Details about George Economides

Homepage:	https://www2.aueb.gr/users/gecon/
Phone:	0030-210-8203729. Fa
Postal address:	George Economides, Athens University of Economics and Business, 76 Patission street, Athens 104 34, Greece.
Workplace:	Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. From debt arithmetic to fiscal sustainability and fiscal rules: taking stock and policy lessons
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (3)
   Also in GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe, Hellenic Observatory, LSE (2024) View citations (3)
2. Repayment of EU Bailout Loans in a Member-Country of the ES: The Case of Greece
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2023

3. Can Central Banks Do the Unpleasant Job That Governments Should Do?
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
   Also in Working Papers, Bank of Greece (2023) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Can central banks do the unpleasant job that governments should do?, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2024) View citations (2) (2024)

2022

4. Public Redistributive Policies in General Equilibrium: an application to Greece
   GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe, Hellenic Observatory, LSE View citations (1)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2022) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Public redistributive policies in general equilibrium: An application to Greece, The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2021

5. Redistributive policies in general equilibrium
   JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis, Joint Research Centre
6. The ECB's Policy, the Recovery Fund and the Importance of Trust: The Case of Greece
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2020

7. Macroeconomic Policy Lessons for Greece from the Debt Crisis
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (4)
8. Macroeconomic policy lessons for Greece
   GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe, Hellenic Observatory, LSE View citations (3)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2020) View citations (4)
9. On the Interaction between Minimum Wage Adoption and Fiscal Redistribution: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
10. On the Provision of Excludable Public Goods - General Taxes or User Prices?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    See also Journal Article On the provision of excludable public goods: General taxes or user prices?, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society (2024) (2024)

2019

11. The effects of climate change on a small open economy
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (7)
    Also in Working Papers, Bank of Greece (2019) View citations (7)

2018

12. Monetary Policy under Climate Change
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (40)
    Also in Working Papers, Bank of Greece (2018) View citations (41)

2017

13. Minimum Wages in the Presence of In-Kind Redistribution
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
    Also in CEPIE Working Papers, Technische Universität Dresden, Center of Public and International Economics (CEPIE) (2017) View citations (1)
14. Optimal taxation and the tradeoff between efficiency and redistribution
    DEOS Working Papers, Athens University of Economics and Business
    See also Journal Article Optimal Taxation and the Tradeoff Between Efficiency and Redistribution, Review of Economic Analysis, Digital Initiatives at the University of Waterloo Library (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
15. The Greek great depression:a general equilibrium study of its drivers
    Working Papers, Bank of Greece View citations (19)
16. The driving forces of the current Greek great depression
    Working Papers, Athens University Of Economics and Business, Department of Economics

2016

17. Can Minimum Wages Raise Workers' Incomes in the Long Run?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Can Minimum Wages Raise Workers’ Incomes in the Long Run?, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory (2016) View citations (7) (2016)
18. Monetary Union, Even Higher Integration, or Back to National Currencies?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Monetary Union, Even Higher Integration, or Back to National Currencies?, CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo Group (2016) View citations (7) (2016)
19. Tuition Fees, as User Prices, and Private Incentives
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    See also Journal Article Tuition fees: User prices and private incentives, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2017) View citations (2) (2017)

2015

20. Incentives to Work and Performance in the Public Sector
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
21. On the Composition of Public Spending and Taxes
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)

2014

22. Minimum Wages as a Redistributive Device in the Long Run
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
23. Minimum Wages, Capital Accumulation and Worker's Incomes
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)

2013

24. Consumption taxes and the efficiency-equity tradeoff
    Working Papers, Athens University Of Economics and Business, Department of Economics

2012

25. Are User Fees Really Regressive?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (5)
26. Public Good Provision with Robust Decision Making
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
27. Smaller Public Sectors in the Euro Area: Aggregate and Distributional Implications
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Smaller Public Sectors in the Euro Area: Aggregate and Distributional Implications, CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo Group (2013) View citations (9) (2013)

2011

28. Public Providers, versus Private Providers, of Public Goods: A General Equilibrium Study of the Role of the State
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (11)

2010

29. First-and second-best allocations under economic and environmental uncertainty
    Working Papers, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow View citations (2)
    Also in SIRE Discussion Papers, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) (2010)
    See also Journal Article First-and second-best allocations under economic and environmental uncertainty, International Tax and Public Finance, Springer (2013) View citations (77) (2013)
30. What is the Best Environmental Policy? Taxes, Permits and Rules under Economic and Environmental Uncertainty
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (56)
    Also in Working Papers, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow (2010) View citations (48)
    DEOS Working Papers, Athens University of Economics and Business (2010) View citations (59)
    Working Papers, Bank of Greece (2010) View citations (61)

2009

31. Do political incentives matter for tax policies? Ideology, opportunism and the tax structure
    Working Papers, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow View citations (3)
    Also in SIRE Discussion Papers, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) (2009) View citations (4)

