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Christos Koulovatianos

Christos Koulovatianos

Full professor

Faculty or Centre Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance
Department Department of Finance
Postal Address Campus Kirchberg, Université du Luxembourg
6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
L-1359 Luxembourg
Campus Office F 202
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Telephone (+352) 46 66 44 6356
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Research Interests 

Financial Economics, Household Finance, Financial Markets and Macroeconomics, Economics of Information, Dynamic Games, Resource Economics, FinTech

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Christos Koulovatianos completed his PhD at the University of Rochester in 1999. Before joining Luxembourg, Christos has worked as Associate Professor/Reader at the University of Nottingham, as Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna, as Visiting Professor at the Goethe University Frankfurt, and as Lecturer at the University of Cyprus, while he had shorter stays at the University of Kiel and Exeter Business School.

Christos’ research interests lie in the intersection between Finance and micro-founded Macroeconomics. He works on asset pricing, household finance, fiscal policy with emphasis on taxation, on determinants of foreign direct investment and sovereign-bond returns, on dynamic games, growth models and resource economics. His work has been published in outlets such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Economic Theory, the Journal of Public Economics, the Review of Economic Dynamics, the European Economic Review and the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics.

Last updated on: Tuesday, 21 February 2023

 

Current position

Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, Université du Luxembourg, since September 2012

Past positions

University of Nottingham, University of Vienna, University of Cyprus

Education

PhD at University of Rochester

Selected Publications

  • Do Demographics Prevent Consumption Aggregates From Reflecting Micro-level Preferences?, 2019, co-authored with Carsten Schröder and Ulrich Schmidt, European Economic Review, Vol 111, pp. 166-190.
  • Market Fragility and the Paradox of the Recent Stock-Bond Dissonance, 2018, co-authored with Jian Li and Fabienne Weber, Economics Letters, January, Vol. 162, pp. 162-166.
  • Saving Rates and Portfolio Choice with Subsistence Consumption, 2012, co-authored with Carolina Achury and Sylwia Hubar, Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 15(1), pp. 108-126.
  • Evidence on the Insurance Effect of Redistributive Taxation, 2010, co-authored with Charles Grant, Alex Michaelides, and Mario Padula, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 92(4), pp. 965-973.
  • Optimal Growth and Uncertainty: Learning, 2009, co-authored with Leonard J.Mirman and Marc Santugini, Journal of Economic Theory, January, Vol. 144, pp. 280-295.
  • Nonmarket Household Time and the Cost of Children, 2009, co-authored with Carsten Schröder and Ulrich Schmidt, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, January, Vol. 27(1), pp.42-51.
  • The Effects of Market Structure on Industry Growth: Rivalrous Nonexcludable Capital, 2007, co-authored with Leonard J. Mirman, Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 133, March, pp. 199-218.
  • On the Income Dependence of Equivalence Scales, 2005 co-authored with Carsten Schröder and Ulrich Schmidt, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 89 (5-6), June, pp. 967-996.



Last updated on: 15 Mar 2021

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2020

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See detailThe role of labor-income risk in household risk-taking
Hubar, Sylwia; Koulovatianos, Christos; Li, Jian

in European Economic Review (2020), 129(C),

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See detailThe long shadows of war in China: Battle shocks in early life and health/wealth accumulation
Li, Jian; Koulovatianos, Christos

in China Economic Review (2020)

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2019

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See detailDo demographics prevent consumption aggregates from reflecting micro-level preferences?
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schroeder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich

in European Economic Review (2019), 111(C),

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2018

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See detailDemographics and FDI: Lessons from China's One-Child Policy
Donaldson, John B.; Koulovatianos, Christos; Li, Jian; Mehra, Rajnish

E-print/Working paper (2018)

See detailDemographics and FDI: Lessons from China's one-child policy
Donaldson, John; Koulovatianos, Christos; Li, Jian; Mehra, Rajnish

Article for general public (2018)

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See detailMarket fragility and the paradox of the recent stock-bond dissonance
Koulovatianos, Christos; Li, Jian; Weber, Fabienne

in Economics Letters (2018), 162

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See detailIncreasing taxes after a financial crisis: Not a bad idea after all
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mavridis, Dimitrios

E-print/Working paper (2018)

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2017

See detailEvaluating How Child Allowances and Daycare Subsidies Affect Fertility
Goldstein, Joshua R.; Koulovatianos, Christos; Li, Jian; Schroeder, Carsten

E-print/Working paper (2017)

See detailAsset Pricing under Rational Learning about Rare Disasters
Koulovatianos, Christos; Wieland, Volker

Scientific Conference (2017, January 07)

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2016

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See detailPolitical Economics of Fiscal Consolidations and External Sovereign Accidents
Achury, Carolina; Koulovatianos, Christos; Tsoukalas, John

E-print/Working paper (2016)

See detailInvestment Under Rational Learning: the Almost-Objective Beliefs About Rare Disaster
Li, Jian; Koulovatianos, Christos

Presentation (2016, February)

