Apostolos G. Christopoulos is a Professor of Economics and Finance in the Department of Business Administration at the University of the Aegean and, since 2024, has also served as Chair of the same Department. He is also the Director of the “Research and Education Laboratory of Finance, Banking and Logistics – Fi.Ba.Lab,” while for the past twenty years he has taught as a visiting lecturer at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the National Technical University of Athens, and the Hellenic Open University. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Department of Economics of the University of Athens and is a graduate of the Executive MSc in Banking and Finance from the Athens University of Economics and Business, as well as the MA in Communications Policy Studies from City University of London.
His main research interests lie in the fields of Finance and Banking, Risk Management, Failure Prediction, and Sustainable Development. His work has been published, among others, in journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Research in International Business and Finance, International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, The Economics of Transition, Multinational Finance Journal, Operational Research: An International Journal, EuroMed Journal of Business, etc., and he also serves as a reviewer for leading academic journals.
Professor Christopoulos is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal International Journal of Corporate Finance and Accounting (IJCFA) and Deputy Director of the Executive MBA postgraduate program of the University of the Aegean. For the past twenty years, he has served as Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Hellenic Association of Certified Stockmarket Analysts (HACSA). Finally, Professor Christopoulos has significant professional experience in issues of market liberalization and regulation, having served for nearly 30 years as an executive at the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT), the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE), and the National Council for Radio and Television (ESR).
Selected Publications
Could Lehman Brothers’ collapse be anticipated? An examination using CAMELS rating system AG Christopoulos, J Mylonakis, P Diktapanidis International Business Research 4 (2), 11 177 2011
Can Altman Ζ-score model predict business failures in Greece N Gerantonis, K Vergos, A Christopoulos Proceedings of the 2nd international conference: Quantitative and …158 2009
From the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria to the greenwashing phenomenon: A comprehensive literature review … EK Zervoudi, N Moschos, AG Christopoulos Sustainability 17 (5), 2222 141 2025
FinTech’s rapid growth and its effect on the banking sector C Basdekis, A Christopoulos, I Katsampoxakis, A Vlachou
Journal of Banking and Financial Technology 6 (2), 159-176 92 2022 The impact of the Ukrainian war on stock and energy markets: A wavelet coherence analysis C Basdekis, A Christopoulos, I Katsampoxakis, V Nastas Energies 15 (21), 8174 76 2022
Investigation of financial distress with a dynamic logit based on the linkage between liquidity and profitability status of listed firms AG Christopoulos, IG Dokas, P Kalantonis, T Koukkou Journal of the Operational Research Society 70 (10), 1817-1829