Personal Details Date of birth 07/10/1975 Nationality Greek. Contact Information. Current Research Interests. Employment.

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1 ALEXANDROS KONTONIKAS CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Details Date of birth 07/10/1975 Nationality Greek Contact Information Address Phone: University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School (South) Room 678B, Gilbert Scott Building Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK Web: Current Research Interests Stock market performance and monetary policy; Macro- and market-liquidity; Sovereign risk. Employment July : Professor, Accounting and Finance Subject Area, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow. Leader of the finance research cluster of the Business School. April 2010 June 2013: Senior Lecturer, Economics Subject Area, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow. September 2005 March 2010: Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow. October 2003 August 2005: Lecturer, Department of Economics & Finance, Brunel University. Higher Education October October 2004: PhD in Financial Economics, Thesis: On the interaction between asset prices, inflation and interest rates, Brunel University. External Examiners: Kent Matthews (Cardiff Business School); Ray Barrell (National Institute of Economic and Social Research). October September 1999: MSc. in Business Finance (Distinction), Brunel University. October 1993-September 1998: BSc. in International & European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business. Visiting Research Positions External research consultant, European Central Bank, Directorate General Economics Fiscal Policies Division, Frankfurt, May Visiting research fellow, European Commission, Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, Brussels, June

2 Refereed Journal Publications 1. On the time-varying relationship between EMU sovereign spreads and fundamentals, with A. Afonso, M. Arghyrou and G. Bagdatoglou, Economic Modelling, forthcoming. 2. Aggregate and regional house price to earnings ratio dynamics in the UK, with A. Gregoriou and A. Montagnoli, Urban Studies, forthcoming. 3. Stock market liquidity and macro-liquidity shocks: Evidence from the financial crisis, with C. Florackis and A. Kostakis, Journal of International Money and Finance, 2014, 44, pp Pricing sovereign bond risk in the European Monetary Union area: An empirical investigation, with A. Afonso and M. Arghyrou, International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2014, 19, On monetary policy and stock market anomalies, with A. Kostakis, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 2013, 40, pp Stock market reaction to Fed funds rate surprises: State dependence and the financial crisis, with R. MacDonald and A. Saggu, Journal of Banking and Finance, 2013, 37, pp International evidence on the new Keynesian Phillips curve using aggregate and disaggregate data, with J. Byrne and A. Montagnoli, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2013, 45, pp Asset prices, credit and the business cycle, with X. Chen and A. Montagnoli, Economics Letters, 2012, 117, pp The EMU sovereign-debt crisis: Fundamentals, expectations and contagion, with M. Arghyrou, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2012, 22, pp A new test of the real interest rate parity hypothesis: Bounds approach and structural breaks, with G. Bagdatoglou, Review of International Economics, 2011, 19, pp Euro area inflation differentials: unit roots and non-linear adjustment, with A. Gregoriou and A. Montagnoli, Journal of Common Market Studies, 2011, 49, pp A new test of the inflation-real marginal cost relationship: ARDL bounds approach, Economics Letters, 2010, 108, pp The long run relationship between stock prices and goods prices: New evidence from panel cointegration, with A. Gregoriou, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2010, 20, pp The time-series properties of UK inflation: Evidence from aggregate and disaggregate data, with J. Byrne and A. Montagnoli, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2010, 57, pp Monetary policy shocks and stock returns: Evidence from the British market, with A. Gregoriou, R. MacDonald and A. Montagnoli, Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, 2009, 23, pp The Euro and inflation uncertainty in the European Monetary Union, with G. Caporale, Journal of International Money and Finance, 2009, 28, pp Do real interest rates converge? Evidence from the European Union, with M. Arghyrou and A. Gregoriou, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2009, 19, pp Modeling the behavior of inflation deviations from the target, with A. Gregoriou, Economic Modelling, 2009, 26, pp The impact of monetary policy on stock prices, with C. Ioannidis, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2008, 30, pp

