George Economides
Professor
Athens University of Economics and Business
School of Economic Sciences
Department of International and European Economic Studies
Professor
Athens University of Economics and Business
School of Economic Sciences
Department of International and European Economic Studies
George Economides is Professor of Economics in the Department of International and European Economic Studies, School of Economic Sciences, at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB). He was born in Athens in 1973. He holds a B.Sc. in International and European Economic Studies from AUEB, an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of York (UK), and a Ph.D. in Economics from AUEB. His previous academic appointments include a position as Visiting Lecturer in Economics at the University of Cyprus (2001–2002). He has also taught at Audencia Business School in France. He is also a Research Fellow at CESifo in Munich and at the Interdisciplinary Climate Change Impacts Study Committee (CCISC) of the Bank of Greece.
His main research interests are in macroeconomic theory and policy. In recent years, his research has focused primarily on the use of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models to study public-sector reforms and the implications of climate change for the design of economic policy. He has published more than forty articles in international academic journals, including European Economic Review, Review of Economic Dynamics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Economica, Oxford Economic Papers, Public Choice, International Tax and Public Finance, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Macroeconomics, European Journal of Political Economy, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, and CESifo Economic Studies. He has also co-authored three books, including The Economics of Climate Change and A Blueprint for Exiting the Crisis: A New Model of Production for Greece.
He has presented his research at numerous international conferences and has served as a referee for a wide range of international academic journals. He is currently an Associate Editor of Environment and Development Economics, published by Cambridge University Press in association with the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He has also served as Guest Editor of the European Journal of Political Economy on two occasions and of CESifo Economic Studies..