Konstantakis Konstantinos
6 November 2025 2026-02-26 15:26
Konstantakis Konstantinos
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
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Konstantinos Konstantakis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Piraeus. He holds a Diploma from the School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences (SEMFE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), specialising in Statistics and Informatics, and an MSc in Economics from the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). In 2016, he was awarded a PhD in Economics by SEMFE/NTUA.
He has taught in various academic positions, including as an Assistant Professor (407/80), contracted lecturer, university fellow, and member of teaching staff at SEMFE/NTUA, the Hellenic Air Force Academy, the National School of Public Administration of Panteion University, and the Hellenic Open University. He has also been a postdoctoral researcher at SEMFE/NTUA and the Athens University of Economics and Business, and has participated as a researcher in two European H2020 projects.
In research terms, he ranks among the most productive economists worldwide over the past decade (approximately in the top 9%, IDEAS, February 2026) and has around 120 publications in international journals, edited volumes, working paper series, international scientific conferences, as well as reports and policy briefs.
His articles have been published in journals such as: Journal Of Economic Dynamics and Control, Energy Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Journal of Financial Stability, International Review of Financial Analysis, , Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Annals of Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Tourism Research. and others
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Research
Selected Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals
- Vlachou, M., Konstantakis, K. N., Drivas, K., & Michaelides, P. G. (2026). Cryptocurrencies, technological and market activities: Tango for three?. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 223, 124452.
- Daglis, T., Konstantakis, K. N., Xidonas, P., Michaelides, P. G., & Zopounidis, C. (2025). Solar events and the US energy sector: a novel sectoral spillover GVAR approach introducing indirect GIRFs (IGIRF). Annals of Operations Research, 355(1), 693-719.
- Konstantakis, K. N., Michaelides, P. G., Xidonas, P., Prelorentzos, A. G. N., & Samitas, A. (2025). Responsible artificial intelligence for measuring efficiency: a neural production specification. Annals of Operations Research, 354(1), 399-425.
- Kotsompolis, G., Prelorentzos, A. G. N., Xidonas, P., Konstantakis, K. N., & Michaelides, P. G. (2025). European financial markets, energy returns and geopolitical risk: A frequency domain spectral analysis. Energy Economics, 108856.
- Konstantakis, K. N., Koulmas, P., Michaelides, P. G., Porcher, T., & Prelorentzos, A. G. N. (2025). Green bonds & clean energy in sustainable finance: Evidence from DCC-GARCH connectedness. International Review of Financial Analysis, 103, 104168.
- Konstantakis, K. N., Michaelides, P. G., Xidonas, P., & Yfanti, S. (2025). Carbon emissions and sustainability in Covid-19’s waves: evidence from a two-state dynamic Markov-switching regression (MSR) model. Annals of Operations Research, 347(1), 217-239.
- Koulmas, P., Konstantakis, K. N., Michaelides, P. G., Karadimitropoulou, A., & Karkalakos, S. (2024). Energy firms in China towards resilience: A dynamic quantile connectedness approach. Energy Economics, 139, 107921.
- Daglis, T., Konstantakis, K. N., Xidonas, P., Michaelides, P. G., & Samitas, A. (2024). Solar Weather Dynamics and the US Economy: A Comprehensive GVAR Perspective. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 63(3), 955-977.
- Prelorentzos, A. G. N., Konstantakis, K. N., Michaelides, P. G., Xidonas, P., Goutte, S., & Thomakos, D. D. (2024). Introducing the GVAR-GARCH model: Evidence from financial markets. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 91, 101936.
- Konstantakis, K. N., Xidonas, P., Michaelides, P. G., & Goutte, S. (2023). Gold and CoVid-19: Uncovering the safe haven hypothesis with dynamic MSR modeling. International Review of Financial Analysis, 89, 102858.
- Konstantakis, K. N., Cheilas, P. T., Melissaropoulos, I. G., Xidonas, P., & Michaelides, P. G. (2023). Supply chains and fake news: a novel input–output neural network approach for the US food sector. Annals of Operations Research, 327(2), 779-794.
- Konstantakis, K. N., Melissaropoulos, I. G., Daglis, T., & Michaelides, P. G. (2023). The euro to dollar exchange rate in the Covid‐19 era: Evidence from spectral causality and Markov‐switching estimation. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 28(2), 2037-2055.
- Konstantakis, K. N., Paraskeuopoulou, D., Michaelides, P. G., & Tsionas, E. G. (2021). Bank deposits and Google searches in a crisis economy: Bayesian non‐linear evidence for Greece (2009–2015). International Journal of Finance & Economics, 26(4), 5408-5424.
- Michaelides, P. G., Tsionas, E. G., & Konstantakis, K. N. (2018). Debt dynamics in Europe: A network general equilibrium GVAR approach. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 93, 175-202.
- Konstantakis, K. N., Soklis, G., & Michaelides, P. G. (2017). Tourism expenditures and crisis transmission: A general equilibrium GVAR analysis with network theory. Annals of Tourism Research, 66, 74-94.
- Michaelides, P. G., Tsionas, E. G., & Konstantakis, K. N. (2016). Non-linearities in financial bubbles: Theory and Bayesian evidence from S&P500. Journal of Financial Stability, 24, 61-70.
- Tsionas, E. G., Konstantakis, K. N., & Michaelides, P. G. (2016). Bayesian GVAR with k-endogenous dominants & input–output weights: Financial and trade channels in crisis transmission for BRICs. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 42, 1-26.
- Michaelides, P. G., Tsionas, E. G., Vouldis, A. T., & Konstantakis, K. N. (2015). Global approximation to arbitrary cost functions: A Bayesian approach with application to US banking. European Journal of Operational Research, 241(1), 148-160.
- Michaelides, P. G., Konstantakis, K. N., Milioti, C., & Karlaftis, M. G. (2015). Modelling spillover effects of public transportation means: An intra-modal GVAR approach for Athens. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 82, 1-18.
The full list of publications can be found here:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=u3Jp-EcAAAAJ&hl=el
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Office Hours
Spring Semester 2025-2026
Monday 12:30:14:00
Thursday 12:00-13:30
