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1 NICHOLAS APERGIS, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Banking and Financial Management University of Piraeus Piraeus 18534, Greece Τel. (+3210) 414 2429, Fax. (+3210) 414 2341 e-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D. in Economics (Fordham University, New York, 1992) M.A. in Economics (Economic University of Athens, Greece, 1986) B.A. in Economics (University of Athens, Greece, 1984) LANGUAGES Greek (native language) English (Perfect) ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS Chair, Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus, Greece (September 2008-present) Currently manage a Department of 10 tenure-track and 8 non-tenure track faculty, and 6 admionistrative staff with a personnes and operating budget of 1 million euros. Responsibilities include curriculum development and oversight of the undergraduate and graduate programs, hiring of faculty and administrative staff, fund-raising activities, fostering an active research environment for faculty and students, enhancing alumni relations, and serving as the Department’s liaison to external constituencies. As Head of the Department every year I am managing of raising a number of scholarships from banking institutions and manufacturing and services corporations with a value ranging from 120,000 euros to 160,000 euros. Head of the Graduate Program, Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus, Greece (September 2008-present) Currently manage a dual program (full-time and part-time) of 25 courses and operating a budget of 1 million euros. The department offers 3 Master’s degrees: Master’s in Finance, Master’s in Finance and Banking, and Master’s in Finance for Lawers. All three programs combined accept up to 150 students every year. Responsibilities include personnel decisions, budget planning and management, facilities and technology, liaison to University administration, community engagement and outreach, enhancing alumni relations, and fund-raising activities. Vice-Chair, Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus, Greece (September 2007-August 2009) 2 Managed a department of 8 tenure-track, 3 non-tenure track faculty, and 1 administrative staff with a personnel and operating budget of 600,000 thousand euros. Responsibilities included budget planning and management, facilities and technology, liaison to University administration, community engagement and outreach, enhancing alumni relations, and fund-raising activities. Chair, Department of International Economics, University of Macedonia, Greece (September 2003-August 2005) Managed a department of 5 tenure-track, 5 non-tenure track faculty, and 2 administrative staff with a personnel and operating budget of 500,000 thousand euros. Responsibilities included curriculum development, hiring of faculty and administrative staff, fund-raising activities, fostering an active research environment for faculty and students, enhancing alumni relations, and serving as the Department’s liaison to external constituencies. Chair, Department of Economics, University of Ioannina, Greece (Αugust 1999-Αpril 2002) Managed a department of 3 tenure-track, 5 non-tenure track faculty, and 1 administrative staff with a personnel and operating budget of 500,000 thousand euros. Responsibilities included curriculum development and oversight of the undergraduate program, hiring of faculty and administrative staff, fostering an active research environment for faculty and students, and serving as the Department’s liaison to external constituencies. ACADEMIC TENURE TRACK APPOINTMENTS Professor, University of Piraeus, Greece (2006-present) Professor, University of Macedonia, Greece (2002-2006) Associate Professor, University Ioannina, Greece (1999-2002) Coordinator and Member of the Money and Capital Markets Division, Hellenic Open University. Member of the Program Committee (2000-present) Assistant Professor, University of Macedonia, Greece (1998-1999) VISITING ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Visiting Professor, Fordham University and Manhattan College (1993-1994) Visiting Professor, State University of New York at New Paltz (1993-1995) Lecturer, University of Macedonia, Greece (1994-1998) Research Scholar, London School of Economics (2009-2010) OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Member of the Board, Hellenic Stock Exchange Group, SA (Athens Stock Exchange), November 2003-June 2006, 3 EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE Editor, International Journal of Economic Research Managing Editor, Journal of World Economic Review Associate Editor, Journal of Economics and Finance Editorial Board Member: International Advances of Economic Research, Open Economics Journal, International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research, International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering, International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management Member Scientific Committee for Review of Economic Sciences in Greece REFEREE Applied Economics Applied Energy Applied Financial Economics Atlantic Economic Journal Energy Economics Energy Policy European Economic Review Global Economy Journal International Advances of Economic Research International Economic Journal International Economic Review Journal of Economics and Finance Journal of International Money and Finance Journal of Macroeconomics Journal of Policy Modeling PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Economic Association Atlantic Economic Association European Economic Association Academy of Economics and Finance Greek Financial Association