Professor Christos Kotsogiannis

About me:

Christos Kotsogiannis is Professor of Economics at the University of Exeter, Director of the Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC), and a Research Fellow at CESifo. He was Head of the Economics Department at University of Exeter Business School from 2011-2014 and has been the President of the Management Board of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR) of Greece since 2017.

He is currently the editor of CESifo Economic Studies, and on the editorial board of the Journal of Tax Administration and Public Finance Analysis (FA). Kotsogiannis has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund and a consultant for the World Bank. He was awarded the 2015 Copernicus International Fellowship for his contributions to public economics from the University IUSS-Ferrara 1391.

His current research is primarily in the fields of tax policy and tax compliance, and public economics more broadly, with publications in journals such as the American Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of International Economic, and Economic Policy.

Nationality: Greek

Administrative responsibilities

• Member, School Postgraduate Committee
• Member, School Undergraduate Admissions Committee

Interests:

• Public economics
• International trade
• Applied microeconomics

Professor Kotsogiannis's research interests lie in the broad area of public economics, and international trade (with a particular focus on trade-induced climate change). While his research is theoretical in nature, it is motivated by applied economics problems.

Qualifications:

BA (Essex), MA (Essex), PhD (Essex)