Kallandranis Christos

Education

• Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics –University of Patras, Department of Economics – PhD Awarded in 2007. PhD Thesis: “Topics on the Dynamics of Capital and Labour Demand: An Empirical Analysis.” (full Scholarship)
• Master of Science in Finance and Economics (MSc) – The University of Manchester / Manchester Business School (Former UMIST) – Graduated in 2002.
• Degree in Public Administration, division of Economics (BSc) – Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences– Graduated in 2000.

Short Bio

Christos Kallandranis has significant teaching, research, and consulting experience. He currently works as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of West Attica. Previously, he’s been faculty member at Regent’s University London in the United Kingdom, Marconi University in Rome, Italy, and at the Hellenic Open University. He has also taught at the Department of Economics at the University of Patras and at the Open University of Cyprus. He has also been an external examiner and evaluator of BA and MSc programs at many international universities. His research focuses on applied finance and economics, with a particular emphasis on loan markets and SMEs. His research has been published in internationally recognized academic journals and presented at international conferences. Finally, he has served as a reviewer for many indexed academic journals and as an editor for different publishing houses.

Indicative Publications 2021-today

For a detailed list of publications, see the detailed CV at the bottom of the page.

• SMEs Employment Growth under Heterogeneous Credit Constraints, with I. Vlassas and N. Giannakopoulos (2025), Journal of Small Business Management, 1–42. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2025.2501086 (ABS 3, ABDC A).
• Spend on what? Insights on Military Expenses Efficiency, with E. Goulas, and D. Dimitriou (2025), European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 88, 102696, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2025.102696 (ABS 2, ABDC A).
• Analysing the Effects of Climate Risk on Discouraged Borrowers: Deciphering the Contradictory Forces, with Anastasiou, D., Ballis, A., and Lakhal, F., (2025), Risk Analysis, 45, 223-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.15071 (ABS 4).
• The impact of COVID-19 first wave on cryptocurrencies and G7 stock markets, with D. Anastasiou, A. Ballis, K. Drakos, and Van Anh Doan, (2025) in Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-12-2023-0582 (ABS 2, Scopus).
• Diverging communication and investors’ willingness to invest: Evidence from Eurozone firms, with D. Anastasiou, S. Giannoulakis, and S.I. Krokida (2025), Journal of Risk 27(3), 1–22, DOI: 10.21314/JOR.2024.020 (ABS 2).
• Monetary Policy Impact on Sustainability: Analyzing Interest Rates and Corporate Carbon Emissions, with Anastasiou, D., Ballis, A., Guizani, A., and Lakhal, F., (2024), Journal of Environmental Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122119, 368, 122119, (ABS 3, ABDC A).
• Military Expenditures and Economic Growth Prospects: Evidence from NATO vs. non-NATO states, with E. Goulas, D. Dimitriou, and K. Drakos (2024), Defence and Peace Economics, pp. 1-25, https://doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2024.2346860 (ABS 2, Scopus).
• Credit Rationing Prevalence for Eurozone Firms (2023), with D. Anastasiou and K. Drakos, Journal of Business Research, 158, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113640 (ABS 3, ABDC A)
• Borrower Discouragement Prevalence for Eurozone SMEs: Investigating the Impact of Economic Sentiment, with D. Anastasiou and K. Drakos, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 194, 2022, 161-171 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.12.022 (ABS: 3, ABDC A*)
• “Self-Rationing in European Businesses: Evidence from Survey Analysis,” with K. Drakos Finance Research Letters, (2021), 41, 101807 (indexed in ABS 2/ABDC A). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2020.101807

PhD Supervision

• Main Supervisor: Ioannis Vlassas, University of West Attica, Department of Accounting & Finance. Thesis title: Essays on credit market demand: empirical analysis for SMEs and financial institutions using global microdata. (I. Vlassas Google Scholar)

• Member of the PhD Supervisory Committee of Krystalia Stavrou, University of West Attica, Department of Tourism Management
• Member of the PhD Supervisory Committee of Dimitra Kitsou, University of Patras, Department of Economics

Management Positions

• Program Director of the BA in Applied Philosophy in Business Decision Making
• Member of the Master’s programme steering committee (MA in Public Economics and Policy)
• Member of the Extroversion Committee (Dpt of Accounting & Finance)
• Member of the Faculty’s Laboratory Research Leadership & Innovations

For a detailed CV please click here.