3 20. Optimal monetary policy and asset price misalignments, with A. Montagnoli, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2006, 53, pp Inflation targeting and the stationarity of inflation: New results from an ESTAR unit root test, with A. Gregoriou, Bulletin of Economic Research, 2006, 58, pp Should monetary policy respond to asset price misalignments?, with C. Ioannidis, Economic Modelling, 2005, 22, pp Inflation and inflation uncertainty in the United Kingdom, evidence from GARCH modelling, Economic Modelling, 2004, 21, pp Does the day of the week effect exist once transaction costs have been accounted for? Evidence from the UK, with A. Gregoriou and N. Tsitsianis, Applied Financial Economics, 2004, 14, pp Has monetary policy reacted to asset price movements? Evidence from the UK, with A. Montagnoli, Ekonomia, 2004, 7, pp Working Papers 1. Monetary policy in times of financial stress, with C. Nolan and Z. Zekaite, University of Glasgow Discussion Paper On the real effects of financial pressure: Evidence from euro area firm-level employment during the recent financial crisis, with F. Fernandes and S. Tsoukas, University of Glasgow Discussion Paper Work in Progress 1. Stock market, monetary policy and regime shifts, with D. Korobilis and P. Maio. 2. Euro area bond market, credit ratings and contagion, with N. Antonakakis. 3. Modelling the demand for euro area bonds, with T. Orpiszewski. 4. Macro-liquidity and stock market-liquidity, with D. Hung. 5. Bond market variance decomposition and the financial crisis, with Z. Zekaite. Research and Consultancy Income 1. Nuffield Foundation Research Grant (principal investigator), 7460 for Stock pricing, analysts earnings forecasts and inflation in the UK, with A. Gregoriou. 2. Carnegie Trust Research Grant, 880 for Does monetary policy react asymmetrically to asset price movements?. 3. Carnegie Trust Research Grant, 990 for Time-varying fundamentals and the European sovereign debt crisis. 4. European Commission, 13120, with M. Arghyrou, consultancy on euro area sovereign risk. 5. European Central Bank, 4040, with M. Arghyrou, consultancy on euro area sovereign risk. Scopus identified 120 citations to my articles. Articles Downloads and Citations - 3 -

4 The articles entitled Inflation and inflation uncertainty in the United Kingdom, evidence from GARCH modelling, Should monetary policy respond to asset price misalignments?, The impact of monetary policy on stock prices, Do real interest rates converge? Evidence from the European Union, The long-run relationship between stock prices and goods prices: New evidence from panel cointegration, and The EMU sovereign-debt crisis: Fundamentals, expectations and contagion have featured in ScienceDirect s list of the Top25 most downloaded articles ( Contributions to Edited Books Monetary policy shifts and stock returns: Evidence from UK panel data, with A. Gregoriou, R. MacDonald and A. Montagnoli, in Stock Returns: Cyclicity, Prediction and Economic Consequences, Editor: G.I. Ellison, New York: Nova Sciences Publishers, Referee in Journals Bulletin of Economic Research, Economica, Economic Modelling, European Economic Review, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Policy Modeling, Manchester School, Review of Economics and Statistics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy. Invited Presentations 1. On the real effects of financial pressure: Evidence from euro area firm-level employment during the recent financial crisis, Department of Business and Management, University of Sussex, 27 May The determinants of sovereign bond yield spreads in the EMU, University of Glasgow Finance Workshop, 7 September The determinants of sovereign bond yield spreads in the EMU, Warsaw School of Economics, 29 February The determinants of sovereign bond yield spreads in the EMU, Department of Economics, University of Bath, 7 December The EMU sovereign-debt crisis: Fundamentals, expectations and contagion, Department of Economics, Loughborough University, 16 March The EMU sovereign-debt crisis: Fundamentals, expectations and contagion, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, 27 October The EMU sovereign-debt crisis: Fundamentals, expectations and contagion, European Commission, Directorate of Economic and Financial Affairs, Brussels, 22 June On monetary policy and stock market anomalies, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, 28 April Monetary policy shocks and stock returns, Monetary Policy Research Forum: 2009 Conference on Monetary Policy and the Markets, London, 1 December On monetary policy and stock market anomalies, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, 22 April

