Overview
Dr Chrysovalantis Vasilakis is Associate Professor(Senior Lecturer) at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, 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 affiliateÌý in IZA.
His research interests are in analytics and applied Econometrics with applications in Migration, Health, Sports,History, Finance, Banking, Management and Accounting. ÌýHe 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 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.Ìý
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-Director of Forelab
- Chair of Ethics
Additional Contact Information
Email: C.vasilakis@bangor.ac.uk
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Business School
Hen Goleg, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, College Road, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, LL57 2DG
Office:Room 1.06, Hen Goleg
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
 2015
- PhD: Phd in Economics and Management
 Université Catholique de Louvain,
Teaching and Supervision
Postgraduate Teaching:Ìý
- Financial Econometrics (ASB-4408)
Undergraduate Teaching:
- Competition and Strategy (ASB-3144)
- Advanced Econometrics (ASB-3151)
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ: Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
Supervision of Phd Students:Ìý
- Guan Wang: Essays in Machine Learning with Applications in Finance (Graduated)Ìý
- Yupeng Zhang: Essays in Finance and Chinese EconomyÌý
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
Publications
2025
- Published
 Vasilakis, C. & Dao, T., 3 Sept 2025, In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 178, 105141.
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2024
- Published
 Vasilakis, C. & Thornton, J., Sept 2024, In: Economics and Business Letters. 13, 3, p. 158-171
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- Published
 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
- Published
 Vasilakis, C. & Thornton, J., 29 Oct 2024, In: Southern Economic Journal. 91, 4, p. 1474-1493 20 p.
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
 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
- Published
 Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., 22 May 2024, In: Economics and Business Letters. 13, 2
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- Published
 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 print
 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
- Published
 Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Financial Stability. 67, 101134.
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- Published
 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
- Published
 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
- Published
 Rigissa Megalokonomou & Vasilakis, C., Nov 2023, In: European Economic Review.
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
- Published
 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
- Published
 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
- Published
 Vasilakis, C., Docquier, F., Turrati, R. & Valette, J., Mar 2020, In: Journal of Economic Geography. 20, 2, p. 321-354
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- Published
 Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., 13 Oct 2020, In: International Journal of Finance and Economics. 25, 4, p. 499-510
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- Published
 Chrysanthou, G. M. & Vasilakis, C., May 2020, In: Social Science and Medicine. 253, 112942.
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
- Published
 Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Jun 2019, In: Finance Research Letters. 29, p. 61-67
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- Published
 Danny McGowan & Vasilakis, C., Nov 2019, In: Research Policy. 48, 9
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2018
- Published
 Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Jan 2018, In: Economic Inquiry. 56, 1, p. 446-459
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- Published
 Vasilakis, C., Jun 2018, In: International Migration. 56, 3
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2017
- Published
 Vasilakis, C., 31 Dec 2017, In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 85, December, p. 150-166
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- Published
 Vasilakis, C., Dec 2017, In: Macroeconomic Dynamics. 21, 8, p. 1935-1956 22 p.
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- Published
 Onali, E., Ginesti, G. & Vasilakis, C., Sept 2017, In: British Accounting Review. 49, 5, p. 460-473
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- Published
 Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Feb 2017, In: Finance Research Letters. 20, p. 296-302
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- Published
 Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Feb 2017, In: Finance Research Letters. p. 63-67
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2016
- Published
 Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Aug 2016, In: Finance Research Letters. 18, August, p. 237-241
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
- Published
 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
- Published
 Wang, S. H. & Vasilakis, C., 2013, In: Economics Letters. 118, 2, p. 389-392
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
2012
- Published
 Vasilakis, C., 2012, In: Economic Modelling. 29, 2, p. 369-381
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
2023
- 22 Sep 2023 - Links: 
2022
- Institute Of European Finance - Centre for Responsible Banking - 2022 → - Links: Activity: Membership of network (Member)
Projects
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01/04/2023 – 31/08/2025 (Finished) 
Other Grants and Projects
2023: AwardÌý 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: ÌýBA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants: Sustainability Finance and Accounting
2022: AI methods for forecasting credit rating: Welsh Development Bank
2019:ÌýESF 2019-20 (FEC £41,000): CI in Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESSII) funded Master by Research with industrial placement in 2025 MovementÌýÌý 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 ÌýNovember Ìý2019)