Konstantinos Melas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Maritime Economics, University of Piraeus
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Short Bio
Konstantinos D. Melas is an Assistant Professor of Maritime Economics in the Department of Maritime Studies at the University of Piraeus. His research focuses on maritime economics, freight markets, shipping- and energy-cost transmission, behavioral finance, and the effects of geopolitical and economic uncertainty on international trade.
He has published extensively in international academic journals across maritime studies, transportation, economics, and finance. He also contributes actively to public discussions on shipping, ports, supply chains, and inflation.
Peer reviewed Publications
U.S.–China tensions and the transmission of oil volatility to clean tanker freight markets
Published online in Applied Economics Letters on 3 July 2026.
Read more...Shipping, carbon pricing, and inflation pass-through: The Silent Absorber hypothesis
Co-authored with Nektarios A. Michail and Prodromos Tsinaslanidis. Published in Research in Transportation Economics, Volume 116, 2026, 101726.
Read more...Inflation in transit: The freight–PPI connection
Co-authored with Nektarios Michail. The paper has been published in Economics Letters Volume 256, October 2025, 112637
Read more...Measuring the impact of port congestion on containership freight rates
Co-authored with Nektarios Michail. The paper has been published in Maritime Transport Research. Volume 8, June 2025, 100130
Read more...Trade Uncertainty, Economic Policy Uncertainty and Shipping Costs
Co-authored with Nektarios Michail & Kyriaki Louca. The paper has been published in German Economic Review journal.
Read more...The whole list of published scientific articles...
Press releases
Shipping freight rates and inflation in the Euro Area
Co-authored with Nektarios Michail and Lena Cleanthous. The article was published in December's 2022 issue of SUERF Policy Brief, No 482.
Read more...Russian–Ukrainian war: How will the Greek ports be affected?
The article was published in the May/June 2022 issue of Greek Business File
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