Doctoral Program of the Department of Economics
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PURPOSE
The aim of the PhD Program is to prepare candidates wishing to pursue an academic or research career. Graduates of the Program can be employed as faculty members, at senior level positions in banks, businesses and other public and private organizations. Our Department is a pioneer in organizing doctoral studies in Economics in Greece.
Graduates of the Program are currently serving as faculty members at universities in Greece and abroad, and are employed at research institutes such as the Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE), at the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Bank of Greece and Ministries as senior executives, in private banks and other public and private organizations.PREREQUISITES
The applicants for the PhD Program must have at least the following qualifications:- Bachelor’s degree (if obtained from a non-Greek University, it must be recognized by DOATAP as equivalent to the Greek University degrees)
- Master’s degree in Economics (if obtained from a non-Greek University, it must be recognized by DOATAP as equivalent to the Greek University degrees)
- At least very good knowledge of the English language (level C1 or C2)
FEES
There are no fees for PhD studies in Greece.TEACHING ASSISTANTS
PhD students may be employed as teaching assistants in the courses of the Undergraduate or Graduate Programs of the Department. Teaching assistants are reimbursed on the basis of decisions of the General Assembly of the Department. - Structure
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PhD Thesis Writing
Upon acceptance to the PhD Program, the PhD Candidates start preparing their PhD Thesis, which must be completed in at least 3 or at maximum 6 years since the date their Three-Member Advisory Committee was appointed.The General Assembly of the Department may decide, simultaneously with the acceptance of a PhD Candidate, his obligation to attend and be successfully examined in a cycle of four (4) advanced courses:
1) Advanced Topics in Macroeconomic Theory (2) Advanced Topics in Applied Economics and in two (2) courses from: Economic Mathematics, Special Topics in Economic Theory, Special Topics in Applied Econometrics, Special Topics in Econometric Theory.
In addition, it is possible to ask the PhD Candidate to be successfully examined in a number of compulsory courses from the MSc in Economics offered by the Department. The time structure of the program of the aforementioned courses takes place in a period not longer than three (3) academic semesters from the date of registration of the PhD Candidate. It is also possible that the PhD Candidate is exempted, in whole or in part, from the obligation to be examined in the above courses.
PhD Thesis Completion
When the Three-Member Advisory Committee considers that the PhD Thesis has been completed, it gives its approval for the submission and final assessment to a Seven-Member Examining Committee. The PhD Candidate defends the PhD Thesis publicly before the Seven-Member Examining Committee, which then assesses the PhD Thesis as “successful” or “unsuccessful”.PhD Diploma Award
After evaluation of the PhD Thesis as “successful”, the PhD Candidate is proclaimed as Doctor of the Economics Department of the Athens University of Economics and Business at the next General Assembly of the Department and is awarded a “Ph.D. in Economics” degree. - Applications - Forms
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APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION
Applications along with the supporting documents are submitted to the Secretariat of the Program according to the Call for Applications announced by the Department each year.
Call for Applications of PhD in Economics 2024 is announced here.FORMS
- Regulation
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The new regulation of PhD studies, based on the new law 4957/2022, can be found here.
- List of PhDs
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Name Date Title Supervisor Lianou Despina 24/10/1985 Economic analysis of female labour supply in Greece E. Drandakis Damalas Antonis 15/11/1990 The economy of the island of Chios from 992 to 1566 A.D. I. Riginos Lazarettou Sofia 8/9/1993 The financial and monetary policy of Greece in the light of the development of the international monetary system 1830-1990 G.Alogoskoufis Kapopoulos Panagiotis 2/12/1993 Credible stability programs and political parties in small open economies in the 80s. G.Alogoskoufis Vasilatos Evangelos 7/11/1996 Dynamic optimal taxation in economies with tax evasion Tr.Kollintzas Lagopoulos Konstantinos 1/10/1997 Policy analysis of international trade in dynamic environments K. Gatsios Magoula Theocharoula 6/5/1998 Education and economic growth- The Greek case K. Prodromidis Mitrakos Theodoros 14/6/2000 Economic Inequalities in Greece: Measurement, structure, intertemporal change and international comparisons T. Lianos Armagou Ioulia 4/10/2000 The Modern Greek Banking system: Structure, efficiency and prospects K. Dimopoulos Stromplos Nikolaos 1/11/2000 Microeconomic production functions: The microfoundations in models of economic growth K. Prodromidis Dedousis Elias 2/10/2002 Corporate governance and investment behaviour in Greece E. Louri Desylla Lambrini 2/10/2002 Efficient distribution of electricity in Greece C. Bitros Arakelian Veanous 14/7/2003 Bayesian estimation of the Lucas asset pricing model E. Tsionas Sfakianakis Georgios 7/1/2004 Endogenous growth and the economic cycle of Greece K. Prodromidis Griva Krina 7/1/2004 Oligopolistic competition with two part pricing and network effects. Essays with applications in markets of systems of payments N. Vettas Mitsopoulos Georgios 10/3/2004 New estimators in models with Pearson errors and constructed variables E. Tsionas Christou Charalambos 10/3/2004 Pricing and product differentiation in oligopolistic markets under uncertainty N. Vettas Tsouma Aikaterini 6/7/2004 Essays on stock yields in emerging and developed markets K. Prodromidis Fotis Panagiotis 9/3/2005 Mergers and acquisitions: Theory of oligopoly, policies of competition and empirical applications in Greece I. Katsoulakos Antonopoulos Christos 4/10/2006 Assessments of computer depreciation and other essays P. Sakellaris Kotseva Rositsa 22/11/2006 Competition and pricing with capacity constraints N. Vettas Kostantakopoulou Ioanna 4/7/2007 Money and economic assets Tr. Kollintzas Lapatinas Athanasios 16/4/2008 Essays on the Microeconomic Dynamics of Investment and Employment: Studying the Nature of Adjustment Costs A.Philippopoulos Karakosta Ourania 6/5/2009 Essays on Tax Competition K. Gatsios Papageorgiou Dimitrios 3/6/2009 Fiscal policy and business cycles in Greece: Positive and normative analysis Tr. Kollintzas Papadakis Emmanuel 9/9/2009 Essays on Econometrics: Econometrics of technical efficiency E. Tsionas Peppas Konstantinos 9/9/2009 Survival of domestic firms: Effects of of foreign penetration of technical efficiency and the macroeconomic environment E. Louri Katselidis Ioannis 16/12/2009 Essays in Industrial Organization: Vertical relations and product differentiation N. Vettas Boultzis Elias 16/9/2010 Essays on the economic behavior of pressure groups A.Philippopoulos Kouranti Fragko 13/7/2010 Essays in Industrial Organization: Vertical relations and product differentiation N. Vettas Kazanas Athanasios 8/7/2011 Monetary Policy Rules Allowing for Structural Breaks I. Tzavalis Dendramis Ioannis 21/12/2011 Discrete Time Modeling and Valuation in Finance I. Tzavalis Karavias Ioannis 27/9/2012 Unit root tests and structural breaks in panel data I. Tzavalis Rouskas Evangelos 27/9/2012 Essays on the Role of Information in Imperfectly Competitive Markets: Advertising, Search and Consumer Learning N. Vettas Papaspyrou Marios-Aristeidis 19/12/2012 Stochastic Models of Optimal Production: Bayesian Inference and Applications E. Tsionas Argyropoulos Efthimios 27/06/2013 Essays on Forecasting Interest Rates, Economic Activity and Inflation, Based on Factor Models of The Yield Curve I. Τzavalis Pavlou Apostolos 17/9/2013 Essays in Industrial Organization Theory : Vertical Contracting and Pricing in Oligopolistic Markets N. Vettas Makantasi Evmorphia 24/6/2014 Trade Policy & Imperfect Competition K. Gatsios Varthalitis Petros 10/11/2014 Monetary Policy in an Open Economy Α.Philippopoulos Iosifidi Maria 10/11/2014 Issues in Public Policy Ε. Τsionas Polycarpou Ioannis 4/3/2015 Essays on Applied Panel Data Econometrics Aik. Kyriazidou Tsoukalas Konstantinos 17/6/2015 The Interdependence of Financial Risk and Sovereign Risk along the business cycle in the euro area Α.Philippopoulos Koliousi Panagiota 10/9/2015 Market Structure & Economic Policy A. Miaouli Bageri Vasiliki 20/10/2015 Essays in competition economics and the enforcement of competition policy I. Katsoulakos Gogos Stylianos 3/2/2016 Essays on great economic depressions E. Vasilatos Louka Alexandros 3/2/2016 Essays on limit theorems for martingale transforms with heavy-tailed innovations and the limit theory of the QMLE in conditionally heteroskedastic models S. Arvanitis Sakkas Stylianos 3/2/2016 Essays in fiscal policy and public finance Α.Philippopoulos Metsiou Eleni 6/4/2016 Essays in the Economics of Competition Law Enforcement I. Katsoulakos Tassiopoulos Anastasios 2/11/2016 Essays in Bayesian Econometrics Ε. Τsionas Lamprinidis Andreas 18/10/2017 The impact of mergers on prices and variety and evaluating merger simulations: evidence from the UK car industry C. Genakos Chatzigiatroudakis Ioannis 18/10/2017 Essays on the formation of economic coalitions in the presence of multilateral externalities E. Zacharias Stavrakas Michail 24/9/2018 Essays on Fiscal Policy Α.Philippopoulos Kyrkopoulou Eleni 24/9/2018 Essays on Immigration and Crime Th. Palivos Papadopoulos Alexandros (Alecos)
