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Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece
Eleni Dendrinou-Louri

Place and date of birth: Athens, 13 May 1954


Family status: Married, two children



Education
:

1972 - 1976
B.Sc. in Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business

1976 - 1977
M.Sc in Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science

1982 - 1986 
D. Phil. in Economics, University of Oxford, St. Antony's College, Oxford
Scholarships:
Greek State Scholarship Foundation,
European Commission (SPES, HCM) 


Professional career

1989 - 1992
Lecturer, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
 
1992 - 1996
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics. Athens University of Economics and Business
 
1996 - 2001
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
 
2001
Professor, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business

2004 - 2008
Director, Economic Office of the Prime Minister

2008
Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece


Academic activities :


Consultant/Researcher for OECD, World Bank, CEPR, IES, European Commission

Member/Associate of European Economic Association, Regional Science association, European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Industrial Organization Society, International Society for Inventory Research

Referee for numerous academic journals


Other posts:


2004 - 2008
Member of Greece's Council of Economic Experts

Member of the Economic Policy Committee of the European Commission

Member of the Eurogroup WG (EPC)

Deputy Coordinator for the Lisbon Strategy

2008
Chairperson of the Hellenic Deposit Guarantee Fund

Member of the International Relations Committee, ECB


Publications:

Author of numerous articles and essays, including:

Louri, H. (1988), "Urban growth and productivity: the case of Greece", Urban Studies, Vol. 25(5), 433-438.

Hay, D. and Louri, H. (1989), "Firms as portfolios: a mean-variance analysis of unquoted U.K. companies", Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 38(2), 141-165.

Louri, H. (1989), "Regional policy and investment behaviour - The case of Greece 1971-1982", Regional Studies, Vol. 23(3), 231-239.

Louri, H. (1991), "Monetary policy and inventory investment in Greek manufacturing industry", Applied Economics, Vol. 23, 255-261.

Hay, D. and Louri, H. (1991), "Modelling smaller U.K. corporation: a portfolio analysis", Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics, Vol. 53(4), 425-449.

Hay, D. and Louri, H. (1994), "Investment in inventories: an empirical microeconomic model of firm behaviour", Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 46(1), 157-170.

Hay, D. and Louri, H. (1995), "An empirical note on the investment behaviour of U.K. firms, 1960-85", Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Vol. 17(4), 579-591.

Louri, H. (1996), "Inventory investment in Greek manufacturing industry: Effects from participation in the European market", International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 46, 47-54.

Hay, D. and Louri, H. (1996), "Demands for short-term assets and liabilities, by UK quoted companies", Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 6, 413-420.

Corbett, J., Hay, D. and Louri, H. (1999), "A financial portfolio approach to inventory behaviour: Japan and the UK", International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 59, 43-52.

Fotopoulos, G. and Louri, H. (2000), "Location and survival of new entry", Small Business Economics, 14(4), 311-321.

Fotopoulos, G. and Louri, H. (2000), "Determinants of hazard confronting new entry: Does financial structure matter?", Review of Industrial Organization, 17(3), 285-300.

Louri, H. (2000), "Merger activity in Greece: A probit analysis", in Paraskevopoulos, C. et al., Global Financial Markets and Economic Development, Toronto: APF Press, pp. 121-133.

Dunford, M., Louri, H. & Rosenstock, M. (2001), "Competition, competitiveness and enterprise policies", in Hall, R., Smith, A. & L. Tsoukalis, Competitiveness and cohesion in EU policies, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 109-14.

Barbosa, N. and Louri, H. (2002), "On the Determinants of Multinationals' Ownership Preferences: Evidence from Greece and Portugal", International Journal of Industrial Organization, 20(4), 493-515.

Dimelis, S. and Louri, H. (2002), "Foreign ownership and production efficiency: A quantile regression analysis", Oxford Economic Papers, 54, 449-469.

Dimelis, S. and Louri, H. (2004), "Foreign Direct Investment and technology spillovers: Which firms really benefit? ", Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 140(2), 230-253.

Fotopoulos, G. and Louri, Η. (2004), "Corporate growth and FDI: Are multinationals stimulating local industrial development?", Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Vol. 4(3), pp. 163-189.

Barrios, S., Dimelis, S., Louri, H. and Strobl, E. (2005) "Foreign Direct Investment and efficiency spillovers in the EU periphery: A comparative study of Greece, Ireland and Spain", Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 140(4), 688-705.

Barbosa, N and Louri, H. (2005), 'Corporate performance: Does ownership matter? A comparison of foreign- and domestic-owned firms in Greece and Portugal', Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 27, 73-102.