Nikolaos Vettas

Selected CV Items

 

Some other (past and present) positions

Associate Professor (1998-2002) and Assistant Professor (1994-1998) of Economics, The Fuqua School of Business and Department of Economics (secondary appointment), Duke University, USA

Visiting Professor of Economic and Political Sciences, INSEAD (Institut Europeen d'Administration des Affaires), Fontenebleau, France, 2003,

Member, Greek Competition Commission, Athens, Greece (Oct. 2000 – Oct. 2003)

Associate Professor (2001 - 2003) and Assistant Professor (2000-2001) of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Athens, Greece; Director of the Political Economy Division (September 2001-2002)

Member, Advisory Committee, Institute for Economic Policy Studies (IMOP), and Editorial Board, Economic Policy Studies, Athens, Greece (2000 - )

Chair (Jan. – July 2002) and member (Oct. 2000 – Jan. 2003) of the Steering Committee of the Athens Doctoral Program in Economics (joint initiative of the University of Athens and the Athens University of Economics and Business)

Member, Faculty Steering Committee, Department of Economics, University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece (2004 - )

Visiting Researcher, Institut d'Analisi Economica, CSIC, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (May-June 1995)

 

Education

Ph.D., Economics (1994), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Thesis: "New Markets, Learning and Industry Dynamics"; Committee: R. Rob (Chair), R. Kihlstrom, G. Mailath, A. Matsui

M.A., Economics (1992), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

B.A., Economics (1989), University of Athens, Greece

 

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Teacher Award (“best teacher” award in the Core MBA), INSEAD, December 2003

DaimlerChrysler Award for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching (“best teacher” award in the Core MBA), Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, April 2002; Outstanding Teaching Certificate of Appreciation, (nominee for “best teacher” award), April 1998, April 2001

Young Economist Essay Competition Award, European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, 1994

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 1993-94

Univ. of Pennsylvania Fellowships: 1989-1993; Hiram C. Haney Award (Economics Dept. award), March 1993

National Fellowships Foundation (Greece) Honors, 1985-1989

 

Referee

Academic Press, American Economic Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Economica, Economic Journal, Economic Theory, European Economic Review, International Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of International Economics, Mathematical Social Sciences, National Science Foundation (USA), Prentice Hall, RAND Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Southern Economic Journal.

 

Invited Seminar Presentations

Athens University of Economics and Business, Birkbeck College (University of London), Bilkent University (Ankara), Bogazici University (Istanbul), Duke University, European University Institute (Florence), HEC School of Management (Paris), INSEAD, Institut d'Analisi Economica, (Barcelona), New York University (Stern School and Economics Department), Ohio State University, Southern Methodist University, Texas A&M University, University of Athens, Universita di Bologna, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, University of Cyprus, University of Essex, University of Macedonia, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, University of Rochester, University of Southampton, University of Toronto, University of Virginia, WZB – Berlin.

 

Participation in conferences

 

Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics: Berlin, 2004 (presenter), Helsinki, 2003 (presenter), Madrid, 2002 (presenter), Copenhagen, 1998 (presenter), Chania, 1994 (presenter)

North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, Atlanta, 2002 (presenter and discussant), Boston, 2000 (presenter), New York, 1999 (presenter), Washington D.C., 1995 (presenter and discussant)

“Applied Industrial Organization Conference”, organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR): Hydra, 2004 (session Chair), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2003 (discussant), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2000 (discussant)

Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory conference, Rhodes, Greece, 2003 (presenter), 1999 (presenter)

“The State of Agricultural Commodity Market Research”, symposium, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 2003 (discussant)

“Conference on Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics,” Syros, 2004 (Chair), Chania, 2003 (presenter), 2002 (discussant)

“Economic Policy 37th Panel Meeting” organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and hosted by the Bank of Greece, Athens, Greece, 2003

“ Competition Policy and Regulation in International Markets”, conference organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and Fundacion BBVA in collaboration with INSEAD, Madrid, 2003 (discussant)

“ FDI and the Multinational Corporation”, conference organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and IMOP, Hydra, Greece, 2002 (presenter)

Annual Conference of the European Association for Law and Economics, Athens, Greece, 2002 (session chair)

“Conference on Economic Design”, organized by the Society for Economic Design: New York University, 2002 (presenter), Bogazici University, Istanbul, 2000 (presenter)

“New Economy” conference organized by IMOP, Athens, 2002 (presenter)

European Workshop on General Equilibrium Theory, Athens, Greece, 2002 (session chair)

ASSET (Association of Southern European Economic Theorists) Annual conference, Rethymno, Greece, 2001 (presenter)

“The Economic Analysis of Political Institutions”, organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and IMOP, Hydra, Greece, 2001

European Financial Management Association annual meetings, Athens, 2000 (presenter)

“Environment and Economic Policy” conference organized by IMOP and the University of Crete, Rethymno, 1999 (presenter).

"Information Processing Organizations" Conference, organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1999 (discussant)

Southeast Economic Theory and International Economics Conference, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, September 1998 (presenter and session chair), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, November 1997 (presenter)

Annual Business and Economics Society International conference, Athens, Greece, 1997 (presenter, session chair, and discussant)

Spring Midwest Mathematical Economics Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1997 (presenter)

Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association, Washington D.C., 1996 (presenter and discussant)

"European Summer Symposium in Economic Theory", Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Gerzensee, Switzerland, 1995 (presenter)

"Telecommunications: Competition and Regulation" Conference, organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Institut d'Analisi Economica, Barcelona, 1995 (discussant)

Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Helsinki, 1993 (presenter and session chair)

 

Personal

Born in Athens, Greece, August 26, 1967

Married, with two children (Panos, born 1999; Katerina, 2002)

 

 

 

 

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