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Dr Antonios Kallias
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance
Overview
Dr. Antonios Kallias is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Accounting & Finance at Cardiff Business School, where he also serves as Undergraduate Admissions Tutor. He is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.
Antonios earned his PhD from the University of Sussex, and his research focuses on IPOs, financial reporting, corporate disclosure, and corporate governance. His work has been published in leading international journals, including the Journal of Corporate Finance, British Journal of Management, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Business Research, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, and Finance Research Letters. His research has received funding from the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust and has been featured in prominent outlets such as the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, Oxford Business Law Blog and Open Secrets (the foremost US organization dedicated to researching and promoting transparency in money in politics).
Further, he has accumulated important teaching experience in the areas of financial management, financial analysis and research methods. Currently, he is teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate modules.
Antonios has supervised doctoral students to successful completion in the past and welcomes applications from potential PhD candidates in the related areas of accounting and finance.
Publication
2025
- Kallias, A., Kallias, K., Liu, J., Malikov, K. and Zhang, S. 2025. Friendships to perish and friendships to cherish: corporate political tactic and earnings management method. British Journal of Management (10.1111/1467-8551.12931)
2023
- Kallias, A., Kallias, K., Tsalkamas, I. and Zhang, S. 2023. One size does not fit all: the conditional role of CEO education on IPO performance. Journal of Business Research 157, article number: 113560. (10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113560)
2022
- Kallias, A., Kallias, K. and Zhang, S. 2022. Can we trust the accounting discretion of firms with political money contributions? Evidence from U.S. IPOs. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 41(6), article number: 106999. (10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2022.106999)
- Zhang, S., Liang, H., Kallias, K. and Kallias, A. 2022. Bank switching of US small businesses: New methods and evidence. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 58, pp. 1573-1616. (10.1007/s11156-021-01030-y)
2021
- Zhang, S., Han, L., Kallias, K. and Kallias, A. 2021. The value of in-person banking: evidence from U.S. small businesses. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 57, pp. 1393-1435. (10.1007/s11156-021-00982-5)
- Kallias, A., Kallias, K., Guancheng, L. and Zhang, S. 2021. Why local banking market concentration hinders IPOs and how it can work to issuers’ advantage. Finance Research Letters 43, article number: 101966. (10.1016/j.frl.2021.101966)
2017
- Boubaker, S., Gounopoulos, D., Kallias, A. and Kallias, K. 2017. Management earnings forecasts and IPO performance: evidence of a regime change. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 48(4), pp. 1083. (10.1007/s11156-016-0579-8)
- Gounopoulos, D., Kallias, A., Kallias, K. and Tzeremes, P. G. 2017. Political money contributions of U.S. IPOs. Journal of Corporate Finance 43, pp. 19-38. (10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2016.12.011)
Articles
- Kallias, A., Kallias, K., Liu, J., Malikov, K. and Zhang, S. 2025. Friendships to perish and friendships to cherish: corporate political tactic and earnings management method. British Journal of Management (10.1111/1467-8551.12931)
- Kallias, A., Kallias, K., Tsalkamas, I. and Zhang, S. 2023. One size does not fit all: the conditional role of CEO education on IPO performance. Journal of Business Research 157, article number: 113560. (10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113560)
- Kallias, A., Kallias, K. and Zhang, S. 2022. Can we trust the accounting discretion of firms with political money contributions? Evidence from U.S. IPOs. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 41(6), article number: 106999. (10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2022.106999)
- Zhang, S., Liang, H., Kallias, K. and Kallias, A. 2022. Bank switching of US small businesses: New methods and evidence. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 58, pp. 1573-1616. (10.1007/s11156-021-01030-y)
- Zhang, S., Han, L., Kallias, K. and Kallias, A. 2021. The value of in-person banking: evidence from U.S. small businesses. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 57, pp. 1393-1435. (10.1007/s11156-021-00982-5)
- Kallias, A., Kallias, K., Guancheng, L. and Zhang, S. 2021. Why local banking market concentration hinders IPOs and how it can work to issuers’ advantage. Finance Research Letters 43, article number: 101966. (10.1016/j.frl.2021.101966)
- Boubaker, S., Gounopoulos, D., Kallias, A. and Kallias, K. 2017. Management earnings forecasts and IPO performance: evidence of a regime change. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 48(4), pp. 1083. (10.1007/s11156-016-0579-8)
- Gounopoulos, D., Kallias, A., Kallias, K. and Tzeremes, P. G. 2017. Political money contributions of U.S. IPOs. Journal of Corporate Finance 43, pp. 19-38. (10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2016.12.011)
Research
Research Interests
Initial public offerings, corporate governance, business valuation, financial reporting and choices of disclosure.
PhD supervision research interests
- Corporate Governance
- IPOs
- Financial Reporting
- Business Valuation
- Intangible Assets
Teaching
Teaching commitments
- BST962: Corporate Reporting and Global Markets (MSc Accounting and Finance ~ co-module leader)
- BST961: Accounting and Capital Markets (MSc Accounting and Finance ~ module leader)
- BS3520: Analysis of Financial Reporting Information (Undergraduate ~ module leader)
- MSc Dissertation Supervisor
Biography
Qualifications
- Fellow in Higher Education Academy
- PhD in Accounting, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
- MSc in International Business Management, Kingston University, United Kingdom
- BSc in Economics, St. John's University, USA
Academic positions
- 2024 - present: Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Accounting & Finance, Cardiff University
- 2020 - 2024: Lecturer in Accounting & Finance (Assistant Professor), Cardiff University
- 2015 - 2020: Lecturer in Accounting and Financial Management, University of Portsmouth
Supervisions
I am interested in advising PhD projects in the following broad areas:
- financial reporting and choices of disclosure
- Intangible Assets Valuation
- corporate governance
- initial public offerings
- other innovative areas of research
Contact Details
+44 29208 75322
Aberconway Building, Room S07-A, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU