Author Page for Konstantinos D. Melas

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Measuring the Impact of Port Congestion on Containership Freight Rates

Maritime Transport Research, volume 8, 2025[10.1016/j.martra.2025.100130]

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2025

Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Container shipping trade and real GDP growth: A panel vector autoregressive approach

Nektarios A. Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas and Dimitris Batzilis, (2021) ''Container shipping trade and real GDP growth: A panel vector autoregressive approach'', Economics Bulletin, Vol. 41, Issue 2

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2021

Nektarios Michail, Konstantinos D. Melas and Dimitris Batzilis

Cyprus University of Technology, Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics and Independent

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Geopolitical risk and the LNG-LPG trade

"Geopolitical Risk and the LNG-LPG Trade" Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, vol. 28, no. 3, 2022, pp. 243-265. https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2022-0007

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2022

Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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The Relationship Between Shipping Freight Rates and Inflation in the Euro Area

The relationship between shipping freight rates and inflation in the Euro Area, International Economics, Volume 172, 2022, Pages 40-49, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2022.08.004.

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2022

Nektarios Michail, Konstantinos D. Melas and Lena Cleanthous

Cyprus University of Technology, Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics and Central Bank of Cyprus

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The Relationship Between Commodity Prices and Freight Rates in the Dry Bulk Shipping Segment: A Threshold Regression Approach

Melas, K.D. and Michail, N.A., 2021. The relationship between commodity prices and freight rates in the dry bulk shipping segment: A threshold regression approach. Maritime Transport Research, 2, p.100025.

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 27 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2021

Konstantinos D. Melas and Nektarios Michail

Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics and Cyprus University of Technology

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COVID-19 and the Energy Trade: Evidence from Tanker Trade Routes

N.A. Michail and K.D. Melas, Covid-19 and the energy trade: Evidence from tanker trade routes, The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsl.2021.12.001

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 21 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2022

Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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A Cointegrating Stock Trading Strategy: Application to Listed Tanker Shipping Companies

Michail, N. A. and Melas, K. D. (2019) ‘A cointegrating stock trading strategy: application to listed tanker shipping companies’, Journal of Shipping and Trade. Springer Open, 4(9), pp. 1–10. Doi.org/10.1186/s41072-019-0049-2.

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 27 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2020

Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Containership New-Building Orders and Freight Rate Shocks: A ‘Wait and See’ Perspective

The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, Volume 39, Issue 1, March 2023, Pages 30-37 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsl.2023.01.001

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 03 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2023

Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Can commodity prices predict stock market returns? The case of dry bulk shipping companies

Journal of Shipping and Trade, volume 9, issue 1, 2024 [10.1186/s41072-024-00178-9]

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Nov 2021

Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Dynamic Volatility Spillovers and Investor Sentiment Components Across Shipping Freight Rates

Dynamic volatility spillovers and investor sentiment components across freight-shipping markets. Marit Econ Logist 24, 368–394 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-021-00209-3

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2022

Konstantinos D. Melas, Photis Panayides and Dimitris A. Tsouknidis

Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics, Cyprus University of Technology and Athens University of Economics and Business

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Shipping Markets in Turmoil: An Analysis of the COVID-19 Outbreak and Its Implications

Michail, N. A., & Melas, K. D. (2020). Shipping markets in turmoil: An analysis of the Covid-19 outbreak and its implications. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 7, 100178, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2020.100178

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 15 Oct 2020

Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Trade Uncertainty, Economic Policy Uncertainty and Shipping Costs

German Economic Review, 0[10.1515/ger-2024-0025]

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2025

Konstantinos D. Melas, Nektarios A. Michail and Kyriaki G. Louca

Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics, Central Bank of Cyprus and University of Cyprus

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Econometric Insights into LNG Carrier Port Congestion and Energy Inflation: A Data-Driven Approach

Commodities, volume 3, issue 4, 2024[10.3390/commodities3040026]

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 05 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2025

Stavros Karamperidis, Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

University of Plymouth - Plymouth Business School, Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Buy Together, but Recycle Alone: Sentiment-Driven Herding Behavior in Oceanic Dry Bulk Shipping

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 05 May 2021

Konstantinos D. Melas and Nektarios Michail

Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics and Cyprus University of Technology

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Quantifying the Relationship Between Seaborne Trade and Shipping Freight Rates: A Bayesian Vector Autoregressive Approach

Michail, N.A., Melas, K.D. ,(2020),"Quantifying the relationship between seaborne trade and shipping freight rates: A Bayesian vector autoregressive approach", Martime Transport Research, p.100001, doi: 10.1016/j.martra.2020.100001

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 Jan 2021

Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Market Interactions Between Agricultural Commodities and the Dry Bulk Shipping Market

Michail, N. A., & Melas, K.D. Market interactions between agricultural commodities and the dry bulkshipping market. The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsl.2020.07.003

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 14 Dec 2020

Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Volatility Spillovers Among the Major Commodities: A Review

Journal of Risk and Financial Management 17, no. 8: 365. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm17080365

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 May 2024 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2025

Konstantinos D. Melas, Anastasia Faitatzoglou, Nektarios Michail and Anastasi Artemiou

Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics, Metropolitan College, Greece, Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece

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Sentiment-Augmented Supply and Demand Equations for the Dry Bulk Shipping Market

Michail NA, Melas KD. Sentiment-Augmented Supply and Demand Equations for the Dry Bulk Shipping Market. Economies. 2021; 9(4):171. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies9040171

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2021

Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Liquefied Natural Gas Prices and Their Relationship with a Country's Energy Mix: A Case Study for Greece

Energies, volume 16, issue 22, 2023 [10.3390/en16227554]

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 13 Sep 2023

Christos Bentsos, Kyriaki G. Louca, Konstantinos D. Melas and Nektarios A. Michail

University of Piraeus, University of Cyprus, Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics and Central Bank of Cyprus

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CO2 Emission Prices, Freight Costs, and Inflation: Some Early Evidence

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 03 Jan 2025

Konstantinos D. Melas and Nektarios Michail

Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics and Cyprus University of Technology

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Determinants of Ship-Management Revenues: The Case of Cyprus

Konstantinos D. Melas, and Kyriaki G. Louca. 2023. Determinants of Ship Management Revenues: The Case of Cyprus. Economies 11: 184. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies11070184

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2023

Nektarios Michail, Konstantinos D. Melas and Kyriaki G. Louca

Cyprus University of Technology, Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Cyprus

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Baltic dry index forecasting using a neuro-fuzzy inference system

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 09 May 2025

IOANNA ATSALAKI, George Atsalakis, Konstantinos D. Melas and Nektarios A. Michail

affiliation not provided to SSRN, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics and Central Bank of Cyprus

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How Long Do We Keep Up With the Joneses? Herding Time Horizons in the Dry Bulk Shipping Markets

The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsl.2021.03.002

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 06 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2021

Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Disentangling Geopolitical Shocks and Oil Shipping Rates: Clean vs Dirty Tankers

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 May 2025

Nektarios Michail and Konstantinos D. Melas

Cyprus University of Technology and Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Konstantinos D. Melas

Metropolitan College, Greece - Faculty of Business and Economics

Lecturer in Shipping & Finance

University of Western Macedonia

Visting Lecturer in Logistics Management

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