Department of Economics
LeBow College of Business - Drexel University
3600 Market Street, 7th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: c [dot] syropoulos [at] drexel [dot] edu
Phone: (215) 895-2792
Fax: (215) 895-6975
Teaching:
ECON 322: Undergraduate Seminar (UG)
ECON 301: Intermediate Microeconomics (UG)
INTB 334: International Trade (UG)
ECON 960: International Economics (G)
ECON 969: International Trade Seminar (G) -- Spring 2013
Trade Agreements, Political Economy, Conflict and Appropriation, Economic Growth
Publications
"Economic Integration and the Sustainability of Multimarket Collusion" (with Eric W. Bond),
Economics Letters, 117:1,
(October 2012), pp. 42–44.
"Trade in the Shadow of Power" (with Michelle R. Garfinkel and Stergios Skaperdas)
in M.R. Garfinkel and S. Skaperdas (eds.), TheOxfordHandbookoftheEconomicsofPeaceandConflict, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012.
"On the Stability of Multimarket Collusion in Price-Setting Supergames" (with Osayi Akinbosoye and Eric W. Bond),
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 30:2, (March 2012), pp. 253-264.
"Trade Costs and Multimarket Collusion" (with Eric W. Bond), Rand Journal of Economics, 39(4), (Winter 2008), pp. 1080-1104.
"Globalization and Domestic Conflict" (with Michelle R. Garfinkel and Stergios Skaperdas),
Journal of International Economics, 76:2, (December 2008), pp. 296-308.
"Tariff Adjustments in Preferential Trade Agreements" (with Eric W. Bond) in H. Beladi, K. Choi, N.V. Long, M. Tawada, and
B. Tran-Nam Atax (eds.), GlobalizationandEmergingIssuesinTradeTheoryandPolicy, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, October 2008.
"Patent Protection and Global Schumpeterian Growth" (with Elias
Dinopoulos and Ali Gungoraydinoglu) in E. Dinopoulos, P. Krishna, A. Panagariya and K. Wong (eds.), Trade,
GlobalizationandPoverty, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Ltd, January 2008.
"Rent Protection as a Barrier to Innovation and Growth" (with Elias Dinopoulos),
Economic Theory, 32(2), (August 2007), pp. 309-332.
"A Strategic and Welfare Theoretic Analysis of Free Trade Areas" (with Eric W. Bond and
Raymond G. Riezman),
Journal of International Economics,
64:1, (October 2004), pp. 1-27. (Lead Article).
"Rules for the Disposition of Tariff Revenues and the Determination of Common External
Tariffs in Customs Unions,"
Journal of International Economics,
60:2, (August 2003), pp. 387-416.
"Comparing Bargaining Solutions in the Shadow of Conflict: How Norms against Threats
Can Have Real Effects" (with Nejat Anbarci and Stergios Skaperdas),
Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 106, No. 1, (September 2002), pp. 1-16. (Lead Article).
"Optimum Tariffs and Retaliation Revisited: How Country Size Matters,"
Review of Economic Studies,
69:3, (July 2002), pp.707-727.
"On Tariff Preferences and Delegation Decisions in Customs Unions: A Heckscher-Ohlin
Approach,"
Economic Journal, 112:481, (July 2002), pp. 625-648.
"Insecure Property and the Efficiency of Exchange" (with Stergios Skaperdas),
Economic Journal, 112:476, (January 2002), pp. 133-146.
"Bilateral Trade Wars" (with Elias Dinopoulos and Mordechai E. Kreinin),
International Trade Journal, 10, (Spring 1996), pp. 3-20.
(Lead Article).
Reprinted in K. Fatemi (ed.), InternationalTradeinthe21stCentury, Oxford: Elsevier Science, 1997.
"The Size of Trading Blocs: Market Power and World Welfare Effects" (with Eric W. Bond),
Journal of International Economics, 40:3, (May 1996), pp. 411-438.
Reprinted in C. Kowalczyk (ed.), EconomicIntegrationandInternationalTrade, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1999. (Series: The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics).
"Trading Blocs and the Sustainability of Inter-Regional Cooperation" (with Eric W. Bond) in M. Canzoneri, W.J. Ethier and V. Grilli (eds.),
The NewTransatlanticEconomy, pp. 118-141, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
"Trade Liberalization and Trade Adjustment Assistance: Discussion" in M. Canzoneri, W.J. Ethier and V. Grilli (eds.), TheNewTransatlanticEconomy, pp. 287-294, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
"Fortress Common Markets: Are They Welfare Improving?" (with Elias Dinopoulos) in C.C. Paraskevopoulos, R. Grinspun and T. Georgakopoulos (eds.),
EconomicIntegrationandPublicPolicyintheEuropeanUnion, pp. 47-60, London: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1996.
"On the Effects of Insecure Property" (with Stergios Skaperdas),
Canadian Journal of
Economics, 29, (April 1996), pp. S622-S626.
"Implications of Preferential Trading Arrangements for Policy and Market Access,"
Canadian Journal of
Economics, 29, (April 1996), pp. S401-S405.
"Growth-Creating Trading Blocs" (with Elias Dinopoulos),
Canadian Journal of
Economics, 29, (April 1996), pp. S371-S375.
"Competitive Trade with Conflict" (with Stergios Skaperdas) in M.R. Garfinkel and S. Skaperdas (eds.),
ThePoliticalEconomyof
ConflictandAppropriation, pp. 73-95, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
"Gangs as Primitive States" (with Stergios Skaperdas) in G. Fiorentini and S. Peltzman (eds.), TheEconomicsofOrganizedCrime, pp. 61-82, (Centre for Economic Policy Research) London: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
"Bilateral Quota Wars" (with Elias Dinopoulos and Mordechai E. Kreinin),
Canadian Journal of
Economics, 28:4a, (November 1995), pp. 939-944.