International Workshop in Memory of Efthymios (Mike) Tsionas

11–12 September 2025
 

Sponsored by the BANK OF GREECE

Conference Venue

Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics & Business (AUEB), Greece
Troias Building, Room T 102, Troias 2 & Spetson, Athens
 

Conference Program

Day 1 - Thursday, 11 September

12:15 (Greek time):

Welcome Address — Vangelis Vassilatos, Head of the Department of Economics, AUEB

Opening Remarks — Stelios Arvanitis and Elias Tzavalis (conference organizers)

Session Chair:   Dimitris Christopoulos AUEB (diees)

12:30 – 13:00 (in person):

“Efficiency and Coverage under Heteroskedasticity: Simulating the HOLS Estimator vs. OLS”
Alecos Papadopoulos (AUEB (econ))

13:00 – 13:30 (οn line):

“On the Bayesian Estimation of Stochastic Volatility Models”, Angelos Alexopoulos (AUEB (econ)) and Petros Dellaportas

13:30 – 14:00 (in person):

“Extreme Heat and Labor Cost Asymmetry: Evidence from China” A. Andrikopoulos, Konstantinos N. Baltas (Univ. of Essex, UK), Z. Chen and X. Du.

14:00 – 15:15:

Conference Lunch (Troias Building Garden)

Session Chair:   Stelios Arvanitis AUEB (econ)

15:15 – 15:45 (online):

“A simulation-driven assessment of 35 European National Energy and Climate Plans”,  Phoebe Koundouri (AUEB (diees)), A. Alamanos, I. Arampatzidis, S. Devves, T. Pliakou, C. Deranian.

15:45 – 16:15 (online):

“Does Council Size Shape Democracy? Evidence from French Municipalities”, B. Le Maux, Mara E. Vidali (Univ. de Rennes, France), and P. Mille

16:15 – 16:45 (online):

“A Bootstrap-Based Econometric Framework for Efficiency and Convergence: Integrating the Log-t Method for Dynamic Club Formation with the Simar-Wilson Approach for Detailed Static Analysis within Clubs”,  George Halkos (Univ. of Thessaly) and C. Bampatsou

16:45 – 17:15 (online):

“Identification in the Two-Tier Stochastic Frontier Model”  Christopher Parmeter (Univ. of Miami)

17:15 – 17:45 (online):

“Instrument-Free Approaches in Regression Models with Endogenous Regressors”  P. Michaelides and Kien Tran (Univ. University of Lethbridge, Canada)

19:30: Conference Dinner — Radisson Blu Park Hotel, Athens (10 Alexandras Ave., 10682 Athens)

Day 2 - Friday, 12 September

Session Chair:   Yiannis Dendramis AUEB (econ)

12:00 – 12:30 (in person):

“Market Power and Technological Change: Dynamic Panel Data Implications from Austrian Sectoral Data” Boegenhold Alpen-Adria, D., I.G. Melissaropoulos, K.N. Konstantakis, Panayiotis Michaelides (NTUA), and N. Topaloglou

12:30 – 13:00 (in person):

“Green Bonds and 10-K Filing Sentiment: Evidence from Public Issuers in the U.S.” George Leledakis (AUEB (A&F)), N. Panagiotou and E.G. Pyrgiotakis

13:00 – 13:30 (in person):

“Stylized Facts and Empirical Assessment of the Insiders-Outsiders Society Structure”, C. Economidou, D. Karamanis, A. Kehrinioti, Thryphon Kollintzas (AUEB (econ)), and V. Vassilatos

13:30 – 14:00 (in person):

“Democracy, Redistribution, and Economic Growth: Evidence from Post-1974 Greece”, George Bitros (AUEB (econ))

14:00 – 15:15:

Conference Lunch (Troias Building Garden)

Session Chair:  Elias Tzavalis AUEB (econ)

15:15 – 15:45 (online):

“Assessing Banking Sector Efficiency through Alternative Generalized True Random Effects Models”, D. Korobilis, Emmanuel Mamatzakis (Birkbeck, Univ. of London), and V. Pappas

15:45 – 16:15 (online):

“The Eco-Efficiency Value-to-Damage Ratio in Cases Where Both Value and Damage Must Be Inferred; and Using Panel Cointegration to Estimate Unobserved Productivity in Production Functions”,  Scott E. Atkinson (Univ. of Georgia, US) and M. Tsionas

16:15 – 17:00 (online):

Mike Tsionas’ Contributions in Econometrics  by  Prof. Subal Kumbhakar (Binghamton Univ., US)

“Efficiency and Productivity from Two Alternative Modeling Methods”, 

17:00 – 17:15 (online):

Closing Remarks — Stelios Arvanitis and Elias Tzavalis (Conference Organizers)