Professor Sotirios Kokas
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872492
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Location
EBS.3.54, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
You can find details of Academic Support hours on the EBS UG and PG information page on Moodle or by calling EBS Student Services on 01206873911
Profile
Biography
Sotirios Kokas is a Professor in Finance at the Essex Business School and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Prior to his appointment, he was a Reader (US: Associate Professor) in Banking and Corporate Finance at the University of Glasgow (Adam Smith Business School). His research interests span the area of financial intermediation with a specific interest in empirical banking. Sotirios analyze issues related to monetary policy, bank competition and financial regulation, financial network, macro-fiannce and syndicated loan market. Sotirios was a visiting research scholar at the Banco de Portugal, Bank of Finland (Suomen Paki), BIS, Michigan State University and Imperial Business School. Also, he is a Co-founder and Co-organizer of the: (i) CEPR Endless Summer Conference on Financial Intermediation and Corporate Finance and (ii) EFiC Conference. Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/sotirioskokas/
Qualifications
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PhD in Financial Economics (2015) UCY,
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Financial Networks
Syndicated Loan Market
Financial Regulation, Supervision and Architecture
Bank Competition and Financial Stability
Foreign Bank Ownership
Monetary Policy and Banks
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Data Analysis: Cross Sectional, Panel and Qualitative Data Methods (BE369)
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Financial Technology and Innovation (Fintech) (BE370)
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Corporate and Investment Banking Services (BE634)
Current supervision
Publications
Journal articles (12)
Manthos, D., Kokas, S. and Kontonikas, A., (2024). Reserves Regulation and the Risk-Taking Channel. Journal of Corporate Finance. 89, 102689-102689
Belton, D., Gambacorta, L., Kokas, S. and Minetti, R., (2023). Foreign Banks, Liquidity Shocks, and Credit Stability. The Review of Corporate Finance Studies. 12 (1), 131-169
Degryse, H., Kokas, S., Minetti, R. and Valentina, P., (2023). Bank Information and Firm Growth: Microeconomic Evidence from the US Credit Market. Journal of Financial Services Research
Cao, Q., Di Pietro, M., Kokas, S. and Minetti, R., (2022). Liquidity and Discipline. Bank Due Diligence over the Business Cycle. Journal of the European Economic Association. 20 (5), 2136-2183
Karavitis, P., Kokas, S. and Tsoukas, S., (2021). Gender Board Diversity and the Cost of Bank Loans. Journal of Corporate Finance. 71, 101804-101804
Girardone, C., Kokas, S. and Wood, G., (2021). Diversity and women in finance: Challenges and future perspectives. Journal of Corporate Finance. 71, 101906-101906
Delis, MD., Iosifidi, M., Kokas, S., Xefteris, D. and Ongena, S., (2020). Enforcement actions on banks and the structure of loan syndicates. Journal of Corporate Finance. 60, 101527-101527
Kokas, S., Vinogradov, D. and Zachariadis, M., (2020). Which Banks Smooth and at What Price?. Journal of Corporate Finance. 65, 101509-101509
Delis, MD., Kokas, S. and Ongena, S., (2017). Bank Market Power and Firm Performance. Review of Finance. 21 (1), 299-326
Delis, M., Kokas, S. and Ongena, S., (2016). Foreign Ownership and Market Power in Banking: Evidence from a World Sample. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. 48 (2-3), 449-483
Iosifidi, M. and Kokas, S., (2015). Who lends to riskier and lower-profitability firms? Evidence from the syndicated loan market. Journal of Banking & Finance. 61 (S1), S14-S21
Clerides, S., Delis, MD. and Kokas, S., (2015). A New Data Set On Competition In National Banking Markets. Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments. 24 (2-3), 267-311
Book chapters (1)
Kokas, S., (2017). Bank market power and loan growth. In: Handbook of Competition in Banking and Finance. Editors: Bikker, JA. and Spierdijk, L., . Edward Elgar Publishing. 383- 399. 1785363301. 9781785363306
Reports and Papers (1)
Gupta, A., Kokas, S. and Michaelides, A., (2017). Credit Market Spillovers: Evidence from a Syndicated Loan Market Network
Grants and funding
2024
Modelling Greek Firms� Survival Rates and Identifying 'Zombies'
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Contact
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You can find details of Academic Support hours on the EBS UG and PG information page on Moodle or by calling EBS Student Services on 01206873911
