Anastasios Karantounias is a research economist and assistant policy adviser in the economic group in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. His major field of study is macroeconomics with a particular emphasis on optimal fiscal and monetary policy, robustness, and imperfect information.
Prior to joining the Bank in 2008, Dr. Karantounias was a research and teaching assistant at New York University. He also worked as a research intern at the Research and Statistics Division of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and the Monetary Policy Strategy Division of the European Central Bank.
Dr. Karantounias has presented at several seminars and conferences including the seventh Conference on Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics, in July 2008, and the New York Area Workshop on Monetary Policy at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in May 2006.
Dr. Karantounias received his doctorate in economics in 2008 from New York University and a master's degree in economics in 2004 from the same institution. He received his bachelor's degree in economics in 2001 from the Athens University of Economics and Business in Athens, Greece.
Research Interests
Field: Macroeconomics
Interests: Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Robustness; Imperfect Information
Publications
Working Papers
"Overconfidence, Subjective Perception and Pricing Behavior," with Pierpaolo Benigno, NBER Working Paper No. 11922, January 2006.
2009-29
Managing Expectations and Fiscal Policy
Anastasios G. Karantounias with Lars Peter Hansen and Thomas J. Sargent
October 2009
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Education
Ph.D., Economics, New York University, 2008
M.A., Economics, New York University, 2004
B.Sc., Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2001
Experience
| 2008 |
Research Economist and Assistant Policy Adviser, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| 2006 |
Dissertation Intern, Research and Statistics Division, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. |
| 2006 |
Research Intern, Monetary Policy Strategy Division, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany |
Teaching and Research Assistant Experience
New York University: Research Assistant for Professor Thomas J. Sargent (winter 2006, summer 2007)
New York University College of Arts and Sciences: Teaching Assistant for International Economics (spring 2006, spring 2007, summer 2007, fall 2007), Money and Banking (fall 2005), Intermediate Macroeconomics (summer 2005), Principles of Economics—Micro (spring 2005), Principles of Economics—Macro (fall 2004), Quantitative Reasoning in Social Sciences (spring 2004)
Honors and Fellowships
The Henry MacCracken Fellowship, New York University
Awarded B.Sc. in Economics with Excellence (top 1 percent in the period 1985—2001), AUEB Economics
G. Chalkiopoulos Foundation: Honorary Prizes for Academic Distinction, 1998 and 1999
Hellenic Republic State Scholarship Foundation (IKY): Prize for high academic achievement, 1997, and prize for entrance to AUEB Economics Department at the General University Entrance Examination, 1996
Professional Activities
Conference Presentations
2009: Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey
2008: Seventh Conference on Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics
2006: New York Area Workshop on Monetary Policy, New York Fed
Seminars
2009: University of Oxford, University of Warwick, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF), Birkbeck College
2008: Wharton School, University of Maryland, Penn State, University of Iowa, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
2007: Chicago Fed, Cornell
2006: Federal Reserve Board (Research and Statistics Division), European Central Bank (Monetary Policy Strategy Division)