Founder of the European-Asian Economics and Finance Association FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Open Economy Macroeconomics, International Finance, Monetary Economics, Economic Growth, Financial Economics, Agricultural and Regional Economics, Applied Time Series and Panel Econometrics COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate: Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Applied Econometrics, Applied Financial Econometrics, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Economics of European 4 Integration, International Monetary Economics, Fixed Income Securities Markets, International Finance, Investments in Real Estate Graduate: Macroeconomics I & II, Advanced Topics in Macroeconomic Analysis, International Money Markets, Finance and Investment in Real Estate M.A. Thesis Supervision Monetary Policy and Housing Prices Asymmetries in Housing Prices Asymmetric Consumption and Stock Prices The Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle Exchange Rate Risk and Interest Rate Spreads PPP and Mean Reversion Exchange Rates and Total Factor Productivity Mean and Volatility in Stock Returns Is There Any Home Bias in Housing Prices? Mean Reversion in ROE Hybrid Models in Real Estate Evaluation Decisions Operating and Nonoperating Income and Stock Prices Output Growth and Stock Prices The TED Spread and Stock Prices Oil Prices and Economic Growth Oil Prices and Stock Market Prices Oil Price Fluctuations and Exchange Rates Macroeconomic Factors and Oil Futures Intraday Efficiency in Oil Markets The Effects of Macroeconomic, Political and Financial Factors on the Mean Returns and Volatility of a Stock Market Is Volatility Really the Best Measure of Financial Risk? Banking and Currency Crises: Fundamentals, Sunspots and their Interaction Market Liquidity in Stock Market Indices during the Pre- and the Post-Crisis Period Are Foreign Banks More Profitable than Domestic Banks? Ph.D. Thesis Supervision Efficiency in European Banking The Role of Monetary Rules for the Bank Lending Channel SUBMISSIONS ‘Banks’ Reaction to Credit Rating Changes: Evidence from the US Banking Industry’, (with J.E. Payne and C. Tsoumas), under review Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, September 2010 ‘Economic Freedom and Income Inequality Revisited: A Panel Investigation of U.S. States’, (with O. Dincer and J.E. Payne), under review Contemporary Economic Policy, March 2011 5 ‘Accounting Information and Excess Stock Returns: The Role of the Cost of Capital-New Evidence from US Firm Level Data’, under review Accounting Research (with S. Eleftheriou and J. Sorros), March 2011 ‘Optimal Hedge Ratio Estimation during the Credit Crisis and Application of Higher Moments’, (with A. Gabrielsen), under review Review of Economics and Finance, March 2011 ‘The Determinants of Business Starts-ups in Tertiary Education: Evidence for Greece through a Panel Data Appraoch’, (with I. Fafaliou), under review Journal of Economics and Finance, March 2011 ‘Live Free or Bribe”: On the Causal Dynamics between Economic Freedom and Corruption in U.S. States’, (with O. Dincer and J.E. Payne), under review European Journal of Political Economy, April 2011 ‘Accounting Information and the Cost of Capital: A Theoretical Approach’, (with S. Eleftheriou and J. Sorros), Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting, April 2011 ‘Renewable Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth: A Panel Investigation of 80 Countries’, (with J.E. Payne), under review Applied Energy, April 2011 ‘Weather Conditions and the Bank Lending Channel: A GMM Approach from US Banking’, (with P. Artikis), under review Journal of Empirical Finance, April 2011 ‘The Bank Lending Channel and Lunar Phases: Evidence from a Panel of European Banks’, (with A. Gabrielsen), under review Journal of Behavioral Finance, April 2011 ‘Health Expenses and Economic Growth: Growth Convergence Dynamics across the Indian States’ (with P. Padhi), under review Journal of Health Economics, May 2011 ‘Weather Conditions and Bank Loans Efficiency in US Banking: A Panel VAR Approach’, (with P. Artikis and E. Mamatzakis), under review Journal of Banking and Finance, May 2011 REVISIONS ‘Tax-Spend Nexus in Greece: Are There Asymmetries?’, (with J.E. Payne and J.W. Saunoris), revised and resubmitted Journal of Economics Studies, February 2011 ‘Convergence Patterns in Financial Development: Evidence from Club Convergence’, (with C. Christou and S. Miller), revised and resubmitted Empirical Economics, May 2011 ‘The Role of Fixed Capital Depreciations for TFP Growth: Evidence from Firm Level Panel Data Estimates’, (with J. Sorros), revised and resubmitted Journal of Economics and Finance, May 2011 PUBLICATIONS (Journals) 6 1) Apergis, N. (1992) ‘An Estimation of Target Effective Exchange Rates: The Case of the U.S.’, American Economist, 36, 22-28. 2) Alexakis, P. and N. Apergis (1994) ‘The Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle and Exchange Rate Regimes: Evidence from Cointegration Tests’, Journal of Policy Modeling, 16, 459-472. 3) Apergis, N. and C. Katrakilidis (1995) ‘Public Deficit Monetization in Greece: Evidence Using Structural VAR Modeling’, Studi Economici, 56, 137-152. 4) Alexakis, P. and N. Apergis (1996) ‘ARCH Effects and Cointegration: Is the Foreign Market Efficient?’, Journal of Banking and Finance, 20, 687-697. 5) Apergis, N. and C. Karfakis (1996) ‘Sources of Fluctuations in Exchange Rates: A Structural VAR Analysis’, Applied Economics Letters, 3, 251-254. 6) Alexakis, P., N. Apergis, and E. Xanthakis (1996) ‘Stock Prices and Inflation Volatility: Evidence from an ARCH Model’, International Advances in Economic Research, 2, 101-111. 