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Dimitris Melas

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Foundations of ESG investing: How ESG affects equity valuation, risk, and performance

G Giese, LE Lee, D Melas, Z Nagy… - The Journal of Portfolio …, 2019 - pm-research.com
Many studies have focused on the relationship between companies with strong environmental,
social, and governance (ESG) characteristics and corporate financial performance. …

Foundations of factor investing

J Bender, R Briand, D Melas… - Available at SSRN …, 2013 - papers.ssrn.com
Factor investing is based on the existence of factors that have earned a premium over long
periods, reflect exposure to systematic risk, and are grounded in the academic literature. …

Factor investing and ESG integration

D Melas, Z Nagy, P Kulkarni - Factor Investing, 2017 - Elsevier
In the past 10 years, ESG considerations have increasingly become integrated into mainstream
portfolio management. A large number of long-term institutions such as pension funds, …

Megacities as hot spots of air pollution in the East Mediterranean

…, A Unal, M Koçak, K Markakis, D Melas… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the actual knowledge on the atmospheric
pollution sources, transport, transformation and levels in the East Mediterranean. It focuses …

Climate change projections for Greece in the 21st century from high-resolution EURO-CORDEX RCM simulations

…, D Akritidis, A Kalisoras, J Kapsomenakis, D Melas… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present an updated assessment of projected climate change over Greece in the near
future and at the end of the 21st century, focusing on near surface temperature, precipitation, …

Photochemical activity and solar ultraviolet radiation (PAUR) modulation factors: an overview of the project

CS Zerefos, KA Kourtidis, D Melas… - Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The Photochemical Activity and Ultraviolet Radiation (PAUR) II project (a continuation of an
earlier PAUR I project) had the purpose of studying the interrelationships between changes …

Temperature, comfort and pollution levels during heat waves and the role of sea breeze

DK Papanastasiou, D Melas, T Bartzanas… - International journal of …, 2010 - Springer
During the summer of 2007 several Greek regions suffered periods of extreme heat, with
midday temperatures of over 40C on several consecutive days. High temperatures were also …

Is the ozone climate penalty robust in Europe?

…, J Langner, H Lei, A Manders, D Melas… - Environmental …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Ozone air pollution is identified as one of the main threats bearing upon human health and
ecosystems, with 25 000 deaths in 2005 attributed to surface ozone in Europe (IIASA 2013 …

Future climate change impacts on summer surface ozone from regional climate‐air quality simulations over Europe

…, I Kioutsioukis, I Tegoulias, D Melas… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Regional climate‐air quality simulations were performed over Europe for two future decades,
2041–2050 and 2091–2100 under IPCC A1B scenario and the control decade 1991–2000. …

Evaluation of WRF shortwave radiation parameterizations in predicting Global Horizontal Irradiance in Greece

MM Zempila, TM Giannaros, A Bais, D Melas… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
This study aims at assessing the differences induced in the Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI)
predictions by the mesoscale atmospheric Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) …