research

Demetris main research interests are macroeconomics and monetary policy as well as topics in labor economics and finance. Most of his work focuses in business cycles and specifically investigates ways to mitigate recessions and boost economic growth. In addition, he investigates unemployment and inflation responses during and after a crisis with a focus on policy recommendations that can reverse the adverse effects, especially on the labor market. 

Published papers

Koursaros, Demetris, (2017), “Labor market dynamics when (un)employment is a social norm”, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 134, issue C, p. 96-116.

Michail, Nektarios A., Christos S. Savva, and Demetris Koursaros, (2017). "Size effects of fiscal policy and business confidence in the Euro area." International Journal of Financial Studies 5, no. 4: 26.

Koursaros Demetris, Nektarios Michail and Christos Savva, (2017) “Effects of Fiscal Consolidation on Business Confidence in the Euro Area”. Economics and Business Letters, Vol 7, Issue 2, June 2018

Koursaros, Demetris (2018). "Learning expectations using multi-period forecasts." Journal of Economics and Business, 102, pp.1-25.

Savva, Ch, Nektarios A. Michail, Theodoros Zachariadis, and Demetris Koursaros (2019). "Anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations and global temperature: A threshold analysis."SN Appl. Sci. 1, 707

Andreou, P. C., Doukas, J. A., Koursaros, D., & Louca, C. (2019). Valuation effects of overconfident CEOs on corporate diversification and refocusing decisions. Journal of Banking & Finance, 100, 182-204. 

Koursaros, Demetris, Nektarios Michail, and Christos Savva. (2020). "Tell me where to stop: thresholds in the bank lending and output growth relationship." Empirical Economics, pp. 1-29.

Michail, NA, Savva, CS, Koursaros, D. (2021). Are central banks to blame? Monetary policy and bank lending behavior. Bulletin of Economic Research, pp. 1– 18

Koursaros, Demetris, Nektarios Michail, Niki Papadopoulou, and Christos Savva. (2022) Sales and promotions and the great recession deflation. Empirical Economics: 1-44.

Michail, N. and Koursaros, D., (2022). Can Monetary Policy Affect Bank Behaviour? Evidence from Bank Credit Standards. CESifo Economic Studies, 68(2), pp.184-199.