2008

32. Do institutions matter for economic fluctuations? Weak property rights in a business cycle model for Mexico
    Working Papers, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow View citations (3)
    Also in SIRE Discussion Papers, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) (2008)
    Working Papers, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow (2007)
    See also Journal Article Do institutions matter for economic fluctuations? Weak property rights in a business cycle model for Mexico, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2011) View citations (31) (2011)
33. Fiscal Policy, Rent Seeking and Growth under Electoral Uncertainty Theory and Evidence from the OECD
    Working Papers, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Fiscal policy, rent seeking, and growth under electoral uncertainty: theory and evidence from the OECD, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (2008) View citations (19) (2008)

2007

34. How should the government allocate its tax revenues between productivity-enhancing and utility-enhancing public goods?
    Working Papers, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article HOW SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT ALLOCATE ITS TAX REVENUES BETWEEN PRODUCTIVITY-ENHANCING AND UTILITY-ENHANCING PUBLIC GOODS?, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press (2011) View citations (18) (2011)

2005

35. Rent Seeking, Policy and Growth under Electoral Uncertainty: Theory and Evidence
    DEGIT Conference Papers, DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade View citations (1)
36. Should Green Governments Give Priority to Environmental Policies over Growth-Enhancing Policies?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)

2004

37. Do Foreign Aid Transfers Distort Incentives and Hurt Growth? Theory and Evidence from 75 Aid-recipient Countries
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (17)
38. Does Foreign Aid Distort Incentives And Hurt Growth?
    Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2004, Royal Economic Society View citations (17)

2003

39. Electoral Uncertainty, Fiscal Policies and Growth: Theory and Evidence from Germany, the UK and the US
    Working Papers, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow View citations (9)

2002

40. Elections, Fiscal Policy and Growth: Revisiting the Mechanism
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)

2001

41. Electoral Uncertainty and Economic Growth
    Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies

2000

42. Are Nash Tax Rates too Low or too High? An Example of the Role of Economic Growth in Models with Public Goods
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
43. Pollution and Resource Extraction: Do they Matter for the Dynamics of Growth?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)

1999

44. TESTING FOR TAX SMOOTHING IN A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL OF GROWTH
    Working Papers, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Testing for tax smoothing in a general equilibrium model of growth, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2002) View citations (8) (2002)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Monetary policy stabilization in a new Keynesian model under climate change
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2025, 56
   See also Software Item Code and data files for "Monetary policy stabilization in a new Keynesian model under climate change", Computer Codes (2024) (2024)

2024

2. Can central banks do the unpleasant job that governments should do?
   European Economic Review, 2024, 165, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Can Central Banks Do the Unpleasant Job That Governments Should Do?, CESifo Working Paper Series (2023) View citations (3) (2023)
3. On the provision of excludable public goods: General taxes or user prices?
   Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 71, (3), 379-415
   See also Working Paper On the Provision of Excludable Public Goods - General Taxes or User Prices?, CESifo Working Paper Series (2020) (2020)
4. Partisan Politics in Greece from 1974 to the Economic Crisis and Beyond
   CESifo Economic Studies, 2024, 70, (2), 125-153

2023

5. Fiscal Sustainability: Interest Rates, Growth and Debt-based Policy Rules
   EconPol Forum, 2023, 24, (04), 11-15 View citations (3)

2022

6. ON THE MIX OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE AND TAX REVENUES
   Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2022, 26, (1), 1-48
7. Public redistributive policies in general equilibrium: An application to Greece
   The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 2022, 26, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Public Redistributive Policies in General Equilibrium: an application to Greece, GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
8. The ECB's policy, the Recovery Fund and the importance of trust and fiscal corrections: The case of Greece
   Economic Modelling, 2022, 112, (C) View citations (3)
9. The Impact of the Lockdown on the Greek Economy and the Role of the Recovery Fund
   The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2022, 22, (1), 307-361 View citations (5)
10. User Prices and Multiplicity in a Simple General Equilibrium Model
    FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2022, 78, (4), 379-392 View citations (1)
11. What is Next? Public Debt and Economic Growth in Greece
    CESifo Forum, 2022, 23, (01), 24-29 View citations (3)

2021

12. Austerity, Assistance and Institutions: Lessons from the Greek Sovereign Debt Crisis
    Open Economies Review, 2021, 32, (3), 435-478 View citations (12)
13. Optimal taxation: full-commitment versus time-consistent equilibrium
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 2021, 54, (3), 717-753

2020

14. Optimal tax policy under tax evasion
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2020, 27, (2), 339-362 View citations (4)

2019

15. Worker Heterogeneity and the Popularity of the Minimum Wage Institution
    Review of Economic Analysis, 2019, 11, (1), 1-38

