Hello and welcome to my personal web-page
I am Stylianos Asimakopoulos, Professor of Macroeconomics and Finance at the Department of Economics and Finance, Brunel University London
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Previous positions |
Educational background |
Before taking over my current position I was an Associate Professor of Financial Economics at the University of Bath, Department of Economics, the Applied Econometrics leader of the Econometrics research group, the Finance stream leader of the Macroeconomics and Finance research group, and the Director of Studies of the MSc in Applied Economics at Bath. I was also employed as an Assistant Professor at the University of Stirling, Economics Division; as a temporary Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham, School of Economics; and as an external consultant and researcher at the European Central Bank.
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I obtained a PhD in Economics from the University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School (without corrections), where I was awarded the Adam Smith Business School Prize for PhD excellence in 2015. I also hold an MSc in Economics from the University of Edinburgh, School of Economics and an MSc in Mathematics for Finance and Quantitative Methods from the Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Informatics, and the University of Athens, Departments of Economics and Mathematics (1st in my class).
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Research interests
My research has been published in highly ranked academic journals, i.e. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Canadian Journal of Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, European Journal of Finance, Economics Letters etc.; and it is mainly focused on the following two research areas:
- Financial economics (corporate finance, green/sustainable finance, corporate governance and capital structure) and macro-finance topics utilizing dynamic, non-linear and mixed frequency data models, threshold analysis, forecasting and now-casting.
- Applied macroeconomics and macro-finance using dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models with heterogeneous agents, financial intermediation, asset pricing, cryptocurrencies, (optimal) fiscal/monetary policy and debt management.
- Here is the link to a recent project I am working with people from the European Central Bank.
If you do not fail, you are not trying hard enough.
William Redington Hewlett
News
- If you are interested in real-time GDP forecasting and its revisions you will find our new ECB working paper very helpful.
- How do firms change their debt structure when the become ESG rated? Do they adjust their optimal leverage position? What is the impact of debt-overhang for ESG rated firms? If you would like to find the answers to these question, read our recently published paper "The role of ESG and corporate debt structure" at the Journal of Corporate Finance.
- How do shocks to cryptocurrencies affect real money balances and the macroeconomy? Here is the latest version of our estimated DSGE model with cryptocurrencies (forthcoming at the Review of Economic Dynamics). link
- Does ESG rating help mitigate the negative spill-over effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) on leverage decision making of corporations? Check our new publication at the European Journal of Finance here.
- Media coverage and interview about sustainable finance in Greek can be found here.
- Our paper "Financial development and innovation-led growth: Is Too Much Finance Better? " is the 2nd most cited paper at the Journal of International Money and Finance over the past 3 years (in December 2022). Here is the link to the published version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2019.102083
- Media coverage of our recent work on ESG and corporate debt structure can be found here.