Dr Chrysovalantis Vasilakis is Associate Professor(Senior Lecturer) at Bangor University, Department of Business. He has obtained his PhD in Economics in 2013 from Universite Catholque de Louvain. He is also Research Associate at Institute of Economic and Social Research- (IRES)-Universite Catholique de Louvain and The management and Decision Laboratory (MDE-LAB) of the University of Aegean, Department of Financial Engineering and Management. He is Research affiliate  in IZA.

His research interests are in analytics and applied Econometrics with applications in Migration, Health, Sports,History, Finance, Banking, Management and Accounting.  He is also interested in OR, Genetic algorithms, Machine learning, Forecasting, Number theory and Partial differential equations.

He belongs to Tax and Welfare group and the Institute of European Finance-Banking group in Bangor. 

-Director of Forelab

- Chair of Ethics

Email: C.vasilakis@bangor.ac.uk

Bangor Business School

Hen Goleg, Bangor University, College Road, Bangor, LL57 2DG

Office:Room 1.06, Hen Goleg

• Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
  2015
• PhD: Phd in Economics and Management
  Université Catholique de Louvain,

Postgraduate Teaching: 

• Financial Econometrics (ASB-4408)

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Competition and Strategy (ASB-3144)
• Advanced Econometrics (ASB-3151)

Bangor University: Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education

Supervision of Phd Students: 

• Guan Wang: Essays in Machine Learning with Applications in Finance (Graduated) 
• Yupeng Zhang: Essays in Finance and Chinese Economy 

