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Binding Committee Interpretations in the EU’s New Free Trade and Investment Agreements (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Binding Committee Interpretations in the EU’s New Free Trade and Investment Agreements. https://doi.org/10.1163/24689017-00201004

The EU’s new Free Trade and Investment Agreements (FTIAs) are meant to tackle many of the issues that led to the contestation of international investment law, by increasing the control of the contracting parties over the agreements. One such mechanis... Read More about Binding Committee Interpretations in the EU’s New Free Trade and Investment Agreements.

Economic crisis and youth unemployment: Comparing Greece and Ireland (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). Economic crisis and youth unemployment: Comparing Greece and Ireland. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 409-426. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680116632326

Both Greece and Ireland have long suffered high youth unemployment rates and have been pressured to restructure their employment and social systems under the European Employment Strategy. Problems were aggravated by the harsh conditions imposed by th... Read More about Economic crisis and youth unemployment: Comparing Greece and Ireland.

A Standing Investment Court under TTIP from the Perspective of the Court of Justice of the European Union (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). A Standing Investment Court under TTIP from the Perspective of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Journal of World Investment and Trade, 701 -742. https://doi.org/10.1163/22119000-12340010

This article critically assesses the feasibility of the recently proposed Investment Court System (ICS) under the envisaged Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), from the perspective of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJE... Read More about A Standing Investment Court under TTIP from the Perspective of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Human Rights Conditionality in the EU’s Newly Concluded Association Agreements with the Eastern Partners (2016)
Book Chapter
(2016). Human Rights Conditionality in the EU’s Newly Concluded Association Agreements with the Eastern Partners. In Defending Human Rights and Democracy in the Era of Globalization (50-79). https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0723-9.ch003

The recent association agreements with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are meant to replace the existing Partnership and Cooperation Agreements between the EU and the three Eastern Partners. Their purpose is to deepen the political and economic ties bet... Read More about Human Rights Conditionality in the EU’s Newly Concluded Association Agreements with the Eastern Partners.

Youth unemployment discourses in Greece and Ireland before and during the economic crisis: Moving from divergence to ‘contingent convergence’ (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). Youth unemployment discourses in Greece and Ireland before and during the economic crisis: Moving from divergence to ‘contingent convergence’. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 493-515. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X14550694

The article presents the debates on youth unemployment developed in Greece and Ireland by the social actors before and after the outbreak of the economic crisis. The article examines policies of actors (employers, unions, policy bodies) and analyses... Read More about Youth unemployment discourses in Greece and Ireland before and during the economic crisis: Moving from divergence to ‘contingent convergence’.

The National Minimum Wage and the Substitutability Between Young and Old Workers in Low Paid Occupations (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). The National Minimum Wage and the Substitutability Between Young and Old Workers in Low Paid Occupations. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12168

We study the effect of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on the workforce age composition within the low paying sectors of the British economy. Our interest is in the degree of substitutability between labour inputs (young and old employees). We find e... Read More about The National Minimum Wage and the Substitutability Between Young and Old Workers in Low Paid Occupations.

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.

London's Dispossessed: Questioning the Neo-Victorian Politics of Neoliberal Austerity in Richard Warlow's Ripper Street (2016)
Journal Article
McWilliam. (2016). London's Dispossessed: Questioning the Neo-Victorian Politics of Neoliberal Austerity in Richard Warlow's Ripper Street. Victoriographies, 6(1), 42 - 61. https://doi.org/10.3366/vic.2016.0210

The moral justification for the rollback of benefits and services under the austerity programme unleashed by George Osborne since 2010, when he was first appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer by British Prime Minister David Cameron, is predicated on... Read More about London's Dispossessed: Questioning the Neo-Victorian Politics of Neoliberal Austerity in Richard Warlow's Ripper Street.

Order flow imbalances at the turn of the year (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). Order flow imbalances at the turn of the year. International Review of Financial Analysis, 76-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2015.05.028

The paper provides evidence of a turn of the year effect in the order flow imbalance of both retail and institutional investors. In December there is net selling pressure which is reversed in January. We examine high frequency intraday order flow inf... Read More about Order flow imbalances at the turn of the year.

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.

Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Spreads: In-Sample and Out-of-Sample Predictability (2015)
Journal Article
Audzeyeva, A., & Fuertes, A. (2015). Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Spreads: In-Sample and Out-of-Sample Predictability. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2649216

This paper investigates the quarter-ahead predictability of Brazil, Mexico, Philippines and Turkey credit spreads for short and long maturity bonds during two separate periods preceding and following the Lehman Brothers' default. A model based on the... Read More about Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Spreads: In-Sample and Out-of-Sample Predictability.

The Kill Programme: an ethnographic study of the Dirty Work of meat inspectors in a slaughterhouse (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). The Kill Programme: an ethnographic study of the Dirty Work of meat inspectors in a slaughterhouse. New Technology, Work and Employment, 95-108. https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12046

It has been argued that ‘dirty work’ is characterised by strong occupational and workgroup cultures. This literature has mainly focused on direct workers, but this article largely attends to indirect ‘dirty’ workers, specifically meat inspectors, thr... Read More about The Kill Programme: an ethnographic study of the Dirty Work of meat inspectors in a slaughterhouse.

Social expectations, gender and job satisfaction: Front-line employees in China's retail sector (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Social expectations, gender and job satisfaction: Front-line employees in China's retail sector. Human Resource Management Journal, 331 - 347. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12066

This study aims to enhance our understanding of gender and employment in China. Analysing data collected from over 1,800 employees at 22 foreign-invested and locally owned retail stores in eight Chinese cities, it firstly explores whether, like their... Read More about Social expectations, gender and job satisfaction: Front-line employees in China's retail sector.

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).

Development and planning of the education system in Iraq 1958 - 1982
Thesis
Saed, A. A. Development and planning of the education system in Iraq 1958 - 1982. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415535

Iraq is fortunate in comparison to many other developing countries. It possesses a diversity of renewable natural resources, in addition to oil and capital formation, which can utilized to educate the public and raise standards of living to aid the d... Read More about Development and planning of the education system in Iraq 1958 - 1982.

Analysing policy change: industrial training in Britain
Thesis
Stringer, J. K. Analysing policy change: industrial training in Britain. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415667

This work is an examination of the changing nature of state intervention in the area of industrial training between 1964 and the present. It seeks to identify those factors that have been significant in influencing the form that industrial training p... Read More about Analysing policy change: industrial training in Britain.