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Greece’s competitiveness: A survey and concluding remarks (2018)
Book Chapter
Bournakis, I., & Tsoukis, C. (2018). Greece’s competitiveness: A survey and concluding remarks. In Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis: Debt, Austerity and Unemployment (359-382). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63706-8_16

This chapter identifies the specialisation pattern of the Greek economy in the years prior to the crisis and analyses the various conceptual dimensions of competitiveness. Although Greece has experienced an increase in Unit Labour Costs (ULC), this c... Read More about Greece’s competitiveness: A survey and concluding remarks.

The limits of austerity: The fiscal multiplier and the ‘debt Laffer curve’ (2017)
Book Chapter
Tsoukis. (2017). The limits of austerity: The fiscal multiplier and the ‘debt Laffer curve’. In Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis: Debt, Austerity and Unemployment. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63706-8_10

We consider the maximum public debt-GDP ratio that is serviceable when one allows for the fiscal effects of the required primary surpluses (the ‘fiscal multiplier’). This simple but novel approach yields a debt Laffer Curve that defines the debt and... Read More about The limits of austerity: The fiscal multiplier and the ‘debt Laffer curve’.

Identifying the robust economic, geographical and political determinants of FDI: an Extreme Bounds Analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Chanegriha, M., Stewart, C., & Tsoukis, C. (2017). Identifying the robust economic, geographical and political determinants of FDI: an Extreme Bounds Analysis. Empirical Economics, 52(2), 759-776. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-016-1097-1

Understanding what determines Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows remains a primary concern of economists and policy makers; yet the uncertainty surrounding FDI theories and empirical approaches has created ambiguity regarding the determinants of... Read More about Identifying the robust economic, geographical and political determinants of FDI: an Extreme Bounds Analysis.

Government size, institutions and export performance among OECD economies (2015)
Journal Article
Tsoukis. (2015). Government size, institutions and export performance among OECD economies. Economic Modelling, 37-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2015.11.011

With a panel of 18 OECD countries, 1980–2005, we investigate the determinants of export performance, in particular the effects of the size of government and institutional features. In a model of endogenous extent of domestically-produced goods, gover... Read More about Government size, institutions and export performance among OECD economies.

Saving-Investment Cointegration Revisited: Implications for capital mobility, external solvency and the intertemporal approach (2004)
Book Chapter
Tsoukis. (2004). Saving-Investment Cointegration Revisited: Implications for capital mobility, external solvency and the intertemporal approach. In Aspects of Globalisation: Macroeconomic and Capital Market Linkages in the Integrated World Economy

Selected papers presented at annual conferences and seminars organised by the UK Chapter of the International Economics and Finance Society (IEFS-UK).