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Ioannis BOURNAKIS

Associate Professor

Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Productivity, Spillovers

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Ioannis BOURNAKIS

Academy

Globalization

Research center

SKEMA Centre for Sustainability Studies

Location

Lille

Discipline

Economics

Dr Bournakis is an Associate Professor in Economics at SKEMA Business School, Lille, France. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Kent after earning an MA in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Manchester. Ioannis joined Middlesex University as a Lecturer in 2008 and served the Institution as a Senior Lecturer up to 2021. He has previously taught at Birkbeck College, Athens University of Economics and Business, the University of Kent, and the University of Greenwich. During his research leave between 2019 and 2020, Ioannis was an Associate Professor in Economics at the American University (AUC) in Cairo. His research interests (in broad terms) lie within the areas of Macroeconomics, Productivity, Spillovers, International Trade, and Innovation. He has recently published in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of International Moiney and Finance, the BE Journal of Macreconomics, the International Journal of Production Economics, Economic Letters, Economic Inquiry, Review of Income and Wealth, Regional Studies, Macroeconomic Dynamics and Economic Modelling.

Education
2008
PhD in Economics, University of Kent, Great Britain
2001
Master in Economics and Econometrics, The University of Manchester, Great Britain
2000
Bachelor, Economy, Economics, University of Patras, Greece
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2021
Associate Professor, SKEMA Business School, France
2019 - 2021
Associate professor in Economics, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Other academic affiliations and appointments
2011 - 2021
Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University, Great Britain
Other professional experiences
2008 - 2011
Lecturer, Middlesex University, Great Britain
Research grants, Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2013
Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK Higher Education Academy, Great Britain
Other research activities
Editorial Board Member
Since 2024
International Economics and Economic Policy
Since 2020
Springer
Since 2018
SAGE Publications
Reviewer for:
International Journal of Production Economics, Review of World Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Review of Development Economics, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Journal of Economic Surveys, CESifo Economic Studies, Empirical Economics, International Journal of Manpower, Economic Modelling, Regional Studies
PhD Supervision
2023
H. ZHAO, PhD thesis, Thesis Reviewer
2022
A. LINDSKOV, PhD thesis, Thesis Reviewer
2019
S. BAZARGAN, PhD thesis, Thesis director
2015
O. LATEEF, PhD thesis, Thesis director

