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Costas AzariadisWashington University at St. LouisHarris DellasUniversity of BernNicholas EconomidesNew York UniversityJohn GeanakoplosYale UniversityMichael Haliassos (Editor)Goethe University FrankfurtYannis Ioannides (Editor)Tufts UniversityCostas MeghirYale University and University College LondonChris PissaridesLondon School of EconomicsThanasis Stengos (Editor)University of GuelphDimitri VayanosLondon School of EconomicsNikos VettasAthens University of Economics and BusinessOther Contributors
Michael ArghyrouUniversity of Cardiff
Nikolaos ArtavanisVirginia Tech
Manthos DelisCity University
Jacques DelplaConseil d’Analyse Economique, Paris
Manolis GalenianosRoyal Holloway, University of London
Nikos GeorgantzisJaume I University and University of Granada
Gikas HardouvelisUniversity of Piraeus
Dimitris HatzinikolaouUniversity of Ioannina
Chrysafis IordanoglouPanteion University
Pantelis KammasUniversity of Ioannina
Loukas KarabarbounisUniversity of Chicago
Yannis KatsoulakosAthens University of Economics and Business
Alexandros KontonikasUniversity of Glasgow
Christos KotsogiannisUniversity of Exeter
Andreas KoutrasIn Touch Capital Markets
Miltiadis MakrisUniversity of Southampton
Spyros PagratisAthens University of Economics and Business
Elias PapaioannouDartmouth College
Manolis PetrakisUniversity of Crete
Vasiliki SkretaNew York University
Margarita TsoutsouraUniversity of Chicago
Author Archives: Reforming Economist
Yes to the Euro!
30 internationally recognized Greek economists issued a clear declaration in favor of YES in the referendum of July 5, 2015 (published on the front page in Kathimerini, 30.6.15) The referendum on July 5 is NOT for or against a specific agreement. … Continue reading
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The solution for the Greek sovereign debt
Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, NYU We are at the most critical phase of the negotiation, and it is imperative that Greece signs an agreement with the Europeans avoiding bankruptcy and the disaster of the New Drachma. The government … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomics, Public finance, Uncategorized
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A mediocre agreement is better than no agreement
Thanasis Stengos (University of Guelph, Canada) posted an article (in Greek) in Huffington Post Greece. We present it here, in the original Greek text and in English translation. There have been five months since the January election in Greece and … Continue reading
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The new and the recurring mistake
Article by Elias Papaioannou, published in Kathimerini on 14.6.15 (in Greek). The article draws on ideas expounded in a joint article with Richard Portes and Lucrezia Reichlin published by Project Syndicate.
Posted in Political economy, Uncategorized
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Sign the agreement now!
We have reached the end of a negotiation that took several months and was associated with a debilitating lack of liquidity for the Greek State and for the private sector and with enormous uncertainty. If an agreement with the Europeans is … Continue reading
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Europe will benefit from Greece being given a fresh start
On January 22, 2015, the Financial Times have published a letter signed by eighteen economists, including Nobel Laureates Joseph Stiglitz and Chris Pissarides (GEfR founding member). The letter argues that Europe will benefit from Greece being given a fresh start. … Continue reading
A proposal for curtailment of the shadow economy
The shadow economy is inversely related with the per capita electronic payments in the European countries. The Greek economy is characterized by a surging shadow economy and one of the lower numbers of per capita electronic payments in Europe. Manthos … Continue reading
Posted in Banking and finance, Political economy, Public finance
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Challenges for the New Greek Government
Article of Costas Meghir (Douglas A. Warner III Professor of Economics, Yale University) in Greek.
Greek and EU Economic Crisis
Professor Nicholas Economides of the Stern School of Business NYU and the Haas School of Business UC Berkeley presented on May 28, 2014 at KEPE his proposals for the reduction of the Greek public debt, growth, and structural reforms for … Continue reading
Bank of Greece: Selection of New Governor
Στο άρθρο αυτό ο Ηλίας Παπαϊωάννου περιγράφει μία απλή πρόταση για την επιλογή της διοίκησης της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος, μέσω ενός ανοικτού διεθνούς διαγωνισμού με ανεξάρτητους κριτές-αξιολογητές υπό την εποπτεία μίας ad hoc ανεξάρτητης και διεθνώς αναγνωρισμένης επιτροπής αξιολόγησης. Περισσότερα … Continue reading
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