Emmanouil Pyrgiotakis

Ad Astra Assistant Professor of Finance · University College Dublin · Visiting Fellow · University of Essex

My research focuses on mergers and acquisitions, financial markets, and sustainable finance — an area of growing interest in my work. I am currently an Ad Astra Assistant Professor of Finance at University College Dublin, Ireland, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Essex, United Kingdom.

Mergers & Acquisitions Financial Markets Sustainable Finance Banking Crash Risk Text-Based Analytics

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Research

Published papers

Journal of Financial Stability · 2026

Social capital and stock price crash risk: cross-country evidence

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Journal of International Money and Finance · 2025

Climate change exposure and green bonds issuance

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Journal of Banking & Finance · 2025

National culture of secrecy and stock price synchronicity: cross-country evidence

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British Journal of Management · 2024

Bank competition, loan portfolio concentration and stock price crash risk: the role of tone ambiguity

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Journal of Financial Stability · 2024

Firm-level political risk and stock price crashes

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European Journal of Operational Research · 2024

Machine learning in bank merger prediction: a text-based approach

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Journal of Banking & Finance · 2022

U.S. bank M&As in the post–Dodd–Frank Act era: do they create value?

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Under review

British Journal of Management

High-frequency trading and stock price crash risk

R&R

Working papers

The carbon footprint of green bonds: a project-level analysis

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Academic positions

Ad Astra Assistant Professor of Finance

University College Dublin, Ireland

Dec 2025 – present

Visiting Fellow

University of Essex, United Kingdom

Jan 2026 – present

Assistant Professor of Finance (Tenured)

University of Essex, United Kingdom

Jan 2020 – Dec 2025

Adjunct Professor

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy

Sep 2022 – Jan 2023

Professional experience & consulting

Financial Lead (CFO-equivalent) · Kyklos HealthTech

United Kingdom

HealthTech start-up supported by Horizon Europe funding. Built valuation models, unit economics, and cash-flow forecasts; led market and competitive analysis and investor-ready reporting.

Aug 2024 – present

Financial Consultant · PwC Greece

Zombie Firms Project

Developed firm-level predictive diagnostics to identify financially distressed firms. Produced econometric evidence and policy recommendations for credit-risk monitoring.

Sep 2024 – Jun 2025

Scientific Consultant · EU LIFE Project

Renewable Energy Communities (RECs)

Conducted REC valuations across three Mediterranean islands, developed funding plans, and authored investment guidance for local stakeholders.

Aug 2024 – Sep 2025

Teaching

Undergraduate

Portfolio Analysis

Undergraduate

Risk Management & Financial Institutions

Undergraduate

Treasury and Risk Management

Postgraduate

Risk Management

Postgraduate

Fixed Income Securities

Postgraduate

Financial Policies & Investment Strategies

Postgraduate

Private Equity and Startup Finance

Average teaching evaluation: 4.4 / 5 · Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (D2)

Technical skills

StataRPythonClaude CodeBloombergWRDSRefinitivOrbis

About

Outside of research, I am an active investor building my own strategies, an avid reader of non-fiction and soft science, and enjoy cooking and going to the gym.

Active investing Non-fiction reading Cooking Gym