Papers & publications
Research
Publications
CFO Work Experience and Tax Avoidance: Evidence from China
With Panagiotis Karavitis and Tianyue Xu.
Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, accepted for publication (2026).
Conditional gains: when AI investment enhances firm efficiency
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2026, 73(4), e70055.
- Media coverage: ACCA's AB Magazine, September 2026
Corporate Social Responsibility and Profit Shifting
With Iftekhar Hasan, Panagiotis Karavitis, and Woon Sau Leung.
European Accounting Review, 2025, 34(1), 1–29. Lead article.
- Media coverage: The Columbia Law School (CLS) Blue Sky Blog
- Finalist for the Best Paper Award, FMA Annual Meeting 2019
Overconfident CEOs, Corporate Social Responsibility & Tax Avoidance: Evidence from China
With Panagiotis Karavitis and Tianyue Xu.
Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 2025, 59, 100702. Lead article.
Management and takeover decisions
With Manthos Delis and Constantine Zopounidis.
European Journal of Operational Research, 2023, 304(3), 1256–1268.
Political sentiment and syndicated loan borrowing costs of multinational enterprises
With Panagiotis Karavitis.
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2022, 78, 101537.
Management practices and M&A success
With Manthos Delis, Maria Iosifidi, Steven Ongena, and Mike G. Tsionas.
Journal of Banking and Finance, 2022, 134, 106355.
Migration patterns and job satisfaction: evidence from European doctorate holders
With Sarah Jewell.
Annals of Regional Science, 2021, 66, 359–407.
On the nexus between innovation, productivity and migration of US university graduates
Spatial Economic Analysis, 2019, 14(4), 465–485.
The Effect of Culture on Fiscal Redistribution: Evidence Based on Genetic, Epidemiological and Linguistic Data
With Pantelis Kammas and Vassilis Sarantides.
Economics Letters, 2017, 160, 95–99.
Mobility, Education and Labor Market Outcomes for U.S. Graduates: Is Selectivity Important?
With Alessandra Faggian.
Annals of Regional Science, 2017, 59(3), 731–758.
Bank Regulations and Income Inequality-Empirical Evidence
With Manthos Delis and Iftekhar Hasan.
Review of Finance, 2014, 18(5), 1811–1846.
Working papers
Investment Efficiency of Private and Public Firms (revise and resubmit)
With Woon-Sau Leung and Steven Ongena. May 2026.
- Media: The Columbia Law School (CLS) Blue Sky Blog, 20 November 2023; AB Magazine (ACCA), 23 October 2025
The contagion effect of upstream firms’ environmental misconduct on downstream firms’ green innovation (revise and resubmit)
With Jifeng Hong and Martin Strieborny. August 2026.
Artificial Intelligence Focus and Labor Investment Efficiency
With Zhaolin Zhang and Mengqian Chen. August 2026.
Green Bond Issuance, External Monitoring, and Default Probability: Evidence from Green Policy Shocks
With Jifeng Hong and Martin Strieborny. March 2026.
Local Information and Private Capital Allocation: Evidence from Newspaper Closures
With Jiankun Li and Lu Xing. September 2026.
Nature Dependence and Labor Investment Efficiency
With Jifeng Hong, Steven Ongena, and Martin Strieborny. August 2026.
Zodiac Year Beliefs and Green Investment Efficiency
With Jifeng Hong, Junwei Fan, and Lu Xing. July 2026.
Tax regimes and profit shifting
With Panagiotis Karavitis, Rajni Soni, and Theodore Sougiannis. May 2026.
- Best Paper in Accounting Award, Financial Management & Accounting Research Conference (FMARC).
E-Government and Corporate Tax Planning: International Evidence
With Christof Beuselinck, Panagiotis Karavitis, and Niswatil Mouna. April 2026.