Dimitrios Thomakos
Biographic Data
| ID | 1905263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dimitrios Thomakos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dimitrios |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomakos |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAKOS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida International University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2896-8163 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The sectoral consequences of private equity acquisitions: Spillovers in wages and employment
Existing Industrial Relations (IR) research suggests that Private Equity (PE) takeovers may have profound effects on the target firm's industrial relations policies and practices, most notably in terms of security of tenure and relative proclivity to engage in redundancies. This study supplements the literature by exploring the effects of PE takeovers on other firms in the same industry. We find that PE takeovers increase the sensitivity of targe…
Insights into the accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
“Protection for Sale” in a Developing Country: Democracy vs. Dictatorship
For a “genuine” small open economy that has experienced both dictatorship and democracy, we find support for the predictions of the Grossman-Helpman (1994) “Protection for Sale” model. In contrast to previous studies, we use various protection measures (including tariffs, the direct measure of the theoretical model) and perform both single-year and panel regressions. Using Turkish industry-level data, the government's weight on welfare is estimat…
“Protection for Sale” in a Developing Country: Democracy vs. Dictatorship
For a “genuine” small open economy that has experienced both dictatorship and democracy, we find support for the predictions of the Grossman-Helpman (1994) “Protection for Sale” model. In contrast to previous studies, we use various protection measures (including tariffs, the direct measure of the theoretical model) and perform both single-year and panel regressions. Using Turkish industry-level data, the government's weight on welfare is estimat…
Insights into the accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
The sectoral consequences of private equity acquisitions: Spillovers in wages and employment
Existing Industrial Relations (IR) research suggests that Private Equity (PE) takeovers may have profound effects on the target firm's industrial relations policies and practices, most notably in terms of security of tenure and relative proclivity to engage in redundancies. This study supplements the literature by exploring the effects of PE takeovers on other firms in the same industry. We find that PE takeovers increase the sensitivity of targe…
Corporate Finance and Governance (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Business (1 works) · Competitor analysis (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Data science (1 works) · Democracy (1 works) · Development economics (1 works) · Dictatorship (1 works) · Econometrics (1 works)