Constantinos Syropoulos

Trustee Professor of International Economics

School of Economics
LeBow College of Business
DREXEL UNIVERSITY

Address:

ECON 301: Intermediate Microeconomics (UG)

ECON 322: Undergraduate Seminar (UG)

INTB 334: International Trade (UG)

ECON 498: Topics in Trade/Industrial Policy (UG)

ECON 960: International Trade (G)

ECON 969: International Trade Seminar (G)

Research:

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Trade Agreements, Political Economy, Conflict and Appropriation, Economic Growth

Publications

• "The Global Sanctions Data Base" (with Gabriel Felbermayr, Aleksandra Kirilakha, Erdal Yalcin and Yoto V. Yotov), European Economic Review, (forthcoming).


• "Arming in the Global Economy: The Importance of Trade with Enemies and Friends" (with Michelle R. Garfinkel and Yoto V. Yotov), Journal of International Economics, Vol. 123, (March 2020).


• "Problems of Commitment in Arming and War: How Insecurity and Destruction Matter" (with Michelle R. Garfinkel), Public Choice, 178(3-4), (March 2019), pp. 349-369.


• "Rules for Dividing a Disputed Resource in the Context of the Classical Liberal Argument for Peace" (with Michelle R. Garfinkel), Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 24(1), (February 2018), pp. 1-16. (Lead Article).


• "Trade Openness and the Settlement of Domestic Disputes in the Shadow of the Future" (with Michelle R. Garfinkel), Research in Economics, 69, (June 2015), pp. 191-213.


• "Trade and Insecure Resources" (with Michelle R. Garfinkel and Stergios Skaperdas), Journal of International Economics, 95:1, (January 2015), pp. 98-114. (Supplementary Appendix).


• "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.), The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Peace and Conflict, 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.


• "Intra-Industry Trade and the Skill Premium: Theory and Evidence" (with Elias Dinopoulos, Bin Xu and Yoto Yotov), Journal of International Economics, 84:1, (May 2011), pp. 15-25. (Unpublished Supplementary Appendix).


• "Globalization and Insecurity: Reviewing Some Basic Issues" (with Michelle R. Garfinkel and Stergios Skaperdas) in G.D. Hess (ed.), Guns and Butter: The Economic Causes and Consequences of Conflict, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, June 2009.


• "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. (Unpublished Supplementary Appendix).


• "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.), Globalization and Emerging Issues in Trade Theory and Policy, 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, Globalization and Poverty, 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.


• "Guns, Butter and Openness: On the Relationship between Security and Trade" (with Stergios Skaperdas), American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 91(2), (May 2001), pp. 353-357.


• "Deepening of Regional Integration and Multilateral Trade Agreements" (with Eric W. Bond and L. Alan Winters), Journal of International Economics, 53:2, (April 2001), pp. 335-361. (Unpublished Supplementary Appendix).


• "Customs Unions and Comparative Advantage," Oxford Economic Papers, 51:2, (April 1999), pp. 239-266. (Lead Article).


• "Complementarity in Contests" (with Stergios Skaperdas), European Journal of Political Economy, 14:4, (November 1998), pp. 667-684.


• "International Diffusion and Appropriability of Technological Expertise" (with Elias Dinopoulos) in M.R. Baye (ed.), Volume 7: Advances in Applied Microeconomics, pp. 115-137, JAI Press, 1998.


• "Tariffs and Schumpeterian Growth" (with Elias Dinopoulos), Journal of International Economics, 42:3, (May 1997), pp. 425-452.


• "The Distribution of Income in the Presence of Appropriative Activities" (with Stergios Skaperdas), Economica, 64, (March 1997), pp. 101-117.


• "Nontariff Trade Controls and Leader-Follower Relations in International Competition," Economica, 63, (November 1996), pp. 633-648.


• "On Pareto-Improving Voluntary Export Restraints," International Journal of Industrial Organization, 14:1, (1996), pp. 71-84.


• "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.), International Trade in the 21^st Century, 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.), Economic Integration and International Trade, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1999. (Series: The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics).

• "Can the Shadow of the Future Harm Cooperation?" (with Stergios Skaperdas), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 29:3, (May 1996), pp. 355-372. (Lead Article).


• "Trading Blocs and the Sustainability of Inter-Regional Cooperation" (with Eric W. Bond) in M. Canzoneri, W.J. Ethier and V. Grilli (eds.), The New Transatlantic Economy, 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.), The New Transatlantic Economy, 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.), Economic Integration and Public Policy in the European Union, 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.), The Political Economy of Conflict and Appropriation, pp. 73-95, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996.


• "Gangs as Primitive States" (with Stergios Skaperdas) in G. Fiorentini and S. Peltzman (eds.), The Economics of Organized Crime, 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.


• "Endogenous Timing in Games of Commercial Policy," Canadian Journal of Economics, 27:4, (November 1994), pp. 847-864.


• "Quantitative Restrictions and Tariffs with Endogenous Firm Behavior," European Economic Review, 36:8, (December 1992), pp. 1627-1646.

Working Papers

• "Self-Enforcing Peace Agreements that Preserve the Status Quo" (with Michelle R. Garfinkel)


• "On the Heterogeneous Effects of Sanctions on Trade and Welfare: Evidence from the Sanctions on Iran and a New Database" (with Gabriel Felbermayr, Erdal Yalcin and Yoto V. Yotov).


• "Prudence versus Predation and the Gains from Trade" (with Michelle R. Garfinkel and Thomas Zylkin)


• "On Trade and the Stability of (Armed) Peace" (with Michelle R. Garfinkel)


• "Multimarket Linkages, Cartel Discipline and Trade Costs" (with Delina Agnosteva and Yoto V. Yotov)


• "Globalization, Factor Endowments and Scale-Invariant Growth" (with Elias Dinopoulos)

For Music Lovers

• Nikos Syropoulos (Pianist, Keyboardist, Composer, Arranger and Educator)


• Alekos Syropoulos (Saxophonist, Composer, Songwriter and Teacher)

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