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vasia.panousi@frb.gov
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
- M.Sc., Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2002
- B.Sc., Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2001
Current Research Topics
- Optimal Capital Taxation
- Business Income Risk
Fields of Interest
Professional Experience
Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- 2008 - present
Publications
- DeBacker, Jason Matthew, Bradley T. Heim, Vasia Panousi, Shanthi Ramnath, and Ivan Vidangos (2012). "The Properties of Income Risk in Privately Held Businesses," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2012-69. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Panousi, Vasia, and Catarina Reis (2012). "Optimal Capital Taxation with Idiosyncratic Investment Risk," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2012-70. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Panousi, Vasia, and Dimitris Papanikolaou (2012). "Investment, Idiosyncratic Risk, and Ownership," Journal of Finance, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 1113-1148.
- Angeletos, George-Marios, and Vasia Panousi (2011). "Financial Integration, Entrepreneurial Risk and Global Dynamics," Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 146, no. 3, pp. 863-896.
- Angeletos, George-Marios, and Vasia Panousi (2009). "Revisiting the Supply Side Effects of Government Spending," Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 137-153.
- Panousi, Vasia (2010). "Capital Taxation with Entrepreneurial Risk," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2010-56. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- DeBacker, Jason, Bradley Heim, Vasia Panousi, and Ivan Vidangos (2011). "Rising Inequality: Transitory Or Permanent?: New Evidence from a U.S. Panel of Household Income 1987-2006," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2011-60. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Panousi, Vasia, and Dimitris Papanikolaou (2011). "Investment, Idiosyncratic Risk, and Ownership," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2011-54. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Panousi, Vasia, and George-Marios Angeletos (2010). "Financial Integration, Entrepreneurial Risk and Global Dynamics," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2010-54. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Angeletos, George-Marios, and Vasia Panousi (2009). "Revisiting the Supply-Side Effects of Government Spending," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2009-01. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
Presentations
seminar
2008
MIT, Federal Reserve Board, Georgetown University, Indiana University, Kellogg School of Management, New York Fed, University of Notre Dame
Capital Taxation with Entrepreneurial Risk
seminar
2008
Tufts University, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Capital Taxation with Entrepreneurial Risk
conference
2008
SED Annual Meeting, NSF/NBER Conference on General Equilibrium and Mathematical Economics
Capital Taxation with Entrepreneurial Risk
seminar
2009
Bern University, Catolica University, Bank of Portugal, London School of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Capital Taxation with Entrepreneurial Risk
conference
2009
Max Plank Institute Bonn
Capital Taxation with Entrepreneurial Risk
conference
2009
Max Plank Institute Bonn
Capital Taxation with Entrepreneurial Risk
seminar
2009
MIT, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Financial Integration, Entrepreneurial Risk and Global Dynamics
conference
2007
SED annual meeting
Revisiting the Supply-Side Effects of Government Spending
seminar
2010
Catolica University, Bank of Portugal
Rising Inequality: Transitory or Permanent? New Evidence from a Panel of US Tax Returns 1987-2006
conference
2010
NBER Summer Institute
Rising Inequality: Transitory or Permanent? New Evidence from a Panel of US Tax Returns 1987-2006
conference
2011
NBER Summer Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, EEA
Rising Inequality: Transitory or Permanent? New Evidence from a Panel of US Tax Returns 1987-2006
seminar
2011
Johns Hopkins University
Financial Integration, Entrepreneurial Risk and Global Dynamics
seminar
2011
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Rising Inequality: Transitory or Permanent? New Evidence from a Panel of US Tax Returns 1987-2006
seminar
2011
Treasury Department
Capital Taxation with Entrepreneurial Risk
seminar
2011
Bank of Portugal
Optimal Capital Taxation with Entrepreneurial Risk
discussion
2011
NBER Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting
Buffer Stock Saving
Other Activities
Awards
2002
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presidential Fellowship
2003
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presidential Fellowship
2004
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
George and Maria Vergotis Fellowship
2005
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ida Green Fellowship
2002
Onassis Foundation, Greece
Onassis Foundation Scholarship
1997
Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation
State Scholarship
1997
G. Chalkiopoulos Foundation, Greece
G. Chalkiopoulos Scholarship
Referee
- American Economic Review
- Journal of Monetary Economics
- Review of Economic Dynamics
- American Economic Journal: Macro
- Journal of the European Economic Association
Professional Affiliation
- American Economic Association
- European Economic Association
Last update:
March 13, 2013