2018

16. Optimal Taxation and the Tradeoff Between Efficiency and Redistribution
    Review of Economic Analysis, 2018, 10, (1), 1-43 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Optimal taxation and the tradeoff between efficiency and redistribution, DEOS Working Papers (2017) (2017)

2017

17. Environmental public good provision under robust decision making
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2017, 69, (1), 118-142 View citations (2)
18. Tuition fees: User prices and private incentives
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 48, (C), 91-103 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Tuition Fees, as User Prices, and Private Incentives, CESifo Working Paper Series (2016) (2016)

2016

19. Can Minimum Wages Raise Workers’ Incomes in the Long Run?
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2016, 18, (6), 961-978 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Can Minimum Wages Raise Workers' Incomes in the Long Run?, CESifo Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (9) (2016)
20. Monetary Union, Even Higher Integration, or Back to National Currencies?
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2016, 62, (2), 232-255 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Monetary Union, Even Higher Integration, or Back to National Currencies?, CESifo Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (7) (2016)

2014

21. Public, or private, providers of public goods? A dynamic general equilibrium study
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 36, (C), 303-327 View citations (9)

2013

22. EMU: The Way Forward
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2013, 59, (3), 443-448
23. First-and second-best allocations under economic and environmental uncertainty
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2013, 20, (3), 360-380 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper First-and second-best allocations under economic and environmental uncertainty, Working Papers (2010) View citations (2) (2010)
24. Smaller Public Sectors in the Euro Area: Aggregate and Distributional Implications
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2013, 59, (3), 536-558 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Smaller Public Sectors in the Euro Area: Aggregate and Distributional Implications, CESifo Working Paper Series (2012) View citations (5) (2012)

2012

25. Does cabinet ideology matter for the structure of tax policies?
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 28, (4), 620-635 View citations (27)

2011

26. Do institutions matter for economic fluctuations? Weak property rights in a business cycle model for Mexico
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2011, 14, (3), 511-531 View citations (31)
    See also Software Item Code and data files for "Do institutions matter for economic fluctuations? Weak property rights in a business cycle model for Mexico", Computer Codes (2010) (2010)
    Working Paper Do institutions matter for economic fluctuations? Weak property rights in a business cycle model for Mexico, Working Papers (2008) View citations (3) (2008)
27. HOW SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT ALLOCATE ITS TAX REVENUES BETWEEN PRODUCTIVITY-ENHANCING AND UTILITY-ENHANCING PUBLIC GOODS?
    Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2011, 15, (3), 336-364 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper How should the government allocate its tax revenues between productivity-enhancing and utility-enhancing public goods?, Working Papers (2007) View citations (5) (2007)

2008

28. Does foreign aid distort incentives and hurt growth? Theory and evidence from 75 aid-recipient countries
    Public Choice, 2008, 134, (3), 463-488 View citations (70)
29. Fiscal policy, rent seeking, and growth under electoral uncertainty: theory and evidence from the OECD
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2008, 41, (4), 1375-1405 View citations (19)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2008, 41, (4), 1375-1405 (2008) View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Fiscal Policy, Rent Seeking and Growth under Electoral Uncertainty Theory and Evidence from the OECD, Working Papers (2008) View citations (19) (2008)
30. Growth enhancing policy is the means to sustain the environment
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2008, 11, (1), 207-219 View citations (65)

2007

31. Optimal Protection of Property Rights in a General Equilibrium Model of Growth*
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 109, (1), 153-175 View citations (22)
32. Tax-spending policies and economic growth: Theoretical predictions and evidence from the OECD
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23, (4), 885-902 View citations (99)

2006

33. Federal transfers, environmental policy and economic growth
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 2006, 28, (4), 680-699 View citations (6)

2003

34. Are Nash Tax Rates too Low or Too High? The Role of Endogenous Growth in Models with Public Goods
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2003, 6, (1), 37-53 View citations (11)
35. How elections affect fiscal policy and growth: revisiting the mechanism
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2003, 19, (4), 777-792 View citations (11)

2002

36. Testing for tax smoothing in a general equilibrium model of growth
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 18, (2), 301-315 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper TESTING FOR TAX SMOOTHING IN A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL OF GROWTH, Working Papers (1999) View citations (3) (1999)

2000

37. The Dynamics of a Small Open Economy under Alternative Exchange Rate Regimes Patterns in Neighboring Areas
    Ekonomia, 2000, 4, (1), 73-94

Software Items

2024

1. Code and data files for "Monetary policy stabilization in a new Keynesian model under climate change"
   Computer Codes, Review of Economic Dynamics
   See also Journal Article Monetary policy stabilization in a new Keynesian model under climate change, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2025) (2025)

2010

2. Code and data files for "Do institutions matter for economic fluctuations? Weak property rights in a business cycle model for Mexico"
   Computer Codes, Review of Economic Dynamics
   See also Journal Article Do institutions matter for economic fluctuations? Weak property rights in a business cycle model for Mexico, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2011) View citations (31) (2011)