7) Apergis, N. (1996) ‘The Cyclical Behavior of Prices: Evidence from Seven Developing Economies’, Developing Economies, 34, 204-211. 8) Apergis, N. (1996) ‘What Opportunity Cost of Holding Real Balances? The Case of Greece 1978-1993’, Applied Economic Letters, 3, 483-485. 9) Apergis, N. (1996) ‘Trends in Macroeconomic Series: Any Permanent Effects from Policy Regime Changes’, International Review of Economics and Business (Rivista Ιnternationale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali), 43, 347-358. 10) Apergis, N. and E. Varelas (1996) ‘Can the Buffer-Stock Hypothesis Explain Money Demand? Evidence from a SVAR Model’, International Review of Economics and Business (Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali), 43, 607-616. 11) Apergis, N. (1997) ‘Domestic and Eurocurrency Yields: Any Exchange Rate Link? Evidence from a VAR Model’, Journal of Policy Modeling, 19, 41-47. 12) Apergis, N. and S. Eleptheriou (1997) ‘The Efficient Hypothesis and Deregulation: The Greek Case’, Applied Economics, 29, 111-117. 13) Apergis, N., J. Papanastasiou, and C. Velentzas (1997) ‘The Credibility of Policy Announcements: The Greek Evidence’, Applied Economics, 29, 699-705. 14) Apergis, N. (1997) ‘Inflation Uncertainty, Money Demand and Monetary Deregulation: Evidence from a Univariate ARCH Model and Cointegration Tests’, Journal of Policy Modeling, 19, 279-293. 7 15) Alexakis, P., N. Apergis, and E. Xanthakis (1997) ‘Integration of International Capital Markets: Further Evidence from EMS Non-EMS Membership’, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions, and Money, 7, 277-287. 16) Apergis, N. and E. Tsoulfidis (1997) ‘The Relationship Between Saving and Finance: Theory and Evidence from EU Countries’, Research in Economics (Researche Economichi), 51, 333358. 17) Apergis, N. (1998) ‘Budget Deficits and Exchange Rates: Further Evidence from Causality and Cointegration Tests’, Journal of Economic Studies, 25, 161-178. 18) Apergis, N., C. Katrakilidis, and S. Papastamatis (1998) ‘”Meteor Showers” and “Heat Waves” in Greek Financial Markets’, International Advances in Economic Research, 3, 364-375. 19) Apergis, N. and E. Tsoulfidis (1998) ‘Money Supply Endogeneity in Greece: Further Evidence from Cointegration and Causality Tests‘,International Review of Economics and Business (Rivista Ιnternationale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali), 45, 167-184. 20) Apergis, N. (1998) ‘Stock Market Volatility and Deviations from Macroeconomic Fundamentals: Evidence from GARCH and GARCH-X Models’, Kredit and Kapital, 3, 400-412. 21) Apergis, N. (1998) ‘Inflation and Uncertainty: Does the EMS Participation Play Any Role?’, Journal of Economic Integration, 13, 586-605. 22) Apergis, N. and C. Katrakilidis (1998) ‘Does Inflation Uncertainty Matter in Foreign Direct Investment Decisions? An Empirical Investigation for Portugal, Spain, and Greece’, International Review of Economics and Business (Rivista Internazionale and Scienze Economiche & Commerciali), 45, 729-744. 23) Apergis, N. (1999) ‘Inflation Uncertainty and Money Demand: Evidence from a Monetary Regime Change and the Case of Greece‘, International Economic Journal, 13, 21-30. 24) Apergis, N. (1999) ‘Monetary Policy Design and the Buffer-Stock Hypothesis: Further Evidence from European Union Countries’, Applied Economics Letters, 6, 793-796. 25) Apergis, N. (2000) ‘Exchange Rate Volatility and Accounting for the Impact of Economic Events: Evidence from a GARCH Model‘, Indian Economic Journal, 19, 45-63. 26) Apergis, N. (2000) 'Public and Private Investments in Greece: Complementary or Substitute Goods', Bulletin of Economic Research, 52, 225-234. 27) Αpergis, N., K. Katrakilidis, and N. Tabakis (2000) 'Current Account Deficit Sustainability: The Case of Greece', Applied Economic Letters, 7, 599-603. 8 28) Apergis, N. (2000) 'Black Market Rates and Official Rates in Armenia: Evidence from Causality Tests in Alternative Regimes', Eastern Economic Journal, 26, 335-344. 29) Apergis, N., E. Varelas, and E. Velentzas (2000) ‘Money Supply, Consumption, and Deregulation: The Case of Greece’, Applied Economics Letters, 7, 385-390. 30) Apergis, N. (2000) 'Monetary Deregulation and Consumption: Evidence from Certain Components of Consumption', Economic Issues, 18, 31-44. 31) Apergis, N. (2001) ‘Employment News and Exchange Rates: Policy Implications for the European Union’, Applied Economics Letters, 7, 695-708. 32) Apergis, N. (2001) 'Reassesing the Role of Buffer-Stock Money under Oil Price Shocks', Atlantic Economic Journal, 29, 20-30. 33) Αpergis, N. and S. Eleptheriou (2001) 'Measuring Price Elasticity of Aggregate Demand in Greece: 1961-1995', Public Finance Review, 28, 452.467. 34) Apergis, N. and C. Katrakylidis (2001) 'Testing the Intertemporal Substituion Hypothesis: The Impact of Income Uncertainty on Savings', Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 137, 537-548. 35) Apergis, N. and S. Eleftheriou (2001) 'Stock Returns and Volatility: Evidence from the Athens Stock Exchange Market Index', Journal of Economics and Finance, 25, 50-61. 36) Apergis, N. and A. Rezitis (2001) 'Asymmetric Cross-Market Volatility Spillovers: Evidence from Intra-day Data on Equity and Foreign Exchange Markets', Manchester School of Economics, 69, 81-96. 37) Apergis, N. and S. Eleftheriou (2002) 'Interest Rates, Inflation and Stock prices: The Case of the ASE', Journal of Policy Modeling, 24, 231-236. 38) Apergis, N. (2002) 'Business Fluctuations Under ‘Hysteresis’ Effects: The Case of Greece', Indian Economic Journal, 21, 120-134. 