Christos Pargianas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics
Department of Economics and Finance
Kania School of Management
The University of Scranton
Email: christos.pargianas@scranton.edu
Phone: +1 570 941 7176
Education
- Ph.D. in Economics (2011), Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- M.A. in Economics (2006), Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- M.A. in Economics (2005), University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
- B.A. in Economics (2002), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, The University of Scranton (2011-present)
- Instructor, Department of Economics, Brown University (2010-2011)
Publications in Refereed Journals
- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, The University of Scranton (2011-present)
- Instructor, Department of Economics, Brown University (2010-2011)
Publications in Referee Conference Proceedings
- Pargianas, C. 2014. Does Education affect the Minimum Wage? Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Northeast Business and Economics Association, West Long Branch, NJ, USA.
- Pargianas, C. 2013. Innovation, Education, and the Social Contract. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Northeast Business and Economics Association, Bretton Woods, NH, USA.
Presentations
- 2015: Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, USA
- 2015: Annual Conference of the Eastern Economic Association, New York, NY, USA
- 2015: University of Scranton, Faculty Research Seminar Series. Scranton, PA, USA
- 2015: University of Scranton, KSOM Faculty Research Seminar, Scranton, PA, USA
- 2014: Annual Conference of the Northeast Business and Economics Association, West Long Branch, NJ, USA
- 2013: Annual Conference of the Northeast Business and Economics Association, Bretton Woods, NH, USA
- 2013: Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, Tampa, FL, USA
- 2013: Annual Conference of the Midwest Economic Association, Columbus, OH, USA
- 2012: Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA, USA
- 2012: Annual Conference of the Eastern Economic Association, Boston, MA, USA
- 2012: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2012: University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2011: The University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, USA
- 2010: Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Papers Under Review
- Pargianas, C. Education and the Minimum Wage in the United States. Submitted to Applied Economics Letters.
Field of Interest
- Economic Growth
- Economic Development
- Political Economy
- Macroeconomics
- International Economics
Teaching Experience
The University of Scranton
(average instructor rating per semester in brackets: 1=poor performance, 5=excellent performance)
- Spring 2016 [4.89]: Principles of Macroeconomics (2 sections), Environment of International Business, Macroeconomic Module (MBA)
- Fall 2015 [4.75]: Principles of Microeconomics, Current Economic Issues, Environment of International Business
- Spring 2015 [4.82]: Principles of Macroeconomics, Current Economic Issues, Environment of International Business
- Fall 2014 [4.88]: Principles of Microeconomics, Current Economic Issues, Environment of International Business
- Spring 2014 [4.88]: Current Economic Issues, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics (2 sections)
- Fall 2013 [4.88]: Principles of Microeconomics (3 sections)
- Spring 2013 [4.74]: Principles of Macroeconomics (3 sections), Intermediate Macroeconomics Fall 2012 [4.80]: Principles of Microeconomics (4 sections)
- Spring 2012 [4.84]: Intermediate Macroeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics (3 sections)
- Fall 2011 [4.08]: Principles of Microeconomics (3 sections)
Brown University
- Fall 2010: Intermediate Macroeconomics Summer 2010: Intermediate Microeconomics
Teaching Assistant (Brown University, 2005-2010): Intermediate Macroeconomics, Economic Development, Intermediate Microeconomics, Economic Theory of Firms