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Education

BA Economics/Mathematics - Reed College Portland, OR 1979
MA Economics - Yale University New Haven, CT 1982
Ph.D. Economics - Yale University New Haven, CT USA 1989

Areas of Expertise

Economics/Managerial Economics

International Trade

Microeconomics

Political Economy

Selected Works

Articles

Garfinkel, Michelle R, Skaperdas, Stergios and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Globalization and Domestic Conflict" JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 72.2 (Dec 2008):296-308

Bond, Eric W and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Trade Costs and Multimarket Collusion" RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS 39.4 (Winter 2008):1080-1104

Dinopoulos, Elias and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Rent Protection as a Barrier to Innovation and Growth" ECONOMIC THEORY 32.2 (Aug 2007):309-332

Bond, Eric W., Riezman, Raymond G and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "A Strategic and Welfare Theoretic Analysis of Free Trade Areas" JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 64.1 (Oct 2004):1-27

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Rules for the Disposition of Tariff Revenues and the Determination of Common External Tariffs in Customs Unions" JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 60.2 (Aug 2003):387-416

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Comparing Bargaining Solutions in the Shadow of Conflict: How Norms against Threats Can Have Real Effects" JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY 106.1 (Sep 2002):1-16

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Optimum Tariffs and Retaliation Revisited: How Country Size Matters" REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES 69.3 (Jul 2002):707-727

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "On Tariff Prefrences and Delegation Decisions in Customs Unions: A Heckscher-Ohlin Approach" ECONOMIC JOURNAL 112.476 (Jul 2002):625-648

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Insecure Property and the Efficiency of Exchange" ECONOMIC JOURNAL 112.481 (Jan 2002):133-146

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Guns, Butter and Openness: On the Relationship between Security and Trade" THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW 91.2 (May 2001):353-357

Bond, Eric W., Syropoulos, Constantinos A and Winters, L Alan. "Deepening of Regional Integration and Multilateral Trade Agreements" JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 53.2 (Apr 2001):335-361

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Customs Unions and Comparative Advantage" OXFORD ECONOMIC PAPERS 51.2 (Apr 1999):239-266

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Tariffs and Schumpeterian Growth" JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 42.3 (May 1997):1997

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "The Distrubition of Income in the Presence of Appropriative Activities" ECONOMICA 64. (Feb 1997):101-117

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Can the Shadow of the Future Harm Cooperation?" JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR AND ORGANIZATION 29.3 (May 1996):355-372

Bond, Eric W. and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "The Size of Trading Blocs: Market Power and World Welfare Effects" JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 40.3 (May 1996):411-438

Chapters

Garfinkel, Michelle R, Skaperdas, Stergios and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Globalization and Insecurity: Reviewing Some Basic Issues" Guns and Butter: The Economic Causes and Consequences of Conflict Ed. Hess, G.D.. Cambridge, MA:MIT Press, Jun 2009.

Bond, Eric W. and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Tariff Adjustments in Preferential Trade Agreements" Globalization and Emerging Issues in Trade Theory and Policy Ed. Beladi, H Choi, K, Long, N.V. Tawada, M and Tran. Bindley, UK:Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Oct 2008.

Dinopoulos, Elias , Gungoraydinoglu, Ali and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Patent Protection and Global Schumpeterian Growth" Trade, Globalization and Poverty Ed. Dinopoulos, E. Krishna, P., Panagariya A. and Wong. New York:Routledge: Taylor and Francis Ltd, Dec 2007.

Dinopoulos, Elias and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "International Diffusion and Appropriability of Technological Expertise" Volume 7: Advances in Applied Microeconomics Ed. Michael R. Baye. New York:JAI Press, Jan 1998. :115-137

Skaperdas, Stergios and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Competitive Trade with Conflict" The Political Economy of Conflict and Appropriation Ed. Garfinkel M.R. and S. Skaperdas, S. New York:Cambridge University Press, Jan 1996. :73-95

Skaperdas, Stergios and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Gangs as Primitative States" The Economics of Organized Crime Ed. Fiorentini G. and Peltzman, S. London:Cambridge University Press, Jan 1995. :61-82

Presentations

Garfinkel, Michelle R, Skaperdas, Stergios and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. Trade and the Distribution of Power among Small Countries Conflicts, Globalization and Development : Paris, France, Nov 2008

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. Trade Openness, International Conflict and the 'Paradox of Power' Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics : Naxos, Greece, Jul 2007

Bond, Eric W. and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. Is the Tariff the 'Mother of Trusts'? Reciprocal Trade Liberalization with Multimarket Collusion Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) : Kos, Greece, Jun 2007

Garfinkel, Michelle R, Skaperdas, Stergios and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. Globalization and Domestic Conflict New Political Economy of Globalization : New Orleans, LA Apr 2007

Garfinkel, Michelle R, Skaperdas, Stergios and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. Globalization and Domestic Conflict Midwest International Economics Meetings, : East Lansing, MI Apr 2006

Dinopoulos, Elias and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. Bilateralism: Stepping Stone or Stumbling Block to Global Free Trade? Second Yokohama Conference : Yokohama, Dec 2004

WWW Resources

http://faculty.lebow.drexel.edu/SyropoulosC