39) Apergis, N. and A. Rezitis (2003) 'Mean Spillover Effects in Agricultural Prices: Evidence from Changes in Policy Regimes', International Advances in Economic Research, 9, 69-78. 40) Apergis, N. (2003) 'Testing Purchasing Power: Results from a New Foreign Exchange Market', Applied Economics Letters, 10, 91-95. 41) Apergis, N. and A. Rezitis (2003) ' Food Price Volatility and Macroeconomic Factor Volatility: 'Heat Waves' or 'Meteor Showers'?’, Applied Economics Letters, 10, 155-160. 9 42) Apergis, N. and C. Velentzas (2002) 'The Impact of Financial Deregulation in Greece on Consumption Patterns', International Economics (Economia Internazionale), 55, 283-296. 43) Apergis, N. and S. Zikos (2003) 'The Law of Verdoorn: Evidence from Greek Disaggregated Manufacturing Time Series Data', Economic and Social Review, 34, 87-104. 44) Apergis, N. and A. Rezitis (2003) 'An Examination of Okun's Law: Evidence from Regional Areas in Greece', Applied Economics, 35, 1147-1151. 45) Apergis, N. and A. Rezitis (2003) 'Operational Efficiency in the Greek Banking Industry: Evidence from the Stochastic Frontier Approach and Error Decompositions', International Review of Economics and Business (Rivista Internazionale and Scienze Economiche & Commerciali), 34, 127-149. 46) Apergis, N., D. Kyrkilis, and A. Rezitis (2003) 'Exchange Rate Volatility and Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Greece: The Prospects of EMU Membership', International Review of Economics and Business (Rivista Internazionale and Scienze Economiche & Commerciali) 34, 235.251. 47) Apergis, N. and S. Eleftheriou (2003) 'Exchange Rates and Stock Prices: Further Evidence from Intertemporal Asset Pricing and an Error Correction Model', International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research, 1, 73-88. 48) Apergis, N. and A. Rezitis (2003) ‘Housing prices and macroeconomic factors in Greece: prospects within the EMU’, Applied Economics Letters, 10, 799-804. 49) Apergis, N. and A. Rezitis (2003) ‘Agricultural Price Volatility Spillover Effects: The Case of Greece’, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 30, 389-406. 50) Apergis, N. and A. Rezitis (2003) ‘Mean Spillover Effects in Agricultural Prices: The Case of Greece’, Agribusiness, 19, 425-437. 51) Apergis, N. (2003) ‘The Inflation-Output Volatility Trade-off: A Case where Anti-Inflation Monetary Policy Turns Out to be Successful, A Historical Assessment’, Journal of Policy Modeling, 25, 881-892. 52) Apergis, N. and S. Miller (2004) ‘Macroeconomic Rationality and Lucas’s Misperceptions Model: Further Evidence from Panel Data’, Journal of Economics and Business, 56, 227-241. 53) Apergis, N. (2004) ‘Aggregate Employment and Sectoral Shocks in Greece: Evidence from GARCH-M Estimates and Variance Decompositions’, Global Journal of Finance and Economics, 15, 59-74. 54) Apergis, N. (2004) ‘Inflation, Output Growth, Volatility and Causality: Evidence from Panel Data and the G7 Countries’, Economics Letters, 83, 185-191. 10 55) Apergis, N. (2004) ‘Long Memory Patterns in the Foreign Exchange Market’, Indian Journal of Economics and Business, 22, 71-84. 56) Apergis, N. and A. Rezitis (2004) ‘Cost Structure, Technological Change, and Productivity Growth in the Greek Banking Sector’, International Advances of Economic Research, 14, 1-15. 57) Apergis, N. and A. Rezitis (2004) ‘Agricultural Price Volatility Spillover Effects: Reply’, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 31, 487-488. 58) Apergis, N. (2005) ‘Inflation Uncertainty and Growth: Evidence from Panel Data’, Australian Economic Papers, 44, 186-197. 59) Apergis, N. (2005) ‘An Estimation of the Natural Rate of Unemployment in Greece’, Journal of Policy Modeling, 27, 91-99. 60) Apergis, N. and S. Miller (2005) ‘Money Volatility and Output Volatility: Any Asymmetric Effects? Evidence from Conditional Measures of Volatility’, Journal of Economic Studies, 32, 511-523. 61) Apergis, N. (2006) ‘Housing Prices and the Macroeconomy: Evidence from a Panel of European Mediterranean Countries’, Indian Journal of Economics and Business, 5, 12-24. 62) Apergis, N., C. Katrakilidis, and N. Tabakis (2006) ‘Dynamic Linkages between FDI Inflows and Domestic Investment: A Panel Cointegration Approach‘, Atlantic Economic Journal, 34, 385-394. 63) Apergis, N. and A. Rezitis (2007) ‘Spillover Effects in Agricultural Prices: A panel Cointegration and Causality Approach’, Journal of Agricultural and Food Economics, 41, 245264. 64) Αpergis, N., I. Filippidis, and C. Economidou (2007) ‘Financial Deepening and Economic Growth Linkages: A Panel Data Analysis’, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 143, 179-198. 65) Apergis, N. and S. Miller (2007) ‘Consumption Asymmetry and the Stock Market: Empirical Evidence’, Economics Letters, 93, 337-342. 66) Apergis, N., K. Lyroudi, and D. McCarty (2007) ‘The Role of Liquidity for the UK Companies: A Panel Cointegration and Causality Approach’, Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 7, 159-173. 67) Apergis, N. and I. Theodosiou (2007) ‘The Employment-Wage Relationship: Was Keynes Right After All?’, American Review of Political Economy, 6, 40-50. 11 68) Apergis, N. and S. Miller (2007) ‘Total Factor Productivity and Monetary Policy: Evidence from Conditional Volatility’, International Finance, 10, 131-152. 69) Apergis, N., C. Katrakalidis, and N. Tambakis (2007) ‘Foreign Direct Investment Inward and Foreign Direct Investment Outward: Evidence from Panel Data, Indian Development Review: An International Journal of Development Economics, 16, 24-43. 70) Apergis, N., K. Lyroudi, and A. Sfetsos (2007) ‘Private and Government Consumption in Transitional Economies: A Panel Data Analysis’, Journal of Economic Development, 24, 109127. 