Alex Mandilaras

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Alex Mandilaras graduated with a BSc in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business in 1996. Following completion of an MA degree in Financial and Business Economics at the University of Essex in 1998, he embarked on a PhD with a full scholarship at the University of Surrey. He received his PhD in 2001 and, in the same year, the awarding institution appointed him as a lecturer in economics

Research interests

Alex's research agenda focuses on international finance. More specifically, he works on issues related to currency crises and contagion, international reserves, capital flows and public debt management.

Recent publications (since 2006)

• "A Markov Switching Analysis of Contagion in the EMS". (2010) Journal of International Money & Finance, forthcoming. (With G. Bird)
• "Capital Flows, Capitalization, and Openness in Emerging East Asian Economies". (2009) Review of International Economics, Vol. 17, pp 734-750. ( With H. Popper)
• "Revisiting Mrs. Machlup's Wardrobe: the Accumulation of International Reserves, 1992-2001". (2008) Applied Economics Letters, DOI: 10.1080/13504850701765143. ( With G. Bird)
• "What Determines the Implementation of IMF Programs?", (2008) World Development, Vol 36, pp 1493-1513. (With G. Bird and O. Arpac)
• "Foreign Exchange Pressures in Latin America: Does Debt Matter?", (2008) Journal of International Development, Vol 55, pp 613-627. (With G. Bird)
• "Public Debt Maturity and Currency Crises". (2008) Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol 55, No. 1, pp 79-106. (With P Levine and J Wang)
• "Foreign Exchange Markets in South-East Asia 1990-2004: An Empirical Analysis of Spillovers During Crisis and Non-Crisis Periods". (2007) North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol 18, pp 41-57. (With G Bird)
• "Regional Heterogeneity in the Relationship Between Fiscal Imbalances and Foreign Exchange Market Pressure". (2006) World Development, Vol 34, No. 7, pp 1171-1181. (With G Bird)

Current teaching

This academic year Alex is teaching Financial Economics, Corporate Finance & Derivatives Markets, International Economics & Finance and Theory of Finance.