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2015

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See detailStrategic Exploitation of a Common Property Resource under Rational Learning About its Reproduction
Koulovatianos, Christos

in Dynamic Games and Applications (2015), 5

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2014

See detailFitting Parsimonious Household Portfolio models to Data
Hubar, Sylwia; Koulovatianos, Christos; Li, Jian

Presentation (2014, September 30)

See detailFitting Parsimonious Household Portfolio models to Data
hubar, Sylwia; Koulovatianos, Christos; Li, Jian

Presentation (2014)

See detailFitting Parsimonious Household Portfolio models to Data (Keynote Speech)
Koulovatianos, Christos

Presentation (2014, June 20)

See detailCapital-value busts as a source of rational pessimistic policy swings
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mavridis, Dimitrios

Presentation (2014, November 14)

See detailConfronting the Represetantive Consumer with Household-Size Heterogeneity
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schroeder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich

Report (2014)

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2013

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See detailPolitical Economics of External Sovereign Defaults
Achury, Carolina; Koulovatianos, Christos; Tsoukalas, John

E-print/Working paper (2013)

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See detailAnalytical Guidance for Fitting Parsimonious Household-Portfolio Models to Data
Hubar, Sylwia; Koulovatianos, Christos; Li, Jian

E-print/Working paper (2013)

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See detailStrategic Exploitation of a Common-Property Resource under Uncertainty
Koulovatianos, Christos; Antoniadou, Elena; Mirman, Leonard J.

in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2013), 65(1), 28-39

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2012

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See detailSaving Rates and Portfolio Choice with Subsistence Consumption
Koulovatianos, Christos; Achury, Carolina; Hubar, Sylwia

in Review of Economic Dynamics (2012), 105(1), 108-126

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2011

See detailExternal Sovereign Debt in a Monetary Union: Bailouts and the Role of Corruption
Achury, Carolina; Koulovatianos, Christos; Tsoukalas, John

Report (2011)

See detailAsset Pricing under Rational Learning about Rare Disasters
Koulovatianos, Christos; Wieland, Volker

Report (2011)

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2010

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See detailEvidence on the Insurance Effect of Redistributive Taxation
Koulovatianos, Christos; Grant, Charles; Michaelides, Alexander; Padula, Mario

in Review of Economics and Statistics (2010), 92(1), 965-973

See detailConfronting the Representative Consumer with Household-Size Heterogeneity
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schroeder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich

Report (2010)

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2009

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See detailPer Capita Income Versus Household-Need Adjusted Income: A Cross-country Comparison
Koulovatianos, Christos; Minkovski, Polina; Schroeder, Carsten

in Journal of Income Distribution (2009), 18(3-4), 11-23

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See detailOptimal Growth and Uncertainty: Learning
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mirman, Leonard; Santugini, Marc

in Journal of Economic Theory (2009), 144

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See detailNon-Market Household Time and the cost of Children
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich

in Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (2009), 27(1), 42-51

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2008

See detailEvidence on the Insurance Effect of Marginal Income Taxes
Grant, Charles; Koulovatianos, Christos; Michaelides, Alexander; Padula, Mario

Report (2008)

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See detailArbeitslosengeld II: Arbeitsanreize und Verteilungsgerechtigkeit
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich

in Wirtschaftsdienst (Hamburg, Germany : 1949) (2008), 88(7), 461-466

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2007

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See detailThe Effects of Market Structure on Industry Growth: Rivalrous Non-excludable Capital
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mirman, Leonard

in Journal of Economic Theory (2007), 133

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2006

See detailInvestment in a Monopoly with Bayesian Learning
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mirman, Leonard J.; Santugini, Marc

Report (2006)

See detailFamily-Type Subsistence Incomes
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schroeder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich

Report (2006)

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2005

See detailA Glance at Some Fundamental Public Economics Issues Through a Parametric Lens
Koulovatianos, Christos

in Schmidt, Ulrich; Traub, Stefan (Eds.) Advances in Public Economics: Utility, Choice and Welfare, 38 (2005)

See detailPreferences and the Dynamic Representative Consumer
Koulovatianos, Christos

Report (2005)

See detailThe Effects of Market Structure on Industry Growth: Rivalrous Non-excludable Capital
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mirman, Leonard J.

Report (2005)

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See detailProperties of Equivalence Scales in Different Countries
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich

in Journal of Economics (2005), 86

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See detailOn the Income Dependence of Equivalence Scales
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich

in Journal of Public Economics (2005), 89(5-6), 967-996

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2004

See detailEndogenous Public Policy and Long-Run Growth
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mirman, Leonard J.

Report (2004)

See detailThe Effects of Market Structure on Industry Growth
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mirman, Leonard J.

Report (2004)

See detailOn the Income Dependence of Equivalence Scales
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schroder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich

Report (2004)

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2003

See detailRedistributive Policies through Taxation: Theory and Evidence
GRANT, Charles; Koulovatianos, Christos; MICHAELIDES, Alexander; PADULA, Mario

Report (2003)

See detailThe Effects of Market Structure on Industry Growth
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mirman, Leonard J.

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See detailR\&D Investment, Market Structure, and Industry Growth
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mirman, Leonard J.

Report (2003)

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