71) Apergis, N. and P. Alexakis (2008) ‘Stock Returns and Expected Output: Evidence from the G7 Economies’, International Journal of Economic Research, 6, 23-38. 72) Apergis, N. (2008) ‘Foreign Direct Investment Inward and Foreign Direct Investment Outward: Evidence from Panel Unit Root and Cointegration Tests with a Certain Number of Structural Changes’, Global Economy Journal, 8, 14.37. 73) Apergis, N., C. Economidou, and I. Phillipidis (2008) ‘Innovation, Technology Transfer and Labor Productivity Linkages: Evidence from a Panel of Manufacturing Industries, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 144, 491-508. 74) Apergis, N., K. Lyroudi, and A. Vamvakidis (2008) ‘The Relationship between FDI and Economic Growth: Evidence from Transition Countries’, Transition Studies Review, 15, 37-51. 75) Apergis, N., S. Miller, A. Panethimitakis, and T. Vamvakidis (2009) ‘Inflation Targeting and Output Growth: Evidence from Aggregate European Data”, Economic and Financial Modelling, 21, 34-67. 76) Apergis, N. (2009) ‘Foreign Direct Investment Inward and Outward: Evidence from Panel Data, Developed and Developing Economies, Open and Closed Economies’, American Economist, 53, 21-35. 77) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2009) ‘Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in Central America: Evidence from a Panel Cointegration and Error Correction Model’, Energy Economics, 31, 211-216. 78) Apergis, N. and S. Eleftheriou (2009) ‘Firm Profitability and Stock Returns: Is There Any Role of the Firm Size? A Panel Data Approach’, International Journal of Economic Issues, 34, 56-73. 79) Αpergis, N., C. Economidou, and J. Phillipidis (2009) ‘International Technology Spillovers, Human Capital and Productivity Linkages: Evidence from the Industrial Sector’, Empirica, 36, 365-387. 12 80) Apergis, N. and L. Ventouris (2009) ‘Asymmetries in Monetary Policy’, International Journal of Economic Research, 8, 34-50. 81) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2009) ‘Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Commonwealth of Independent States’, Energy Economics, 31, 641-647. 82) Apergis, N. and S. Miller (2009) ‘Do Structural Oil Market Shocks Affect Stock Prices?’, Energy Economics, 31, 569-575. 83) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2009) ‘CO2 Emissions, Energy Usage, and Output in Central America’, Energy Policy, 37, 3282-3286. 84) Apergis, N. (2009) ‘Technology, Human Capital and Growth: Further Evidence from Threshold Cointegration’, Open Economics Journal, 2, 80-86. 85) Apergis, N. and C. Tsoumas (2009) ‘A Survey on the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle: What Has Been Done and Where We Stand’, Research in Economics, 63, 64-76. 86) Apergis, N. (2009) ‘Bank Profitability over Different Business Cycles Regimes: Evidence from Panel Threshold Models’, Banks and Bank Systems, 3, 59-70. 87) Apergis, N. (2009) ‘Demand and Supply Oil Shocks and Stock Prices: Evidence from Panel Data and Variance Decomposition Tests’, Journal of Money, Investment, and Banking, 31, 7290. 88) Apergis, N. and I. Sorros (2009) ‘The Role of Disaggregated Earnings for Stock Prices: Evidence from Listed Shipping Firms and Panel Tests’, Research in Applied Economics, 14, 124. 89) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2010) ‘The Emissions, Energy Consumption and Growth Nexus: Evidence from the Commonwealth of Independent States’, Energy Policy, 38, 650-655. 90) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2010) ‘Renewable Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Panel of OECD Countries’, Energy Policy, 38, 656-660. 91) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2010) ‘A Panel Study of Nuclear Energy Consumption and Economic Growth’, Energy Economics, 32, 545-549. 92) Apergis, N. and D. Stratigos (2010) ‘House Prices and Monetary Policy’, International Journal of Economic Research, 7, 1-19. 93) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2010) ‘Coal Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Panel of OECD Countries’, Energy Policy, 38, 1353-1359. 13 94) Apergis, N., O. Dincer, and J.E. Payne (2010) ‘The Relationship between Corruption and Income Inequality in U.S. States: Evidence from a Panel Cointegration and Error Correction Model’, Public Choice, 145, 125-135. 95) Apergis, N., E. Panopoulou, and C. Tsoumas (2010) ‘Old Wine in a New Bottle: Growth Convergence Dynamics in the EU’, Atlantic Economic Journal, 38, 169-181. 96) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2010) ‘The Causal Dynamics between Coal Consumption and Growth: Evidence from Emergimg Market Economies’, Applied Energy, 87, 1972-1977. 97) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2010) ‘Are Fluctuations in Coal Consumption Transitory or Permanent? Evidence from a Panel of U.S. States’, Applied Energy, 87, 2424-2426. 98) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2010) ‘Natural Gas Consumption and Economic Growth: A Panel Investigation of 67 Countries’, Applied Energy, 87, 2759-2763. 99) Apergis, N., A. Antzoulatos, and C. Tsoumas (2010) ‘Financial Structure and Industrial Structure’, Bulletin of Economic Research, 63, 109-139. 100) Apergis, N., D. Loomis, and J.E. Payne (2010) ‘Are Shocks to Natural Gas Consumption Temporary or Permanent? Evidence from a Panel of U.S. States, Energy Policy, 38, 4734-4736. 101) Apergis, N. (2010) ‘Nonlinearities between Oil Spot and Futures Markets: Evidence from Intraday Data’, Chinese Business Review, 9, 1-10. 102) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2010) ‘Energy Consumption and Growth in South America: Evidence from a Panel Error Correction Model’, Energy Economics, 32, 1421-1426. 