Antonios Siganos
antonios siganos

Dr Antonios Siganos

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  A.Siganos@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Antonios has been working at Edinburgh Napier University since July 2021. Previously, he worked at the University of Glasgow as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Finance for approximately 17 years.

Antonios holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Crete, a Master’s degree in Finance from the University of Exeter, and a PhD in Finance from the University of Stirling.

He has published his research work in high-quality journals, including the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.

Antonios is frequently invited to review papers for academic journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies, British Journal of Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, and Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

Antonios is eager to collaborate with practitioners, for example, to undertake collaborative research work or to offer consultancy and/or training in the fields of his expertise. Please do not hesitate to contact him.

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Firm-level pollution and membership of emission trading schemes

Journal Article
Adamolekun, G., Adedoyin, F. F., & Siganos, A. (2024)
Firm-level pollution and membership of emission trading schemes. Journal of Environmental Management, 351, Article 119970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119970
Several firms have joined emission trading schemes in response to the call for corporate climate action. Using a comprehensive international data set on corporate membership o...

Climate theory & managerial decisions on cross-border mergers

Journal Article
Siganos, A. (2024)
Climate theory & managerial decisions on cross-border mergers. British Accounting Review, 56(1), Article 101260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2023.101260
We explore the significance of climate theory concerning managerial decisions in cross-border mergers. We report that temperature offers a good familiarity proxy showing that ...

International Music Preferences as a Measure of Culture: Evidence from Cross-Border Mergers

Journal Article
Siganos, A. (2024)
International Music Preferences as a Measure of Culture: Evidence from Cross-Border Mergers. European Journal of Finance, 30(3), 288-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2023.2215836
This paper introduces the significance of international music preferences as a determinant of cross-border mergers. We argue that international music preferences capture the d...

Does the Stock Market Influence Investor Everyday Decisions? The Case of Parking Violations

Journal Article
Siganos, A. (2022)
Does the Stock Market Influence Investor Everyday Decisions? The Case of Parking Violations. International Review of Financial Analysis, 82, Article 102164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102164
We explore in this study whether stock market returns influence investor decisions in their everyday life. We find that past and contemporaneous US stock market returns are re...

I only fear when I hear: How media affects insider trading in takeover targets

Journal Article
Aleksanyan, M., Danbolt, J., Siganos, A., & Wu, B. (2022)
I only fear when I hear: How media affects insider trading in takeover targets. Journal of Empirical Finance, 67, 318-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2022.04.004
We study how target firm insiders respond to Wall Street Journal articles referring to illegal insider trading in past mergers. Such articles lead to target insider share purc...

Effects of Financial Constraints and Product Market Competition on Share Repurchases

Journal Article
Gyimah, D., Siganos, A., & Veld, C. (2021)
Effects of Financial Constraints and Product Market Competition on Share Repurchases. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 74, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2021.101392
This study explores the importance of financial constraints and product market competition on the share repurchase decision. We find that financially constrained firms are mor...

Guest editor networking in special issues

Journal Article
Siganos, A. (2021)
Guest editor networking in special issues. International Review of Financial Analysis, 76, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101770
This study explores the significance of academic networking when publishing on special issues. We find that in comparison to the main editors, guest editors publish more often...

A novel measure of sleep based on Google: the case for financial markets

Journal Article
Siganos, A. (2021)
A novel measure of sleep based on Google: the case for financial markets. European Journal of Finance, 27(12), 1151-1163. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847x.2020.1857289
We address in this study the issue of how to proxy sleep and explore sleep’s significance for financial markets. We employ daily Google search activity on sleepiness terms (e....

Capturing the role of societal affinity in cross-border mergers with the Eurovision Song Contest

Journal Article
Siganos, A., & Tabner, I. T. (2020)
Capturing the role of societal affinity in cross-border mergers with the Eurovision Song Contest. Journal of International Business Studies, 51(2), 263-273. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-019-00271-3
This paper demonstrates the effectiveness of voting bias in the Eurovision Song Contest as a means of capturing societal affinity. More than 180 million viewers from more than...

The daylight saving time anomaly in relation to firms targeted for mergers

Journal Article
Siganos, A. (2019)
The daylight saving time anomaly in relation to firms targeted for mergers. Journal of Banking and Finance, 105, 36-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2019.05.014
This paper finds evidence that daylight saving time changes influence the decision-making of investors when trading in firms targeted for mergers. We find that investors who f...

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