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Research interests
Applied Macroeconomics, International Finance
Overview
Ioannis is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Hertfordshire Business School. His research interests and publications lie in the fields of Applied Macroeconomics and International Finance. In particular, he is working on topics related to public debt, monetary policy, exchange rates, and macro labour issues. He is currently acting as a Module Leader for Level 4 Introduction to Macroeconomics and Level 7 Research Methods, and he has also supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations.
He holds a BSc degree in Economics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, a MSc degree in Economics from the University of Birmingham and a PhD degree in Economics from the University of Sheffield. His doctoral thesis covered three macroeconomic issues of the UK economy, related to house-stock market returns, public debt and trade relations between the UK and major Eurozone countries.
Education/Academic qualification
Higher Education, PGCert, HEI: Anglia Ruskin University
Award Date: 11 Nov 2024
Economics, PhD, University of Sheffield
Award Date: 8 Oct 2020
Economics, MSc, HEI: University of Birmingham
Award Date: 11 Dec 2015
Economics, Bachelor, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Award Date: 17 Sept 2013
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Stocks, currencies, and geopolitical shocks: Evidence from advanced and emerging markets
Bampinas, G., Karfakis, I., Panagiotidis, T. & Papapanagiotou, G., 31 Mar 2026, In: Economic Modelling. 156, 20 p., 107454.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Global financial cycle and eurozone’s financial stress: quantitative easing matters
Karfakis, C. & Karfakis, I., 31 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Economics and Finance (JEF).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Okun's Law and Exchange Rate Regimes: A Three Century Evidence from the United Kingdom
Karfakis, I., 13 Jun 2024, (Unpublished) to be determined.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Quantitative easing and systemic risk in the post-Lehman era
Karfakis, C. & Karfakis, I., 20 Feb 2022, In: Applied Economics Letters. 30, 8, p. 1134-1138 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The predictive content of public debt for real output expansions and contractions over three centuries: A Markov switching analysis for the UK
Karfakis, I., 20 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Economic Asymmetries. 24, e00205.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)