103) Apergis, N. and J. Sorros (2010) ‘Disaggregated Earnings and Stock Prices: Evidence from International Listed Shipping Firms’, International Advances of Economics Research, 16, 269281. 104) Apergis, N. (2010) ‘Ted Spreads and Monetary Policy: Has the Financial Crisis Signalled Significant Monetary Policy Changes?’, Empirical Economics Letters, 9, 20-26. 105) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2010), ‘Renewable Energy Consumption and Growth in Eurasia’, Energy Economics, 32, 1392-1397. 106) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2010), ‘Structural Breaks and Petroleum Consumption in U.S. States: Are Shocks Transitory or Permanent?’, Energy Policy, 38, 6375-6378. 107) Apergis, N., J.E. Payne, K. Menyah, and Y. Wolde-Rufael (2010), ‘On the Causal Dynamics between Emissions, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy, and Economic Growth’, Ecological Economics, 69, 2255-2260. 14 108) Apergis, N. and V. Pekka-Economou (2010), ‘Incentives and Female Entrepreneurial Acitivity: Evidence from Panel Firm Level Data’, International Advances of Economic Research, 16, 371-387. 109) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (2010) ‘The Renewable Energy Consumption-Growth nexus in Central America’, Applied Energy, 88, 343-347. 110) Apergis, N. and A. Panethimitakis (2011) ‘Stylized Facts of Greek Business Cycles: New Evidence from Aggregate and Across Regimes Data’, International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 3, 147-165. 111) Apergis, N., C. Christou, and J.E. Payne (2011) ‘Political and Institutional Factors in the Convergence of International Equity Markets: Evidence from the Club Convergence and Clustering Procedure’, Atlantic Economic Journal, 39, 7-18. 112) Apergis, N. (2011) ‘Characteristics of Inflation in Greece: Mean Spillover Effects among CPI Components’, Hellenic Observatory LSE, GreeceSE Paper Series, No.43. 113) Apergis, N. and E. Alevizopoulou (2011) ‘Bank Efficiency and the Bank Lending Channel: Evidence from a Panel of European Banks’, Global Business and Economics Anthology, 11, 3043. 114) Apergis, N., E. Mamatzakis, and C. Staikouras (forthcoming) ‘Testing for Regime Changes in Greek Sovereign Debt Crisis’, International Advances in Economic Research 115) Apergis, N., O. Dincer, and J.E. Payne (forthcoming) ‘On the Dynamics of Poverty and Income Inequality in U.S. States’, Journal of Economic Studies. 116) Apergis, N. and A. Rezitis (forthcoming) ‘Food Price Volatility and Macroeconomic Factors: Evidence from GARCH and GARCH-X Estimates’, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 117) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (forthcoming) ‘Renewable Energy Consumption, Growth, and Economic Development: An Exploratory Panel Analysis’, Advances in Energy Research. 118) Apergis, N. (forthcoming) ‘Old Wine in a New Bottle: Are Financial Variables Omitted Variables in the Production Function?’, Research in World Economy. 119) Apergis, N. and A. Lake (forthcoming) ‘Credit Default Swaps and Stock Prices: Further Evidence of Mean and Volatility Transmission using a GARCH-M Model’, China-USA Business Review. 120) Apergis, N., C. Christou, and J.E. Payne (forthcoming) ‘Convergence Patterns in Equity Markets: International Evidence from the Club Convergence and Clustering Procedure’, Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management. 15 121) Apergis, N., P. Artikis, and J. Sorros (forthcoming) ‘Asset Pricing and Foreign Exchange Risk’, Research in International Business and Finance. 122) Apergis, N., G. Zestos, and D.S. Shaltayev (forthcoming) ‘Do Market Fundamentals Determine the Dollar-Euro Exchange Rate?’, Journal of Policy Modeling. 123) Apergis, N. and J. Sorros (forthcoming) ‘Long-Term Debt and the Value of the Firm: Evidence from International Listed Manufacturing Firms’, Review of Economics and Finance. 124) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (forthcoming) ‘A Dynamic Panel Study of Economic Development and the Electricity Consumption-Growth Nexus’, Energy Economics. 125) Apergis, N., P. Artikis, J. Sorros, and V. Zisis (forthcoming) ‘Bankruptcy Probability and Stock Prices: The Effect of ALTMAN Z-Score Information on Stock Prices: Evidence from Panel Data’, Modern Accounting and Auditing. 126) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (forthcoming) ‘Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Consumption-Growth Nexus: Evidence from a Panel Error Correction Model’, Energy Economics. 127) Apergis, N. and J.E. Payne (forthcoming) ‘Tourism and Growth in the Carribean: Evidence from a Panel Error Correction Model’, Tourism Economics. 128) Apergis, N., Payne, J. and Saunoris, J. W. (2012, forthcoming) ‘Tax-spend nexus in Greece: Are there asymmetries?’, Journal of Economic Studies. 129) Apergis, N. and Tsoumas, C. (2012, forthcoming) ‘Integration Properties of Disaggregated Solar, Geothermal and Biomass Energy Consumption in the U.S.’, Energy Policy. 130) Apergis, N, and Alevizopoulou, E. (2012, forthcoming) ‘The Bank Lending Channel and Monetary Policy Rules: Evidence from European Banks’, International Advances of Economics Research. 131) Apergis, N. and Lamprinidis, L. (2012, forthcoming) ‘More Evidence on the Relationship between the Stock and the Real Estate Market’, Briefing Notes in Economics. 132) Apergis, N., Christou, C. and Tsoumas, C. (2012, forthcoming) ‘Fractional integration and U.S. Disaggregated natural gas energy consumption: New evidence in the presence of structural breaks’, The Empirical Economics Letters. 