5 11. On monetary policy and stock market anomalies, Management School, University of Liverpool, 1 April Units roots in inflation and aggregation bias, Department of Economics & Finance, Brunel University, 16 January Units roots in inflation and aggregation bias, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, 22 October Should monetary policy respond to asset price misalignments?, Department of Economics, University of Stirling, 09 December Conference Presentations 1. On the real effects of financial pressure: Evidence from euro area firm-level employment during the recent financial crisis, 46th Annual Conference of the Money, Macro and Finance Research Group, Durham University, September 2004, Durham, United Kingdom. 2. On the real effects of financial pressure: Evidence from euro area firm-level employment during the recent financial crisis, 3 rd UECE Conference on Economic and Financial Adjustments, School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon, 11 July Stock market liquidity and macro-liquidity shocks: Evidence from the financial crisis, 18th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, University of Crete, Department of Economics, May 2014, Rethymnon, Greece. 4. Stock market liquidity and macro-liquidity shocks: Evidence from the financial crisis, 2014 Financial Management Association Asian Conference, 9-11 May 2014, Tokyo, Japan. 5. Stock market liquidity and macro-liquidity shocks: Evidence from the financial crisis, 2014 Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, 5-8 March 2014, Orlando, United States. 6. Fed Funds Rate Shocks and the Bond Market: Flight to Safety and the Financial Crisis, University of Surrey Conference on Banking, Finance, Money and Institutions: The Post Crisis Era, 2-3 November 2013, Surrey, United Kingdom. 7. Stock market reaction to Fed funds rate surprises: State dependence and the financial crisis, 2013 Financial Management Association European Conference, June 2013, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 8. Stock market reaction to Fed funds rate surprises: State dependence and the financial crisis, 2013 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association, HEC Montréal, 30 May-2 June 2013, Montréal, Canada. 9. Stock market reaction to Fed funds rate surprises: State dependence and the financial crisis, International Conference on the Global Financial Crisis, April 2013, Southampton, United Kingdom. 10. The determinants of sovereign bond yield spreads in the EMU, 2012 Financial Management Association European Conference, 6-8 June 2012, Istanbul, Turkey. 11. The EMU sovereign-debt crisis: Fundamentals, expectations and contagion, 2011 Royal Economic Society Conference, April 2011, London, United Kingdom. 12. On monetary policy and stock market anomalies, 2010 Financial Management Association European Conference, 9-11 June 2010, Hamburg, Germany

6 13. The long run relationship between stock prices and goods prices: New evidence from panel cointegration, Market Microstructure Workshop of the Corporate Governance and Finance Research Centre, Brunel University, 30 June 2008, London, United Kingdom. 14. Units roots in inflation and aggregation bias, 2008 Annual Conference of the Eastern Economic Association, 7-9 March 2008, Boston, United States. 15. Inflation persistence and aggregation bias: Evidence from UK data, Conference on Economic and Financial Linkages, University of Glasgow, Centre for Economic and Financial Studies, 22 February 2008, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 16. The Euro and inflation uncertainty in the EMU, 10 th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, University of Crete, Department of Economics, May 2006, Rethymnon, Greece. 17. Optimal monetary policy and asset price misalignments, 36th Annual Conference of the Money, Macro and Finance Research Group, Cass Business School, 6-8 September 2004, London, United Kingdom. 18. Should monetary policy respond to asset price misalignments?, 3 nd Annual Meeting of the European Economics and Finance Society, Department of Economics, University of Gdansk, May 2004, Gdansk, Poland. 19. Should monetary policy respond to asset price misalignments?, 2004 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association, Ryerson University, 4-6 June 2004, Toronto, Canada. 20. Optimal monetary policy with wealth effects, 7 th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, University of Crete, Department of Economics, May 2003, Rethymnon, Greece. Policy Forum Participation European Monetary Forum 2013, University of Glasgow, 8-9 March 2013, Glasgow, United Kingdom. European Monetary Forum 2012, Bank of Greece, March 2012, Athens, Greece. The Euro: (Greek) Tragedy or Europe s Destiny? Economic, Historical and Legal Perspectives on the Common Currency, University of Bayreuth, January 2012, Bayreuth, Germany. The Euro, the Investors and the Governance: Seminar in honour of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Notre Europe Institute, 4 April 2011, Brussels, Belgium. European Monetary Forum 2011, University of York, 4-5 March 2011, York, United Kingdom. Teaching Current teaching: Statistical Analysis and Methods (undergraduate), International Financial Management and Corporate Finance (MBA). Past teaching: Economics of Business 1 (undergraduate), Financial Markets and Corporate Finance (undergraduate), Mathematics for Economics and Finance (undergraduate), Basic Econometrics (postgraduate), Economics of Finance (postgraduate), Advanced Financial Theory and Corporate Policy (postgraduate)

