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Chrysostomos Tabakis is a Professor of Economics at KSPP. His research mainly focuses on international trade policy. His work has been published in leading international journals, such as the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Comparative Economics, the Canadian Journal of Economics, and Economic Inquiry. Chrysostomos holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.
Before joining KSPP, Chrysostomos was a Professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management and the Leader of its Conflict and Development Lab, an Assistant Professor at the Nova School of Business and Economics, and a visiting faculty member at the Athens University of Economics and Business and the University of Cyprus. In addition, he has been an International Faculty Fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Short-Term Consultant for the World Bank.

Ph.D. in Economics, Columbia University, 2005.
Dissertation: Three Essays on International Trade
Advisor: Professor Kyle Bagwell
Committee: Professors Kyle Bagwell, Jagdish Bhagwati, Ronald Findlay (Chair), Thomas Prusa, and Carlos Seiglie
M.Phil. in Economics, Columbia University, 2001
M.A. in Economics, Columbia University, 2000
B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, Brandeis University, 1998

· Tabakis, C., Ten, G.K., Newhouse, D., Pape, U., Weber, M. (2023). “The Welfare Implications of COVID-19 for Fragile and Conflict-Affected Regions,” Review of Development Economics 27(4), 1977–2006. [Lead article]

· Tabakis, C., Zanardi, M. (2019). “Preferential Trade Agreements and Antidumping Protection,” Journal of International Economics 121, 103246.

· Tabakis, C., Zanardi, M. (2017). “Antidumping Echoing,” Economic Inquiry 55(2), 655–681.

· Karacaovali, B., Tabakis, C. (2017). “Wage Inequality Dynamics and Trade Exposure in South Korea,” Journal of Asian Economics 48, 48–65. [Special issue titled “Trade, Growth and Economic Inequality in the Asia–Pacific Region”]

· Hadjiyiannis, C., Heracleous, M.S., Tabakis, C. (2016). “Regionalism and Conflict: Peace Creation and Peace Diversion,” Journal of International Economics 102, 141–159.

· Tabakis, C. (2015). “Free-Trade Areas and Special Protection,” The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 24(8), 1054–1076.

· Hochman, G., Tabakis, C., Zilberman, D. (2013). “The Impact of International Trade on Institutions and Infrastructure,” Journal of Comparative Economics 41(1), 126–140.

· Hadjiyiannis, C., İriş, D., Tabakis, C. (2012). “Multilateral Tariff Cooperation under Fairness and Reciprocity,” Canadian Journal of Economics 45(3), 925–941.

· Hadjiyiannis, C., İriş, D., Tabakis, C. (2012). “International Environmental Cooperation under Fairness and Reciprocity,” The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 12(1) (Topics), Article 33.

· Tabakis, C. (2010). “Customs Unions and Special Protection,” The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 10(1) (Contributions), Article 107.

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