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Doctor rerum politicarum (Dr. rer. pol.), magna cum laude, Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany, Title of Thesis: Systemtransformation und Kluberweiterung (System Transformation and Club Enlargement), 07/1997.
Master of Science in Applied Economics, University of North Texas, USA, Title of Thesis: A Comparison of Economic Development in Latin America, Middle and Eastern Europe and Asia in the 1990s, 05/1999.
RESEARCH
Interests
Political Economy, especially the socioeconomic fundamentals of regime evolution and regime performance Resource
Economics, especially the socioeconomic impacts of the oil curse
Trade Policy, especially the socioeconomic determinants of protectionism in developing countries
Publications
Monograph
Sytemtransformation und Kluberweiterung. Chancen und Risiken der Aufnahme von Reformstaaten in Integrierte Wirtschaftsräume, Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1997 (Doctoral Thesis).
Refereed Journal Articles
Externalities, International Policy Cooperation and Systems Competition. In: Global Business and Economics Review, Vol. 6, No. 1, June 2004, pp. 171-183.
Why Do Politicians in Developed Nations Prefer Foreign Trade Policy to Income Redistribution to Counteract Rising Income Inequality from Globalization? In: Global Business and Economics Review, Volume 2, Number 2, December 2000, pp. 235-245.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Inequality and Democratization, Kantarelis, D. (Editor): Global Business and Economics Review - Anthology 2005 (Forthcoming).
Determinants of Investment Climates, Kantarelis, D. (Editor): Global Business and Economics Review - Anthology 2005 (Forthcoming).
Fragile Democratization – Please Handle With Care! Kantarelis, D. (Editor): Global Business and Economics Review - Anthology 2004, pp. 515-523.
Did Import-Substituting Developing Countries Abuse Dependence Theory? Kantarelis, D. (Editor): Global Business and Economics Review - Anthology 2004, pp. 434-444.
Hosting the Olympics – Business and the Economy (with Bradley, L., Brathwaite, T., Fent, T., Veloutsou, C.), Kantarelis, D. (Editor): Global Business and Economics Review - Anthology 2004, pp. 602-613 (2004 Annual Meeting of the Business and Economics Society International, Island of Rhodes, Greece, July 19-22, 2004).
Growth, Social Conflict, and Democracy, Kantarelis, D. (Editor): Global Business and Economics Review – Anthology 2003, p. 346-356 (2003 Annual Meeting of the Business and Economics Society International, San Francisco, USA, July 24-28, 2003).
Is there a limit in Transition from Plan to Market? Financial Interdependence of the East Asian Economies - Anthology, Volume A-2-4, International Economic Cooperation, pp. 1-12, 1996.
Contracted Research
Economic Policies for Addressing Industrialization and Trade Development in the ESCWA-Region, prepared for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Western Asia, Beirut, Lebanon, February 2005.
National/Regional Resource Mobilization, Productivity Dynamics, and Growth in the ESCWA Region, prepared for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Western Asia, Beirut, Lebanon, December 2004.
Institutional Impediments to Trade Development of ESCWA Countries – A Survey, prepared for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Western Asia, Beirut, Lebanon, January 2004.
TEACHING
Courses taught
ECON 211 Elementary Microeconomic Theory
ECON 237 Development Economics I
ECON 241 Industrial Organization and Public Policy
ECON 215 Applied Econometrics
ECON 232 Economic Policy in Developing Countries
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