personal webpage7/11/2018 The Two-tier Stochastic Frontier Framework (2TSF): Theory and Applications, Models and Tools. Pl. Sakellaris Dimakopoulou Vasiliki-Eirini 6/2/2019 Financial frictions and economy policy Α.Philippopoulos Roubanis Eleftherios-Theodoros 14/6/2019 Aggregate and distributional implications of fiscal consolidation in general equilibrium Α.Philippopoulos Sachtachtinskagia Sabina 14/6/2019 Essays on technology transfer and vertical relations in markets N. Vettas Benetatou Kalliopi 4/9/2019 Essays in Optimal Competition Policy Enforcement Standards I. Katsoulakos Christou Tryfonas 4/12/2019 Quality of institutions and macroeconomic performance E. Vasilatos Bertsatos Georgios 4/3/2020 Essays on Banking Valuation Pl. Sakellaris Sarri Danai 3/6/2020 Measuring managerial skill in the Mutual Fund industry: A Stochastic Dominance based Approach S. Arvanitis Giannoulakis Stylianos 3/6/2020 Essays on Firm Dynamics and Macroeconomics Pl. Sakellaris Karadima Maria 1/7/2020 Essays on the evolution and determinants of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the euro area E. Louri Makri Galateia 1/7/2020 Essays in Competition Policy Enforcement and its Impact on Economic Performance I. Katsoulakos Smyrnakis Dimitrios 1/7/2020 Human Capital and Economic Growth I. Τzavalis Paravalos Evangelos 1/7/2020 Topics in Bayesian Econometrics I. Τzavalis Liontos Georgios 2/12/2020 Essays on Optimal Taxation Α.Philippopoulos Vidali Maria
Personal Webpage2/12/2020 Essays on Productivity and Firm Performance A. Demos Giakas Konstantinos 2/12/2020 Essays on Market Frictions and Aggregate Fluctuations G.Alogoskoufis Dimas Athanasios 2/12/2020 Essays on Applied Microeconomics C. Genakos Ilias Nikolaos 20/1/2021 Essays on the forward premium bias I. Tzavalis Moustakas Alexandros 7/7/2021 Essays in industrial and economic impact analysis N. Vettas Tsangaris Spyridon 22/7/2021 Spatial externalities and agglomerations in spatiotemporal economics A. Xepapadeas Chatzilena Anastasia 3/11/2021 Essays on Epidemic Models and their Statistical Analysis S. Arvanitis Slabchenko Anastasia 1/12/2021 The determinant factors of momentum strategies in international capital markets Sp. Spyrou Avgeri Ioanna 25/5/2022 Bank profitability in the euro area: the effects of common supervision E. Louri Papantonis Ioannis 29/6/2022 Essays in Modelling and Forecasting Stock Market Volatility I. Τzavalis Tsomidis Georgios 20/7/2022 Stochastic Dominance for portfolio analysis for investors with mixed attitudes towards risk N. Topaloglou Saperas Sotirios 16/9/2022 Fiscal and monetary policy in general equilibrium models Α.Philippopoulos Kanigaridis Nikolaos 10/5/2023 Economic Policy in DSGE Models E. Vasilatos Chountas Konstantinos 13/9/2023 Essays in Panel Data and Network Econometrics Aik. Kyriazidou Valaskas Konstantinos 13/12/2023 Dynamic optimization and revenue management: capacity constraints and market competition N. Vettas Tagaraki Theano-Maria 13/12/2023 The impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Firms and Economic Growth C. Genakos - List of PhD Candidates
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Name
Title
Supervisor
Kobothekra Anna
Essays in Economic History: Inequality
Zaverdas Dimitrios
Factor Adjustment Costs, Asset Pricing and the Investment CAPM
Gkioka Maria
Essays on Debt and the Greek debt crisis
Athanasiou Eleftherios
Essays on the role of investment in DSGE models
Kalfas Stefanos
Essays on Regulation
Agapitos Orestis
Business Cycles and the Public Sector
Streza Danjel
Essays on the Theory of Optimal Taxation
Nomikou-Lazarou Eirini
Climate Change and the Financial Sector
Vergeti Maria
Essays on bank profitability and cost of equity
Papadaki Lydia
Empirical Illustration of agents behavior in climate change regulation under ambiguity
Ntemian Ilias
Essays on the Macroeconomic impact of climate change
Yfantis Nikolaos
Essays on household finance
Devves Efstathios
Block chains and Artificial Intelligence (AI): Energy communities and their influence on energy markets
Apostolou Konstantina
Essays in Empirical Finance
Dimopoulos Nikolaos
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Asimakopoulos Panagiotis
Curriculum VitaeThe Evolution and the Macroeconomic Impact of the Greek Tax System Reforms from 1974 until today. Findings, Prospects and Key Recommendations.
Exarchou Ioannis
The Political Economy of Climate Change Policy
Dimitrakopoulos Georgios
Forecasting With Large Datasets
Batsos Konstantinos
Essays in large dimensional econometric methods
Gounaris Georgios
Factors determining the dynamics of public debt
Rammos Angelos Essays on Macroeconomic Reforms G. Alogoskoufis Aretos Ilias Topics in Comparative Economic Development E. Dioikitopoulos Karazeris Vasileios Essays on public debt P. Varthalitis Malanos Georgios Essays in Industrial Organization F. Antoniou Panagiotopoulou-Nika Lamprini Essays in Radical Political Economy of Energy and Development A. Vlachou - Contact
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Secretariat of the PhD Program of the Department of Economics
Email: phd.econ@aueb.gr
Tel: (0030) 210 8203414
Contact person: A. Tsetseri
Patision 76
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