Department of Economics, Cornell University	Phone: (607) 255-6284
456 Uris Hall, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853	Fax: (607) 255-2818

 

Education: 

June 2003	Northwestern University, Ph.D. in Economics.
			Dissertation: Non Performing Loans, Prospective Bailouts, and Persistent Declines in Economic Activity.
June 1998	MS in Policy Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
August 1996	MS in Industrial Engineering, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia.
June 1995	Diploma in Mathematics, Yerevan State University, Armenia.

 

Fields of Specialization:

Growth, Macroeconomics, International Economics.

 

Academic Position:

Assistant Professor of Economics, Cornell University, July 2003 – Present.

Visiting Professor of Economics, American University of Armenia, Summer 2004.

 

Publications and Working Papers:

“Private Incentives versus Class Interests: A Theory of Optimal Institutions with An Application to Growth,” with A. Guerdjikova, Working Paper, Cornell University, February 2008.

“Entry Costs and Cross-Country Differences in Productivity and Output,” December 2007, forthcoming in Journal of Economic Growth.

“Optimal Monetary Policy, Endogenous Sticky Prices and Multiplicity of Equilibria,” with R. DiCecio, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: 2007, Vol. 7 : Iss. 1 (Topics), Article 8.

“Japan’s Government Debt and Interest Rates,” Japan and the World Economy, Volume 18, Issue 3, August 2006, Pages 278-297.

“Non-Performing Loans, Prospective Bailouts, and Japan’s Slowdown,” February 2006, under revision for Journal of Monetary Economics.

“Heterogeneous Firms, Productivity and Poverty Traps,” with R. DiCecio, St. Louis FED Working Paper #2005-068A, October 2005. Under revision for Journal of Economic Theory.

“Robert E. Lucas, Jr.,” New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition.

 

Professional Service and Affiliations:

Editor: Armenian Journal of Public Policy, 2004-2007.

Affiliations: American Economic Association and Eastern Economic Association.

Referee work: American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Japanese and International Economies, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Review of Economic Dynamics.

Reviewer for Grant Proposals: Armenian National Science and Education Fund.

Fellowships and Awards:

Cornell University Institute for Social Sciences Small Grant, Spring 2007.

Fellowship, Center for International Economics and Development, Northwestern University, 2002-2003.

Robert Eisner Fellowship, Department of Economics, Northwestern University, 2001-2002.

Northwestern University Fellow 2001-2002.

Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award 1999-2000, 2000-2001.

Northwestern University Fellowship, 1998-1999.

Senator Edmund F. Muskie Fellowship (USIA), 1996-1998.

Diploma with Distinction, Yerevan State University, 1995.

President's Award for Academic Excellency, Yerevan State University 1994, 1995.

Dean's List, Yerevan State University 1991-1995.

Shirakatsi Student Mathematics Olympiad Winner 1993, 1994.

Armenian Young Mathematicians Olympiad Winner, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990.