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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

Syropoulos, Constantinos A, Dinopoulos, Elias , Yotov, Yoto and Xu, Bin . "Intra-Industry Trade and the Skill Premium: Theory and Evidence" JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 84.1 (May 2011):15-25

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

Skaperdas, Stergios and 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

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

Skaperdas, Stergios and 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

Skaperdas, Stergios and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Complementarity in Contests" EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY 14.4 (Nov 1998):667-684

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

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

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Nontariff Trade Controls and Leader-Follower Relations in International Competition" ECONOMICA 63. (Nov 1996):633-648

Skaperdas, Stergios and 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

Skaperdas, Stergios and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "On the Effects of Insecure Property" CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS 24. (Apr 1996)S622-S626

Dinopoulos, Elias and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Growth Creating Trading Blocs" CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS 24. (Apr 1996)S371-S375

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Implications of Preferential Trading Arrangements for Policy and Market Access" CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS 24. (Apr 1996)S401-S405

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "On Pareto-Improving Voluntary Export Restraints" INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION 14.1 (Jan 1996):71-84

Dinopoulos, Elias , Kreinin, Mordechai E and Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Bilateral Quota Wars" CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS 28. (Nov 1995):939-944

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Endogenous Timing of in Games of Commercial Policy" CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS 28. (Nov 1994):847-864

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. "Quantitative Restrictions and Tariffs with Endogenous Firm Behavior" EUROPEAN ECONOMIC REVIEW 36.8 (Dec 1992):1627-1646

Chapters

Syropoulos, Constantinos A, Garfinkel, Michelle R and Skaperdas, Stergios . "Trade in the Shadow of Power" Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Peace and Conflict Ed. Michelle R. Garfinkel and Stergios Skaperdas. New York:Oxford University Press, Jan 2011.

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

Syropoulos, Constantinos A, Yotov, Yoto and Huang, Liming . On the Implications of Bilateral Free Trade Agr... Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics : Milos, Greece, Jul 2011

Syropoulos, Constantinos A, Garfinkel, Michelle R and Skaperdas, Stergios . Trade and Insecure Resources: Implications for welfare and Comparative Advantage 2011 Meetings of the "Society for Advancement of Economic Theory" (SAET) : Ancao (Faro), Portugal, Jun 2011

Syropoulos, Constantinos A. Trade and Insecure Resources: Implications for Welfare and Comparative Advantage Canadian Economic Associate Meetings : Ottawa, Canada, Jun 2011

WWW Resources

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