Overview:

Panagiotis Asimakopoulos is an Assistant Professor of Corporate Finance at the University of Piraeus, Department of Banking and Financial Management. He studied economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Piraeus, having followed the direction of Industrial Issues. He obtained a master’s degree (MSc) in Economics with a focus on Applied Economics and Finance from the Athens University of Economics and Business and completed his studies by obtaining a Ph.D. diploma at the University of Piraeus, in the Department of Banking and Financial Management. He has extensive teaching experience in the field of corporate finance at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Research:

His research interests principally concentrate on questions concerning central issues of corporate finance by examining the decision-making process of firms and investigating the interactions and effects between investment policy, financing policy and payout policy, which contributes to the success of the firm and therefore it has a direct impact on both the economy and society. Other primary areas of academic interest are the examination of cash holding behaviors, merger and acquisitions, and sustainable finance and governance. His research has been presented in several national and international conferences and published in highly ranked peer-reviewed international journals in Finance such as the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), the Journal of Financial Stability (JFS), the European Journal of Finance (EJF), and the Journal of International Review of Financial Analysis (IRFA).

Courses:

Corporate Finance

Special topics of investment appraisal

Working capital / cash flow management

Selected Publications:

1. Asimakopoulos, P., Asimakopoulos, S., and Aichen, Z. (2021) ‘Dividend smoothing and credit rating changes’, The European Journal of Finance, 27 (1-2), pp. 62-85, DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2020.1739101. (ABS 3)
2. Asimakopoulos, P., Asimakopoulos, S., and Fernandes, F. (2019) ‘Cash holdings of listed and unlisted firms: New evidence from the euro area’, The European Journal of Finance, 25 (17), pp. 1708-1729, DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2019.1652197. (ABS 3)
3. Asimakopoulos, P., and Asimakopoulos, S. (2017) ‘Fiscal policy with banks and financial frictions’, Journal of Financial Stability, 40, pp. 94-109, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2017.10.010. (ABS 3)
4. Asimakopoulos, P., Asimakopoulos, S., Kourogenis, N., and Tsiritakis, E. (2017) ‘Time-disaggregated dividend-price ratio and dividend growth predictability in large equity markets’, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 52 (5), pp. 2305-2326, DOI: 10.1017/S0022109017000643. (ABS 4)
5. Asimakopoulos, P., Tsagarakis, N., and Tsiritakis, E. (2015) ‘Price adjustment method and ex-dividend day returns in a different institutional setting’, International Review of Financial Analysis, 41, pp. 1-12, DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2015.05.005. (ABS 3)