Papaioannou Sotiris

Sotiris Papaioannou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Patras, focusing on applied macroeconomics, productivity analysis, and EU economic integration. His research examines regulatory impacts on productivity, technology diffusion, and regional economic performance.

Publications demonstrate expertise in productivity measurement, with investigations into ICT efficiency comparisons (2011), EU service liberalization (2018), and human capital effects on technical inefficiency (2014). Recent work explores fiscal policy cyclicality (2019) and monetary integration effects (2021), employing industry-level and cross-country empirical approaches.

Education includes a Ph.D. from Athens University of Economics and Business (2007) in the ICT-productivity nexus. He maintains office hours weekly for student consultation and has participated in international conferences including ASSET and CRETE.