2024

• PublishedDo female CEOs handle crises better? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic+
  Vasilakis, C. & Thornton, J., Sept 2024, In: Economics and Business Letters. 13, 3, p. 158-171
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedForecasting the effective reproduction number during a pandemic: COVID-19 Rt forecasts, governmental decisions and economic implications
  Vasilakis, C. & Nikolopoulos, K., 10 Jan 2024, In: IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. 35, 1, p. 65-81
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printFurther evidence on inflation targeting and income distribution
  Vasilakis, C. & Thornton, J., 29 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Southern Economic Journal.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printInterpersonal population diversity in the Bank Boardroom and corporate misconduct
  Vasilakis, C. & Thornton, J., 9 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Accounting Literature.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe impact of finance on income inequality: A threshold analysis
  Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., 22 May 2024, In: Economics and Business Letters. 13, 2
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTransmissible diseases, vaccination and inequality
  Vasilakis, C. & Camacho, C., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Public Economic Theory. 26, 6, e70002.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printWhy do Banks acquire FinTech? The Role of Board Cultural Diversity
  Alessio, R. & Vasilakis, C., 22 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Accounting Review. 101424.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• PublishedBank regulations and surges and stops in credit: panel evidence
  Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Financial Stability. 67, 101134.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMore foreign aid, less financial development
  Altunbas, Y., Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., 1 Nov 2023, In: Economia Internazionale/International Economics. 76, 4, p. 495-528 34 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOperational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data
  Nikolopoulos, K., Tsinopoulos, C. & Vasilakis, C., Feb 2023, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 74, 2, p. 448-449
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
• PublishedThe Effects of Exposure to Refugees on Crime: Evidence from the Greek Islands
  Rigissa Megalokonomou & Vasilakis, C., Nov 2023, In: European Economic Review.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedForecasting and planning during a pandemic: COVID-19 growth rates, supply chain disruptions, and governmental decisions
  Nikolopoulos, K., Punia, S., Schäfers, A., Tsinopoulos, C. & Vasilakis, C., 1 Apr 2021, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 290, 1, p. 99-115 17 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedStochastic petropolitics: the dynamics of institutions in resource-dependent economies
  Boucekkine, R., Prieur, F., Vasilakis, C. & Zou, B., 1 Jan 2021, In: European Economic Review. 131, 103610.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedBirthplace Diversity and Economic Growth: Evidence from the US States in the Post-World War II Period
  Vasilakis, C., Docquier, F., Turrati, R. & Valette, J., Mar 2020, In: Journal of Economic Geography. 20, 2, p. 321-354
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDo fiscal rules reduce government borrowing costs in developing countries?
  Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., 13 Oct 2020, In: International Journal of Finance and Economics. 25, 4, p. 499-510
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedProtecting the Mental Health of Future Adults: Disentangling the Determinants of Adolescent Bullying Victimisation
  Chrysanthou, G. M. & Vasilakis, C., May 2020, In: Social Science and Medicine. 253, 112942.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedNegative policy interest rates and exchange rate behavior: Further results
  Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Jun 2019, In: Finance Research Letters. 29, p. 61-67
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedReap What You Sow: Agricultural Technology, Urbanization and Structural Change
  Danny McGowan & Vasilakis, C., Nov 2019, In: Research Policy. 48, 9
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedFiscal rules and Government borrowing costs: International evidence
  Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Jan 2018, In: Economic Inquiry. 56, 1, p. 446-459
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMassive Migration and Elections: Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Greece
  Vasilakis, C., Jun 2018, In: International Migration. 56, 3
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedDoes talent migration increase inequality? A quantitative assessment in football labour market
  Vasilakis, C., 31 Dec 2017, In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 85, December, p. 150-166
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFighting poverty and child malnutrition: on the design of foreign aid policies
  Vasilakis, C., Dec 2017, In: Macroeconomic Dynamics. 21, 8, p. 1935-1956 22 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHow should we estimate value-relevance models? Insights from European data
  Onali, E., Ginesti, G. & Vasilakis, C., Sept 2017, In: British Accounting Review. 49, 5, p. 460-473
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInflation targeting and the cyclicality of monetary policy
  Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Feb 2017, In: Finance Research Letters. 20, p. 296-302
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe impact of fiscal rules on sovereign risk premia: International evidence
  Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Feb 2017, In: Finance Research Letters. p. 63-67
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedDoes inflation targeting reduce sovereign risk? Further evidence
  Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Aug 2016, In: Finance Research Letters. 18, August, p. 237-241
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedInternational migration and the propagation of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
  Docquier, F., Vasilakis, C. & Tamfutu Munsi, D., 31 Jan 2014, In: Journal of Health Economics. 35, p. 20-33
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedRecursive predictive tests for structural change of long-memory ARFIMA processes with unknown break points
  Wang, S. H. & Vasilakis, C., 2013, In: Economics Letters. 118, 2, p. 389-392
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedThe social economic impact of AIDS: Accounting for intergenerational transmission, productivity and fertility
  Vasilakis, C., 2012, In: Economic Modelling. 29, 2, p. 369-381
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• Response to UK Parliament Welsh Affairs Committee's Call for Evidence on the Impact of Population Change in Wales

  22 Sep 2023

  Links:

  • https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/125037/pdf/
  Activity: Other (Contributor)

2022

• Bangor Business School (Organisational unit)

  Institute Of European Finance - Centre for Responsible Banking

  2022 →

  Links:

  • https://www.bangor.ac.uk/bbs/research
  Activity: Membership of network (Member)

• Board Interpersonal population Diversity, Corporate Social Responsibility and pollution: International Evidence

  01/04/2023 – 30/04/2025 (Active)

2023: Award  the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) award for Best European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR) paper in the Theory and Methodology category.

2023:  BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants: Sustainability Finance and Accounting

2022: AI methods for forecasting credit rating: Welsh Development Bank

2019: ESF 2019-20 (FEC £41,000): CI in Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESSII) funded Master by Research with industrial placement in 2025 Movement https://2025movement.org/  jointly with Professor K. Nikolopoulos (PI), Wrexham Glyndwr University and ClwydAlyn Housing for the period October 2019 to September 2020 on "Evaluating the effectiveness of current business practices for creating social enterprises: the case of 2025 Movement". (Acceptance in  November  2019)