathclyde Business School

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3. The Macroeconomics of Capital Durability, with Hui-Jun Chen, Min Fang, and Chi-Yang Tsou (Available upon request)

Conferences: 2026 Spring Midwest Macro Meeting (scheduled); 2025 Tokyo-Taipei-Seoul Macroeconomics Network Workshop

Seminars: Academia Sinica (scheduled); Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (scheduled); University of Manchester Alliance Business School

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4. Taxes and Allocative Efficiency, with Konstantinos Stathopoulos (Available upon request)

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Work-In-Progress Papers:

1. Tax Code and Fiscal Investment Friction, with Hui-Jun Chen

Conferences: 2026 Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society ES (scheduled)

2. Tax Spillovers in Investment: Evidence from Bonus Depreciation and Innovation, with Stephen Glaeser and Kevin Standridge