Productivity, Efficiency, and Performance Measurement
I develop and apply econometric techniques to measure productivity and efficiency across firms, sectors, and countries, with a focus on understanding how determinants such as gender diversity in leadership, financial constraints, and innovation influence performance.
Publications
Vidali, M. (2025) Measuring productivity and convergence across industries and countries. Bulletin of Economic Research 77(3): 368-384. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12492
Bournakis, I., Motta V., & Vidali M. (2025). No Road with Roses in Developing Countries: Gender Diversification in Firm Leadership and Total Factor Productivity. Macroeconomic dynamics, 1-28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100524000798
Vidali, M., Menegaki, A., & Ahmad, N. (2024). Parametric and Non-Parametric Measurement of Efficiency in Hotel Industry: a systematic literature review. Journal of Economic Surveys 39(3), 1185-1211. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12653
Tsionas, M., Vidali M., Leledakis G., & A. Tasiopoulos. (2023). Whither Greece? Productivity before and after the subprime crisis. Theoretical Economics Letters 13(7): 1780-1801. DOI: 10.4236/tel.2023.137103
Book Chapter
Vidali M., (2025). ”Energy productivity” in Elgar Encyclopedia of Energy Economics. Editor: A. Menegaki, Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, UK. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035310371.00055
Ph.D. Thesis
Vidali, M. (2020). Essays on productivity and firm performance
Working papers
Tsionas, M., & Vidali, M. Productivity and Performance in Greece. (Available upon request)
Causal inference and Policy evaluation
I work on methodological and applied questions in causal inference, focusing on identification strategies and the integration of machine learning to improve causal estimation in applied research and policy evaluation.
Working papers
Tsionas, M., & Vidali, M. Holding all the aces in Causal Inference. (Available upon request)
Patel, P., Vidali, M., & Tsionas, M. Employee’s mobility and family firms. (Available upon request)
Political economy and Institutional change
I study how institutions, political representation, and public attitudes shape economic and democratic outcomes. My work includes research on representation and council size, attitudes toward refugee reception, gender in political leadership, and institutional reforms.
Publications
Fabbe, K., Kyrkopoulou E., Vidali, M. (2025). Between Human Dignity and Security: Identifying Citizen and Elite Preferences and Concerns over Refugee Reception. Comparative Political Studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140251381741
Book Chapters
Saravakos C., Schizas E., Vidali M., Rompapas N. (2021). “EU Accession and Political Freedom: An empirical analysis of the effect of EU accession on civil rights and individual liberties” Athens: ELF Publisher. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25269.19688
Saravakos C., Schizas E., Vidali M., De Martiis A., Vernoni G. (2020). “EU Accession and Economic Freedom: An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of EU Membership and Its Antecedents on Economic Freedom” Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3738149. Athens: ELF Publisher. ISBN:978-2-9602333-6-0.
Working papers
Le Maux, B., Vidali, M., & Mille, P. How Council Size Shapes Democracy? Evidence from French Municipalities. CREM Working Paper, 2025. hal-05026713
Work in progress
Electoral Competition and Women’s Party Leadership (with B. Le Maux and P. Mille)
Additional Applied Work
Working papers
Bitros, GC., & Vidali, M. Real Interest Rate and Monetary Policy in the Post Bretton Woods United States. AUEB Working Paper 01-23.
Pepelasis, I., & Vidali, M. An empirical model of Joint Stock Company births, Greece: 1840-1939. AUEB Working Paper 01-19.
Last update: September 27th, 2025
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