Pyrros Papadimitriou

University of Peloponnese | UOP · Department of Political Science and International Relations

The shadow economy also known as the informal or unobserved or underground economy, is a phenomenon that affects not only emerging markets and developing countries but also advanced economies. In general, this undeclared economic activity is hard to measure given its hidden nature in addition to its relation with unlawful activities. Nevertheless,...

The purpose of this article is to describe a multidisciplinary approach implemented in teaching public policy analysis at university level. The approach fuses (a) contextual policy analysis with (b) bivariate and multivariate analysis techniques and (c) data analytics skills to improve the learners’ competence to conduct “decisional” policy analysi...

Η Σκιώδης Οικονομία παραμένει ένας από τους παράγοντες επιβράδυνσης για την επίτευξη οικονομικής και κοινωνικής ανάπτυξης. Μια ανάλυση της εκτεταμένης βιβλιογραφίας επιτρέπει να προσδιορισθεί ο βαθμός στον οποίο η σκιώδης οικονομία εμποδίζει την κοινωνική ανάπτυξη. Ταυτόχρονα, υπάρχουν μελέτες που υποστηρίζουν ότι η σκιώδης οικονομία επηρεάζει θετι...

This chapter presents the labour market duality and its persistence in Southern European countries. We examine the insider-outsider theory which shows that insiders, workers with permanent contracts and high job security use their insider market power and political influence to underbid the outsiders. Then, we focus on Greece and how its labour mar...

In Athens, administrative reforms and a macro-level policy approach that fails to regard local needs have made the impact of the economic crisis worse. In both research areas with their diverse social groups, private initiatives play a key role in filling the gap left by public local services and have paved the way for various social innovations.

1.000 εργαζόμενων γυναικών σε διαφορετικές περιοχές της Ελλάδας (μητροπο-λιτικά κέντρα, μικρές πόλεις, αγροτικές περιοχές). Στο πλαίσιο της μελέτης διε-ρευνώνται οι συνθήκες συμφιλίωσης των εργαζόμενων γυναικών υπό το πρίσμα διαφορετικών οικονομικών, κοινωνικών, δημογραφικών και προσωπικών χα-ρακτηριστικών, ενώ παράλληλα μελετώνται οι δυσκολίες που...

The goal of this article is to contribute to R. Gilpin's theory about how states use their economic diplomacy in order to provide their national security. According to Gilpin, Realists are right when they consider “security” as a main objective in order to achieve others, but state, in order to achieve prosperity, is willing to sacrifice financial...

In this paper, the main goal is to contribute to the debate, which concerns the interaction of economic interdependence between rival states. So far, this debate was between Liberals and Neo-Marxist, whose argument was that trade promotes peace, for the former, and that asymmetric trade creates either conflictual relations or more cooperation, acco...

This article illustrates that there is connection between national security and economic diplomacy. The main goal is to show that economic diplomacy can contribute to national security policy as a secondary factor, since the armed forces are a major player. This is effectuated by raising security levels and improving the state's power, without caus...

The architecture of the Eurozone, established at the end of the 1990s, was bound to lead the whole project in trouble. Today, saving the euro is a difficult task with significant policy dilemmas. The fundamental problems that the Eurozone faces are dealing with unsustainable levels of debt, the significant deterioration of competitiveness, and the...

The Structure of this Book This brief chapter is in lieu of introduction to the notions organized in three main themes/parts throughout this volume. The first part discusses the actions taken by the euro-area in the effort to quell the negativities and transmission of the sovereign debt crisis that spreads across its member states. The second part...

In 2009 Greece entered arguably the greatest fiscal crisis in its modern history. The international economic crisis has played its part in precipitating the Greek crisis but the underlying roots were firmly implanted in successive years of poor fiscal management and unruly public finances combined with an inherently uncompetitive economy. Sooner or...

This comprehensive volume tackles the issues of Mergers & Acquisitions activity – the dominant form of both Foreign Direct Investment and domestic direct investment. The volume aims to explore the concept of M&As in a manner that would be useful both to students and academics/practitioners. The subject coverage deals with the core issues and the di...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects on unemployment from the legal obligation in Greece to compensate employees for their previous experience, measured by the years of employment in a similar job. If mandatory wage compensation according to this ‘typical’ experience leads to wages higher than the equilibrium, then the existence...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects on unemployment from the legal obligation in Greece to compensate employees for their previous experience, measured by the years of employment in a similar job. If mandatory wage compensation according to this 'typical' experience leads to wages higher than the equilibrium, then the existence...

The topic of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been extensively researched by academics and organizations alike (see inter alia Bitzenis and Papadimitriou, 2011). However, the recent global crisis—initiated by the financial crisis that erupted in the United States and sustained by the sovereign debt crisis of the euro area—may reset the validatio...

This chapter presents the evolution of theories that explain the activity of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the development of foreign direct investment (FDI). The theoretical approaches that today concern the determinants of FDI are rooted in classical theories of international trade. From the theory of international trade, the literature on...

Οι Άμεσες Ξένες Επενδύσεις (ΑΞΕ) μαζί με το διεθνές εμπόριο αποτελούν για πολλούς οικονομολόγους τις βασικές ατμομηχανές της οικονομικής ανά- πτυξης και της ενσωμάτωσης μιας οικονομίας στο παγκόσμιο οικονομικό σύ- στημα. Η πραγματοποίηση ΑΞΕ είναι άμεσα συνδεδεμένη με τον ρυθμό ανά- πτυξης (Brittan, 1995, Julius, 1990, OECD, 1998), καθώς προσφέρει...

In this paper we attempt to contribute to the ongoing debate about new and old regionalism. First, we focus on the presentation of regional initiatives in the Central & East European (CEE) region and on specific motives behind Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and trade expansion in CEE countries. Then, through empirical research and the analysis of...

The economic literature provides a wide range of analysis on how fiscal aggregates in general and efficiency in the public sector in particular affect the economy. However, economic history has shown that fiscal and public policies often depart from what could be considered optimal.

The paper refers to 'a theoretical model' created by Bitzenis (2003), named Universal Model, that incorporates most of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) theories. What derives from the literature review is the comprehension of the relativity of each theory; there is no FDI theory that dominates the decision-making process of multinationals (MNEs)...

Merging or acquiring has been a tactical practice for companies in order to penetrate markets. As a means of foreign direct investment, it provides plenty of comparative advantages against competitors. The ‘early movers’ phenomenon, as a special financial case of M&As is examined thoroughly in this paper. Specifically, it focuses on the stock price...

The negotiating power of the unions and their role in wage determination depends on the level of centralization of the wage bargaining system as well as on other institutional arrangements. In this study, we estimate a set of wage equations in order to study the employment effects of different unions' stances in wage determination as well as to inv...

Greece formally joined the European Union (EU) in January 1981, and as one would expect, given the small size of Greece relative to that of the EU, this development has had a major influence on both Greece’s structure of production and of international trade. The purpose of this chapter is to study the structure of international trade of Greece, wi...

Using the event study methodology introduced by Brown and Warner (1985) for six Greek industrial and construction firms, we attempt to measure the abnormal returns on stock prices on the day of the acquisition announcement. Estimation period and event period in our market model is -211 -11 -10, 10 respectively. In order to allow for asymmetric effe...

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Kent at Canterbury, 1991.