Chris Papageorgiou
Last Updated: January 07, 2010Chris Papageorgiou is a Senior Economist in the Research Department of the IMF. His work is primarily focused on economic growth and international macroeconomics. He has published extensively, including in the Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, and Journal of Applied Econometrics, among others. He is a co-editor of the Journal of Macroeconomics, and an editorial board member of the IMF Economic Review.
Email: cpapageorgiou@imf.org
Personal WebPage: www.chrispapageorgiou.com
Fluent In: Greek.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pittsburgh, May 1997
B.A. in Economics, (Summa Cum Laude), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, May 1992
B.S. in Finance, (Summa Cum Laude), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, May 1992
Previous Experience:
Senior Economist, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, 2009-
Economist, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, 2006-2009
Coca-Cola Co. Distinguished Associate Professor, Louisiana State University, 2003-2006
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Washington - Seattle, 2004-2005
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Export Quality in Developing Countries, Working Paper No. 13/108, May 15, 2013
Economic Diversification in LICs: Stylized Facts and Macroeconomic Implications, Staff Discussion Notes No. 12/13, December 14, 2012
Efficiency-Adjusted Public Capital and Growth, Working Paper No. 11/217, September 01, 2011
Global Shocks and their Impact on Low-Income Countries: Lessons from theGlobal Financial Crisis, Working Paper No. 11/27, February 01, 2011
Investing in Public Investment: An Index of Public Investment Efficiency, Working Paper No. 11/37, February 01, 2011
The End of an Era? The Medium- and Long-term Effects of the Global Crisis on Growth in Low-Income Countries, Working Paper No. 10/205, September 01, 2010
Rising Income Inequality: Technology, or Trade and Financial Globalization?, Working Paper No. 08/185, July 01, 2008
Trade Creation and Diversion Revisited: Accounting for Model Uncertainty and Natural Trading Partner Effects, Working Paper No. 08/66, March 01, 2008
Other IMF Publications
"Default Priors and Predictive Performance in Bayesian Model Averaging, with Application to Growth Determinants," with Theo Eicher and Adrian Raftery, forthcoming, Journal of Applied Econometrics
"Rough and Lonely Road to Prosperity: A Reexamination of the Sources of Growth in Africa using Bayesian Model Averaging," with Winford Masanjala, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 671-682: August 2008
"Normalized Nested CES Production Function in the Solow and Diamond Growth Models," with Marianne Saam, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119-143: March 2008
"Endogenous Aggregate Elasticity of Substitution," with Kaz Miyagiwa, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 31, 2899-2919: September 2007
"International Medical Technology Di usion," with Andreas Savvides and Marios Zachariadis, Journal of International Economics 72, 409-427: July 2007
"Is the Asymptotic Speed of Convergence a Good Proxy for the Transitional Growth Path?" with Fidel Perez Sebastian, Journal of Money Credit and Banking 39, 1-24: February 2007 [Lead article]
"Dynamics in a Non-Scale R&D Growth Model with Human Capital: Explaining the Japanese and South Korean development experiences," with Fidel Perez-Sebastian, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 30, 901-930: June 2006 [Lead article]
"Nonlinearities in Capital-Skill Complementarity," with Viera Chmelarova, Journal of Economic Growth 10, 59-89: March 2005
"Can Transition Dynamics Explain the International Output Data?" with Fidel-Perez Sebastian, Macroeconomic Dynamics 8, 466-492: September 2004
"The Solow Model with CES Technology: Nonlinearities and Parameter Heterogeneity," with Winford Masanjala, Journal of Applied Econometrics 19, 171-201: March 2004
"Capital-Skill Complementarity? Evidence from a Panel of Countries," with John Duffy and Fidel Perez-Sebastian, Review of Economics and Statistics 86, 327-344: February 2004
"Elasticity of Substitution and Growth: Normalized CES in the Diamond Model," with Kaz Miyagiwa, Economic Theory 21, 155-165: March 2003
"The Speci cation of the Aggregate Production Function: A Cross-Country Empirical Investigation," with John Duffy, Journal of Economic Growth 5, 83-116: March 2000
Chris Papageorgiou is a Senior Economist in the Research Department of the IMF. His work is primarily focused on economic growth and international macroeconomics. He has published extensively, including in the Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, and Journal of Applied Econometrics, among others. He is a co-editor of the Journal of Macroeconomics, and an editorial board member of the IMF Economic Review.