16 PUBLICATIONS (Edited Volumes) Alexakis, P. and N. Apergis (1994) ‘Monetary Policy in Greece: The Impact of the EC Membership’ in European Membership Evaluated-Greece, edited by Panos Κazakos and Ioakimidis, Pinter Publications, London. Alexakis, P. and N. Apergis (1997) ‘Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Stock Prices in the Athens Stock Exchange’ in Athens Stock Exchange Annual Studies, Papazisis Editions. Apergis, N. (1997) ‘The Relationship between Price Dispersion in Stock Prices and Unemployment: The Case of Greece’ in The Unemployment Problem in Greece, edited by the University of Crete Publications. Apergis, N. (1998) ‘Sources of the Price Process: Evidence from ERM and Non-ERM Membership, A VAR Approach’, in Essays in Economic Analysis, (edited by G. Demopoulos, P. Korliras, K. Prodromidis), Athens, Sideris Publishers. Apergis, N. (1999) ‘Forecasting Stock Prices from Macroeconomic Fundamentals: Further Evidence from an Error Correction Model’ in Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, Volume 7, JAI Press Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, 165-177. Apergis, N. (2000) 'Survey on Savings', Reader's Guide to Social Sciences, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, London. Apergis, N. and D. Kyrkilis (2003) 'Output, Exchange Rate, Inflation, and Monetary Dynamics in Transitional Southeast European Economies: Evidence through a Panel Country Set', in Globalisation, Growth and Poverty, Edited by V. B. Jugale, New Delhi, Serials Publications. Apergis, N. and S. Zikos (2004) ‘An Examination of Okun’s Law in Greece: Implications for Unemployment’, Volume in Honor for Prof. S. Sarantidis, Department of Economics, University of Pireaus, Greece. Apergis, N. (2010) ‘The Recent Financial Crisis and the Real Estate Market in Greece: Implications for Banking Stocks’, in The Implications of the Recent Financial Crisis for the Greek Economy, Union of Hellenic Banks. PUBLICATIONS (Μonographs): Alexakis P. and N. Apergis (1998) ‘Business Cycles and Exchange Rate Regimes: Theory and Evidence from Eight Industrialized Economies’, Μonograph, Gutemberg Publications, George Dardanos. PUBLICATIONS (Working Papers): Apergis, N., S. Miller, A. Panethimitakis, and A. Vamvakidis (2004) ‘Inflation Targeting and Output Growth: Evidence from Aggregate European Data’, Working Paper/04/148, International Monetary Fund. 17 Apergis, N. and S. Miller (2004) ‘Consumption Asymmetry and the Stock Market: Further Evidence’, Working Paper Series 2004-19, Department of Economics, University of Connecticut. Apergis, N. (2010) ‘Mean Spillover Effects among CPI Components: The Case of Greece’, Hellenic Observatory Publication Series, UK: London School of Economics. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 1. ‘Monetary Policy and Eurocurrency Yields: The Exchange Rate Link’, European Financial Management, Maastricht, Netherlands, 1994. 2. ‘Stock Prices and Inflation Volatility: Evidence from an ARCH Model’, Atlantic Economic Association, Williamsburg, VA, 1995. 3. ‘Monetary Volatility, Real Volatility and Real Exchange Rates: Evidence from GARCH Estimates and Variance Decomposition Tests’, Atlantic Economic Association, Paris, France, 1996. 4. ‘Integration of International Capital Markets: Further Evidence from EMS and Non-EMS Membership’, European Financial Management Association, Insbrung, Austria, 1996. 5. ‘Money, Output, and Alternative Exchange Rate Regimes: The Case of Greece’, Atlantic Economic Association, Washington, DC, 1996. 6. ‘Monetary Policy Shocks and Long-Term Interest Rates: The European Experience’, American Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, 1997. 7. ‘Stock Price Volatility and Exchange Rate Volatility Greece: Evidence from a version of the “Heat Waves” and the “Meteor Showers” Hypotheses’, Atlantic Economic Association, London, United Kingdom, 1997. 8. ‘Daily Patterns in Greek Foreign Exchange Market’, Multinational Finance Society, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997. 9. ‘Macroeconomic Rationality: Evidence from Time Series‘, Atlantic Economic Association, Rome, Italy, 1998. 10. ‘Current Account Sustainability: The Case for Greece’, Αtlantic Economic Association, Rome, Italy, 1998. 11. ‘Long Memory Patterns in the Foreign Exchange Market‘, Αtlantic Economic Association, Vienna, Austria, 1999. 12. ‘Exchange Rate Volatility and Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Greece: The Prospects of EMU Membership‘, Αtlantic Economic Association, Munich, Germany, 2000. 18 13. ‘Mean Spillover Effects in Agricultural Prices: Evidence from Changes in Policy Regimes‘, Αtlantic Economic Association, Athens, Greece, 2001. 14. ‘An Estimation of the Natural Rate of Unemployment in Greece‘, Αtlantic Economic Association, Paris, France, 2002. 15. ‘Agricultural Price Volatility Spillover Effects: The Case of Greece’, Irish Economic Association, Mallinbrau, Ιreland, 2002. 16. ‘The Employment–Wage Relationship: Was Keynes right after all?’, Αtlantic Economic Association, Vienna, Austria, 2003. 17. ‘The Relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Evidence from Panel Data in Transition Economies‘, Αtlantic Economic Association, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004. 18. ‘Consumption and Budget Deficits in Transitional Economies: Does the Ricardian Equivalence Hold? Evidence from Panel Data’, Macroeconomics and International Finance Conference, Rethymnon, Criti, 2004. 19. ‘Consumption and Budget Deficits: Neural Networks vs. Parametric Models’, Atlantic Economic Association, London, United Kingdom, 2005. 20. ‘Dynamic Linkages between FDI Inflows and Domestic Investment: A Panel Cointegration Approach’, Atlantic Economic Association, London, United Kingdom, 2005. 