Other Professional Activities
1975.
Academic Visitor, International Institute of Management, Science Center,
Berlin, Germany.
1976.
Consultant to the Bank of Greece and the Secretariat of the Commission
for Control of Prices of Imports and Exports, Greek Ministry of Coordination.
Report: ``Sectoral Ranking Criteria for the Greek Economy, Foreign Investment,
and Transfer of Foreign Technology," November, 1976 (in Greek).
1977-1978.
Consultant, Greek Ministry of Transport and Communication: Feasibility
Study for the Financing and Management of the New Athens International
Airport.
1979.
Academic Visitor, Engineering-Economic Planning Group, Federal Institute
of Technology, Zurich.
l982.
Consultant, Ministry of National Economy and Center for Planning and
Economic Research, Republic of Greece. Report: ``Public Investment Financing
and Social Risk Allocation."
1981-1984.
Member, Executive Board, Modern Greek Studies Association.
1983-1984.
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Center for Planning and Economic
Research, Athens, Greece.
l984-1986.
Project Director, Family Labor Supply and Labor Force Dynamics in the
Greek Economy, Center for Planning and Economic Research, Athens, Greece.
1984-1986.
Member, Board of Directors, Center for Economic Research, Athens University
of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece.
1987.
Member of Program Committee, Econometric Society European Meeting,
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1987.
1990-1991.
Member of the Scientific Committee, 47th Congress of the International
Institute of Public Finance, was to be held in Leningrad, USSR, August
26-29, 1991, cancelled due to the coup.
1991-1992.
Member of the Program Committee, 10th World Congress of the International
Economic Association Moscow, August 1992.
1990-present.
Associate Editor, Regional Science and Urban Economics.
1990-1995.
Coordinator, and 1995-1997, Member, Faculty Selection Committee for
Economics, University of Cyprus.
1991-present.
Member, Academic Board of Trustees, Athens Institute of Economic Policy
Studies (IMOP), Athens, Greece.
1996.
Guest Editor,Regional Science and Urban Economics, special issue
on Urban--Regional Structure and Economic Growth.
1994.
Consultant. Directorate General on Regional Policy, Commission of the
European Communities, Brussels.
1996--1997.
Consultant, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. "Mixed-Income
Housing."
1998--2000.
Member, Scientific Board, Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research,
Athens, Greece.
1999--2000.
Consultant, European Regional Development, European Investment Bank,
Luxembourg.
1996--1997.
Consultant, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin
- Madison and The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. "Spatial
Aspects of Inequality in the United States."
1998--2005.
Member, Research Network on Social Interactions and Economic Inequality,
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Co-chair, Fellowships
for Younger Scholars,1999--2005.
2002--
Co-organizer of annual Conferences on Research
on Economic Theory and Econometrics (with Costas
Azariadis, Harris Dellas, Nikos Vettas, Apostolis Philippopoulos and Emmanuel
Petrakis).
2004--2008.
Associate editor, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics,
second edition, Palgrave McMillan.
2005--
Co-chair, Greek
Study Group, Center for European Studies, Harvard University.