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Dr. Giannaros is a tenured Professor of Economics at the University of Hartford.  Dr. Giannaros also serves on the CT State legislature and is currently the Deputy Speaker for the CT House of Representatives. He has also taught at Boston University, Suffolk University and the Jagellonian University in Krakow, Poland. At the U. of Hartford he has served as Barney School's Director for International Programs, Director of the Executive MPA and at the University level, Associate to The VP for Academic Affairs and Director of International Studies. Dr. Giannaros was awarded the Ph.D. in Economics at Boston University.  He was first elected to the legislature in 1994 and has served Chairman of the Education Committee, and Chairman of the Energy and Technology Committee. Currently, he is a member of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee, the Finance, Revenue & Bonding Committee. He also has served as a member of the International Trade Commission, the Commerce Committee the Government and Elections Committee and the Commission on Children.

Education: Ph.D. in Economics, Boston University
M.A.P.E., Masters in Political Economy, Boston University M.A. in Development Economics, Boston University B.A. in Economics, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Research Interests and Working Papers
Global Financial Markets and Macroeconomic Policy
Public Policy and Public Finance issues Economic Structural Transformation of World Economies

Selected Scholarship Books and Articles

• "An Evaluation of State Income Tax Systems and their Impact on State Spending and Revenue - A Multi-State Study," The Business Review, Cambridge.
• "Is Cuba's New Business Investment Policy a Success or Failure?: A Comparative Analysis of Economies in transition", Global Business & Economics Review.
• "An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Government Spending on Capital Investment: Evidence from O.E.C.D. Countries,"International Economic Journal,
• "Recent Evidence on the Determinants of Foreign Exchange Rates", in Balance of Payments Adjustment: Macro Facets of International Finance Revisited, Dr. John Malindretos, Editor.
• "Deficit Spending, Money and Inflation: Some International Empirical Evidence," (with Dr. B. Kolluri), Journal of Macroeconomics
• "Did the Shock Therapy' Approach Work in the Economic Restructuring of Eastern Europe?: An Analysis of Macroeconomic Performance", Global Business and Economics Review

Recent Achievements and Honors
Yale Visiting Faculty Fellow, Yale University. Board of Directors, American Council on Education Fellow, Member of the Board, CT Invention Convention, Member of Incorporators, Hospital of Central CT, State Representative, Deputy Speaker of the CT House of Representatives, Deputy Majority Leader,  Commissioner, Commission on Children, President, World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association

Professional Activities:

• Board of Reviewers for:
  
• Global Business and Economic Review
  
• International Economic Journal
  
• Journal of Macroeconomics

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