Peer-reviewed journal articles

BOURNAKIS, I. and ROMERO-JORDAN, D. (2024). Corporate tax, R&D and export decisions: Evidence from European firms. Review of International Economics, 32(5), pp. 2226-2258.
COYLE, D., MCHALE, J., BOURNAKIS, I. and MEI, J.C. (2024). Recent trends in firm-level total factor productivity in the UK: new measures, new puzzles. Economica, 91(364), pp. 1320-1348.
SAVOIA, A., BOURNAKIS, I., SAID, M. and SAVOIA, F. (2024). Regional income inequality in Egypt: Evolution and implications for Sustainable Development Goal 10. Oxford Development Studies, 52(1), pp. 17-33.
BOURNAKIS, I. and TSIONAS, M. (2024). A Non‐parametric Estimation of Productivity with Idiosyncratic and Aggregate Shocks: The Role of Research and Development (R&D) and Corporate Tax’. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 86(3), pp. 641-671.
BOURNAKIS, I. and RAMÍREZ-RONDÁN, N. (2024). Does Uncertainty Matter for the Fiscal Consolidation and Investment Nexus? The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics. Frontiers, 24(1), pp. 529-559.
BOURNAKIS, I. (2024). The diverse academic contributions of Professor Mike Tsionas. Tourism Economics.
AÑÓN HIGON, D. and BOURNAKIS, I. (2024). Participation in global value chains (GVCs) and markups: firm evidence from six European countries. International Economics and Economic Policy.
BOURNAKIS, I. and CHUNG-MEI, J. (2023). Gender, firm performance, and FDI supply-purchase spillovers in emerging markets. International Economics, 175, pp. 90-105.
BOURNAKIS, I., RIZOV, M. and CHRISTOPOULOS, D. (2023). Revisiting the Effect of Institutions on the Economic Performance of SSA Countries: Do Legal Origins Matter in the Context of Ethnic Heterogeneity? Economic Modelling, 125, pp. 106332.
BOURNAKIS, I. and MEI, J.C. (2023). Embodied and Disembodied Spillovers from FDI: Sectoral Evidence from Ireland. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 23, pp. 59-80.
BOIKOS, S., BOURNAKIS, I., CHRISTOPOULOS, D. and MCADAM, P. (2023). Financial reforms and innovation: A micro–macro perspective. Journal of International Money and Finance, 132, pp. 102820.
BOURNAKIS, I., PAPAIOANNOU, S. and PAPANASTASSIOU, M. (2022). Multinationals and Domestic TFP: Competition Effects, Knowledge Spillovers and Foreign Ownership. World Economy, 45(12), pp. 3715-3750.
BOURNAKIS, I. and TSIONAS, M. (2022). Productivity with Endogenous FDI Spillovers: A Novel Estimation Approach. International Journal of Production Economics, 251, pp. 108546.
BARDAKA, I., BOURNAKIS, I. and KAPLANOGLOU, G. (2021). Total factor productivity (TFP) and fiscal consolidation: How harmful is austerity? Economic Modelling, 94, pp. 908-922.
BOURNAKIS, I. (2021). Spillovers and Productivity: Revisiting the Puzzle with EU Firm Level Data. Economics Letters, 201, pp. 109804.
BOURNAKIS, I. and MALLICK, S. (2021). Do corporate taxes harm economic performance? Explaining distortions in R&D-and export-intensive UK firms. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 25(1), pp. 5-27.
BOURNAKIS, I. (2020). The politics of fiscal federalism: Neoliberalism versus social democracy in multilevel governance. Regional Studies, 54(5), pp. 733-735.
SAVIC, M., LAWTON SMITH, H. and BOURNAKIS, I. (2020). Innovation and external knowledge sources in knowledge intensive business services (KIBS): evidence from de-industrialized UK regions. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 32(9-10), pp. 805-826.
BOURNAKIS, I., PAPANASTASSIOU, M. and PITELIS, C. (2019). The impact of multinational and domestic enterprises on regional productivity: evidence from the UK. Regional Studies, 53(2), pp. 159-170.
BOURNAKIS, I., CHRISTOPOULOS, D. and MALLICK, S. (2018). Knowledge spillovers and output per worker: an industry-level analysis for OECD countries. Economic Inquiry, 56(2), pp. 1028-1046.
BOURNAKIS, I., VECCHI, M. and VENTURINI, F. (2018). Off-Shoring, Specialization and R&D. Review of Income and Wealth, 64(1), pp. 26-51.
ZHANG, S., ZHAO, S., BOURNAKIS, I., PEARCE, R. and PAPANASTASSIOU, M. (2018). Subsidiary roles as determinants of subsidiary technology sourcing: empirical evidence from China. Economia Politica, 35, pp. 623-648.
BOURNAKIS, I. and MALLICK, S. (2018). TFP estimation at firm level: The fiscal aspect of productivity convergence in the UK. Economic Modelling, 70, pp. 579-590.
BOURNAKIS, I. and TSOUKIS, C. (2016). Government size, institutions, and export performance among OECD economies. Economic Modelling, 53, pp. 37-47.
BOURNAKIS, I. (2014). Costs, knowledge and market structure: understanding the puzzle of international competitiveness with Greek export data. International Review of Applied Economics, 28(2), pp. 240-269.
BOURNAKIS, I. (2012). Sources of TFP growth in a framework of convergence-evidence from Greece. International Review of Applied Economics, 26(1), pp. 47-72.
BOURNAKIS, I. (2012). The determinants of exports in the Greek manufacturing sector. Global Business and Economics Review, 14(4), pp. 362-380.
BOURNAKIS, I. and VECCHI, M. (2010). Tangible and Intangible Capital and the Pattern of Specialisation in the EU. Review of Economics and Institutions, 1(2).

Book chapters

BOURNAKIS, I., TSOUKIS, C., CHRISTOPOULOS, D. and PALIVOS, T. (2017). Introduction. In: Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis. 1st ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 3 à 40.
BOURNAKIS, I. and CHRISTOPOULOS, D. (2017). Output and Unemployment: Estimating Okun's Law for Greece. In: Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis. 1st ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 273-287.
BOURNAKIS, I. and TSOUKIS, C. (2017). Greece's Competitiveness: A Survey and Concluding Remarks. In: Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis. 1st ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 359-382.

Book reviews

BOURNAKIS, I. (2021). An Introduction to Geographical and Urban Economics-A Spiky World: by Brakman, S., Garretsen, H., van Marrewijk, C, Cambridge University Press. Regional Studies, 55(6), pp. 1166-1167.

Press and social media

BOURNAKIS, I. and SAVOIA, A. (2024). Inégalités et objectifs de développement durable : comment ne plus se voiler la face ? The Conversation, France.
BOURNAKIS, I., SAVOIA, A., SAID, M. and SAVOIA, F. (2024). Reducing inequalities: how should we measure and monitor SDG Goal 10? OECD development centre.