21. ‘Labor Productivity, Innovation and Technological Diffusion Linkages: Evidence from a Panel of EU Industries’, Atlantic Economic Association, Berlin, Germany, 2006. 22. ‘Financial Development and Sectoral Growth: Evidence from Panel Data’, (co-authored with A. Antzoulatos and C. Tsoumas), Atlantic Economic Association, Madrid, Spain, 2007. 23. ‘Financial Development and Sectoral Growth: Evidence from Panel Data’, (co-authored with A. Antzoulatos and C. Tsoumas), Εuropean Economic Association, Budapest, Hungary, 2007. 24. ‘Old Wine in a New Bottle: Are Financial Variables Omitted Variables in the Production Function?, Academy of Economics and Finance Conference, Nashville, TN, 2008. 25. ‘Old Wine in a New Bottle: Growth Convergence Dynamics in the EU (co-authored with K. Panopoulou and C. Tsoumas), Atlantic Economic Association, Warsaw, Poland, 2008. 26. ‘Bank Profitability over Different Business Cycles Regimes: Evidence from Panel Threshold Models’, Western Economic Association, Honolulu, HI, 2008. 27. ‘Convergence in Earnings-Price Ratios: International Evidence from Club Convergence’ (coauthored with C. Christou), Atlantic Economic Association, Rome, Italy, 2009. 19 28. ‘Credit Default Swaps and Stock Prices: Further Evidence of Mean and Volatility Transmission using a GARCH-M Model΄ (co-authored with A. Lake), All Economists Conference (ACE), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2009. 29. ‘Convergence Patterns in Equity Markets: International Evidence from the Club Convergence and Clustering Procedure’ (co-authored with C. Christou), Business & Economics Society International, Nassau, Bahamas, 2010. 30. ‘Asset Pricing and Foreign Exchange Risk’ (co-authored with P. Artikis and J. Sorros), Academy of Economics and Finance Conference, Houston, TX, 2010. 31. ‘Political or Institutional Factors in Explaining Convergence Patterns in Equity Markets? International Evidence from the Club Convergence and Clustering Procedure’ (co-authored with C. Christou), 1st World Finance Conference, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, 2010. 32. ‘Convergence Patterns in Growth and Financial Development: Evidence from Club Convergence’ (co-authored with C. Christou and S. Miller), Atlantic Economic Association, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010. 33. ‘Incentives and Female Entrepreneurial Activity: Evidence from Panel Firm Level Data’ (coauthored with V. Pekka-Economou), Atlantic Economic Association, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010. 34. ‘The Dynamics of Greek Inflation’, European-Asian Economics, Finance & Accounting and Econometric Association, Beijing, China, 2010. 35. ‘Profitability Performance and the Role of Manufacturing Cost: Evidence from a Panel of US Manufacturing Firms’, Business and Social Science Research Conference, Dubai, UAE, 2011. 36. ‘Profitability Performance and the Role of Manufacturing Cost: Evidence from a Panel of US Manufacturing Firms’, Academy of Economics and Finance Conference, Jacksonville, FL, 2011. SERVICE External: Referee for the following journals: Applied Economics, Applied Energy, Applied Financial Economics, Atlantic Economic Journal, Bulletin of Economic Research, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, European Economic Review, Global Economic Journal, International Advances of Economic Research, International Economic Review, International Economic Journal, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Economic Studies, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Policy Modeling, Manchester School. Editorial Boards: Journal of Economics and Finance, 2008-present; International Advances of Economic Research, 1995-present; International Journal of Economic Research, 2003-present; 20 present; Journal of World Economic Review, 2005-present; The Open Economics Journal, 2006present; International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research, 2007-present, International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering, 2008-present. Internal: Department: Recruiting Committee, University of Ioannina, 1999-2002 Recruiting Committee, University of Piraeus, 2007-present Graduate Curriculum Committee, University of Piraeus, 2003-present Doctorate Curriculum Committee, University of Piraeus, 2003-present Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, University of Piraeus, 2006-present Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, University of Ioannina, 1999-2002 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, University of Macedonia, 2003-2005 Recruitment Committee, University of Piraeus, 2007-present Departmental Undergraduate Scholarships Program, University of Piraeus, 2006-present Departmental Graduate Scholarships Program, University of Piraeus, 2006-present Departmental Doctorate Scholarships Program, University of Piraeus, 2006-present REFERENCES Dr. Parantap Basu, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, Durham University, United Kingdom. E-mail: [email protected], Phone: +44 191 334 6360 Dr. George Katsimbris, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Department of Banking & Financial Management, University of Piraeus, Greece. E-mail: [email protected], Phone: +30 210 4142100 Dr. Stephen Miller, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. E-mail: [email protected], Phone: (702) 895-3969 Dr. James E. Payne, Professor of Finance and Economics, College of Innovation and Technology and Regional Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of South Florida Polytechnic, Lakeland, FL. E-mail: [email protected]. Dr. George Zestos, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. E-mail: [email protected], Phone: (757) 594-7067