Email: cpapageorgiou@imf.org
Personal WebPage: www.chrispapageorgiou.com
Fluent In: Greek.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pittsburgh, May 1997
B.A. in Economics, (Summa Cum Laude), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, May 1992
B.S. in Finance, (Summa Cum Laude), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, May 1992
Previous Experience:
Senior Economist, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, 2009-
Economist, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, 2006-2009
Coca-Cola Co. Distinguished Associate Professor, Louisiana State University, 2003-2006
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Washington - Seattle, 2004-2005
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Export Quality in Developing Countries, Working Paper No. 13/108, May 15, 2013
Economic Diversification in LICs: Stylized Facts and Macroeconomic Implications, Staff Discussion Notes No. 12/13, December 14, 2012
Efficiency-Adjusted Public Capital and Growth, Working Paper No. 11/217, September 01, 2011
Global Shocks and their Impact on Low-Income Countries: Lessons from theGlobal Financial Crisis, Working Paper No. 11/27, February 01, 2011
Investing in Public Investment: An Index of Public Investment Efficiency, Working Paper No. 11/37, February 01, 2011
The End of an Era? The Medium- and Long-term Effects of the Global Crisis on Growth in Low-Income Countries, Working Paper No. 10/205, September 01, 2010
Rising Income Inequality: Technology, or Trade and Financial Globalization?, Working Paper No. 08/185, July 01, 2008
Trade Creation and Diversion Revisited: Accounting for Model Uncertainty and Natural Trading Partner Effects, Working Paper No. 08/66, March 01, 2008
Other IMF Publications
"Default Priors and Predictive Performance in Bayesian Model Averaging, with Application to Growth Determinants," with Theo Eicher and Adrian Raftery, forthcoming, Journal of Applied Econometrics
"Rough and Lonely Road to Prosperity: A Reexamination of the Sources of Growth in Africa using Bayesian Model Averaging," with Winford Masanjala, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 671-682: August 2008
"Normalized Nested CES Production Function in the Solow and Diamond Growth Models," with Marianne Saam, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119-143: March 2008
"Endogenous Aggregate Elasticity of Substitution," with Kaz Miyagiwa, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 31, 2899-2919: September 2007
"International Medical Technology Di usion," with Andreas Savvides and Marios Zachariadis, Journal of International Economics 72, 409-427: July 2007
"Is the Asymptotic Speed of Convergence a Good Proxy for the Transitional Growth Path?" with Fidel Perez Sebastian, Journal of Money Credit and Banking 39, 1-24: February 2007 [Lead article]
"Dynamics in a Non-Scale R&D Growth Model with Human Capital: Explaining the Japanese and South Korean development experiences," with Fidel Perez-Sebastian, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 30, 901-930: June 2006 [Lead article]
"Nonlinearities in Capital-Skill Complementarity," with Viera Chmelarova, Journal of Economic Growth 10, 59-89: March 2005
"Can Transition Dynamics Explain the International Output Data?" with Fidel-Perez Sebastian, Macroeconomic Dynamics 8, 466-492: September 2004
"The Solow Model with CES Technology: Nonlinearities and Parameter Heterogeneity," with Winford Masanjala, Journal of Applied Econometrics 19, 171-201: March 2004
"Capital-Skill Complementarity? Evidence from a Panel of Countries," with John Duffy and Fidel Perez-Sebastian, Review of Economics and Statistics 86, 327-344: February 2004
"Elasticity of Substitution and Growth: Normalized CES in the Diamond Model," with Kaz Miyagiwa, Economic Theory 21, 155-165: March 2003
"The Speci cation of the Aggregate Production Function: A Cross-Country Empirical Investigation," with John Duffy, Journal of Economic Growth 5, 83-116: March 2000