7 PhD Supervision Completed: 1. Fatima Kaneez, Globalization and monetary policy, University of Glasgow, Aman Saggu, Monetary policy shocks and asset pricing, University of Glasgow, In progress: 1. Nwafor Chioma Ngozi, principal supervisor, Monetary policy rules and asset prices, since September Thesis to be submitted in September Zivile Zekaite, principal supervisor, Monetary policy and financial markets during crisis periods, since September Filipa Fernandes, joint supervisor, Essays on firm behaviour and financing constraints in the euro area, since September Amna Noor Chaudhry, joint supervisor, M&As and political connections, since October PhD Examination 1. External examiner: Nikolaos Balafas, University of Liverpool, Essays on Corporate Finance, Monetary Policy and Asset Pricing on London Stock Exchange, 1 February External examiner: Hanan Naser, University of Sheffield, An econometric investigation of forecasting GDP growth, oil prices and relationships among GDP and energy sources, 4 June Internal examiner: Andreas Tsopanakis, Essays on financial stability, systemic risk and the spillover effects of financial crises, 9 June Internal examiner: Charalampos Stasinakis, Applications of hybrid neural networks and genetic programming in financial forecasting, 13 December Internal examiner: Ekaterina Kortava, Structural instability in the pricing-to-market and exchange rate pass-through, 21 May Internal examiner: Hyunsok Kim, Open issues in financial economics, 3 December Internal examiner: Guangfeng Zhang, Exchange rates: Macro and micro fundamentals, 27April Administration Current administration: Undergraduate student adviser. Past administration: Deputy Director of the Centre for Economic and Financial Studies. MSc programme director (Investment Banking and Finance, Banking and Financial Services). Other Professional Activities 1. External examiner, Cass Business School, since September

8 2. External examiner, University of York, Department of Economics and Related Studies ( ). 3. External examiner, University of Liverpool Management School ( ). 4. Associate Editor, Bulletin of Economic Research ( ). 5. Academic contributor to the Greek Economists for Reform Network ( 6. Partner to the Public Debt Management Network ( Professional Qualifications Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, University of Glasgow, Financial Management Association. 2. European Finance Association. Memberships Referees 1. Professor Christos Ioannidis, Department of Economics, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom, Tel: , 2. Professor António Afonso, (a) Principal Economist, European Central Bank, Directorate General Economics Kaiserstrasse 29, D Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Tel: , (b) ISEG/UTL - Technical University of Lisbon, Department of Economics, UECE - Research Unit on Complexity and Economics, R. Miguel Lúpi, 20, P Lisbon, Portugal, Tel: , aafonso@iseg.utl.pt 3. Professor Kent Matthews, Cardiff Business School, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU, United Kingdom, Tel: , MatthewsK@cardiff.ac.uk - 8 -