Sotirios Kokas

Sotirios Kokas serves as Professor in Finance at Essex Business School, University of Essex, with visiting scholar appointments at Banco de Portugal, Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki), BIS, Michigan State University, and Imperial College Business School. His research focuses on empirical analysis of financial sector regulation and intermediation.

His scholarly work prioritizes:

• Gender diversity dynamics within financial institutions
• Monetary policy transmission mechanisms
• Political economy influences on central bank independence
• Bank competition under regulatory frameworks
• Structural properties of financial networks

Recent publications reveal thematic continuity in banking and central banking research, examining profit shifting in multinational entities (2025), central bank governance (2023), experiential lending practices (2021), and network spillovers in credit markets (2017). These contributions advance understanding of regulatory efficacy, policy credibility, and systemic stability in global finance.

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