Research

Accepted and Published Research Papers:

1. Gkikopoulos, S., Lee, E., Stathopoulos, K. 2026. Does Corporate Tax Planning Affect Firm Productivity? Management Science, Volume 72, Issue 8 (ABDC A*, ABS 4*, FT, SSCI, REF 2029). https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.03569.

2. 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.

Working Papers:

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

Conferences: 2026 Accounting and Economic Society Conference; 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 (R&R status)

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. Tax Spillover in Investment: Evidence From Bonus Depreciation, with Stephen Glaeser and Kevin Standridge (Available upon request)

4. The Macroeconomic Implications of Tax Frictions, with Konstantinos Stathopoulos (Available upon request)

5. Tax Code and Fiscal Investment Friction, with Hui-Jun Chen (Available upon request)

Conferences: 2026 Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society ES

Work-In-Progress Papers:

1. Asset-specific Fiscal Stimulus during Financial Downturns, with Hui-Jun Chen

2. Biodiversity and Environmental Taxes, with Arthur Stenzel, Vlad-Andrei Porumb, and George Voulgaris

Conferences: 2026 European Accounting Association Annual Congress