Constantine Alexandrakis

Degrees

PHD, 2003, Clark Univ; MA, 2000, Clark Univ; BA, 1996, University of Piraeus

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Bio

Constantine Alexandrakis received his doctoral degree in Economics at Clark University. Before joining Hofstra in 2004 he held the position of Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and has also held a Visiting Lecturer position at Emory University. He teaches introductory courses in economics and intermediate macroeconomics, and on occasion Economic Growth, and Monetary Theory. Dr. Alexandrakis has published in the Review of Development Economics and has contributed a chapter to the collective volume: The Elgar Companion to Public Economics: Empirical Public Economics. His current research focuses on the impact of R&D investment on interest rates, the impact of population growth and R&D investment on technological innovation, and the relationship between freedom and economic performance in Latin America.

Fields of Specialization: Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Monetary Economics, Public Choice

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Teaching Interests

Principles of Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Monetary EConomics

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Research Interests

Macroeconomics, Technological Change and Economic Growth, Monetary Economics, Public Economics

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Recent Courses Taught

Course	Title	Level
ECO 001	PRINC ECONOMICS I	Undergraduate
ECO 002	PRINC ECONOMICS II	Undergraduate
ECO 080	MATHMTCL METHODS IN ECONOMICS	Undergraduate
ECO 132	INTERMED MACROECON	Undergraduate
ECO 186	INTRO TO ECONOMETRICS	Undergraduate