Anastasia Litina

Anastasia Litina is an Associate Professor at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. She is also an Extramural Research Fellow at the University of Luxembourg. She received her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Macedonia, visited Brown University for a semester and worked at the University of Luxembourg as a post-doctoral researcher prior to her employment in Greece.

Her research interests include a theoretical and empirical examination of the long-run determinants of growth, on the implications of various dimensions of culture (e.g., corruption, religiosity, environmental attitudes) for socio-economic outcomes, the social implications of population aging, as well as on the long-lasting effect of historical events on current socio-economic outcomes.

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Her work has been published in the Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Development Economics, Harvard Business Review, World Development, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Economics Letters, Journal of Comparative Development and others. She is currently ranked among the top 3% of female economists according to IDEAS and top 4% among male and female economists (based on publications of the last 10 years).

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She has served as PI in several research projects financed by Greek and Luxembourgish funding schemes as well as from the EU. Her research has also received honors and distinctions from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Macedonia. She has also been active in organizing various conferences and workshops including leading workshops in the field (more details here https://www.anastasialitina.com/projects-and-events-organized).

More details about Anastasia Litina can be found here https://www.anastasialitina.com/.