An error correction framework with non-linear adjustment is used to investigate the presence of asymmetries in the adjustment of deposit and lending rates and to changes in interbank rates. There is evidence of asymmetric adjustment for a number of countries, but there are no asymmetries...

The pricing mechanism in the gasoline market has often been the subject of public debate inGreece during the crisis years. Inefficient pricing could imply oligopolistic practices in themarket and losses to consumers’ welfare in a period characterised by a dramatic fall inconsumers’ income...

The aim of this study is to assess whether fuel prices in Greece respond asymmetrically to changes in the global oil prices. To do so, we depart from the current practice in the literature that focuses on fuel prices. Rather, we consider the mark-up of both the refineries and retailers. Even...

The influx of shipping receipts from the world's leading fleet has been critical for the development of the Greek economy. Following the fateful September of 2008, the range and speed of the shift in direction of the freight rates, combined with the general economic and credit climate, have had...

Building on a proper selection of macroeconomic variables for constructing a GDP forecasting multivariate model (Kazanas, 2017), this paper evaluates whether alternative Bayesian model specifications can provide greater forecasting accuracy compared to a standard VECM model. To that end, two...

The crisis that hit the Greek economy over 2008-2016, made clear that the economy’s growth model was characterised by structural weaknesses. During the current transition period, it is imperative to develop a new growth model that will rely largely on investment. Moreover, investment should be...

In recent years, the rate of change in prices for the Greek economy does not seem to react proportionally compared to the large reductions in wage cost implemented in the context of the effort for fiscal consolidation and improvement of competitiveness. The disconnection between prices and wage...

The present paper investigates whether Greek gasoline prices respond symmetrically to changes in international oil prices. The study uses all available observations and applies the TAR (Threshold Auto-Regressive) methodology, which is considered to be the most reliable econometric technique...

Despite the fact that receipts from the provision of shipping services recorded on the Greek Balance of Payments represent nearly half of the total receipts of services rendered, the factors that determine them have not been explored for the Greek economy. Therefore, the main purpose of this...