Vasileios Gkionakis LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE of Economics HOME ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE: 19B Aylmer Parade, Aylmer Road London N2 0PE, UK Tel.: +44 (0)20 83478475 Department OFFICE ADDRESS, TELEPHONE & E-MAIL: Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK Tel.: +44 (0)20 79557294 E-mail: V.Gkionakis@lse.ac.uk DATE OF BIRTH: 08 January 1974 SEX: M CITIZENSHIP: Greek UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES: BA in Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, 1996 GRADUATE STUDIES: 2001 – present PhD in Economics, London School of Economics Expected Completion Date: 2004 Advisor: Professor C. Pissarides 2000 – 2001 MSc in Economics, London School of Economics 1998 – 2000 MSc in Economics (summa cum laude), Athens University of Economics and Business FIELDS OF INTEREST: Macroeconomics, Unemployment, Growth TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 2001 – present Basic Mathematics for Economists (class teaching), London School of Economics Vasileios Gkionakis RELEVANT POSITIONS HELD: 1999 – 2000 1999 – present 2001 – present Research Assistant, Athens University of Economics and Business Research Fellow, IMOP (Institute for Economic Policy Studies) Research Assistant, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FELLOWSHIPS: 2000 2001 A.U.E.B. Departmental Scholarship for the Best Performance in the Graduate Program LSE Research Studentship RESEARCH IN PROGRESS: “A small open economy RBC model with labor market search and distortionary government ”, joint with T. Kollintzas and V. Vassilatos (2000) “Corruption and the composition of government expenditure”, MSc Dissertation, 2001