Theodore Papageorgiou is the Felter Family Professor of Economics at Boston College.
Theodore’s recent research examines transportation markets, their impact on global trade, and the policies that can improve their efficiency and resilience. His work also analyzes the sources of disruptions and the optimal level of infrastructure investment. In addition, he has investigated how occupations shape labor market outcomes and the role of cities and firms in facilitating occupational matching. His research integrates insights and tools from labor economics, macroeconomics, spatial/urban economics, and applied microeconomics more broadly.
His work has been published in Econometrica, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Review of Economic Studies. His research has been supported by the NSF, the NBER and the SSHRC. He currently serves as Co-Editor of Economic Theory.
In 2022, his article “Geography, Transportation, and Endogenous Trade Costs,” (co-authored with Giulia Brancaccio and Myrto Kalouptsidi) received the Frisch Medal of the Econometric Society, awarded for the best applied (empirical or theoretical) paper published in Econometrica during the previous four years.
Theodore received his BA from the University of Athens and his PhD from Yale University. Before joining Boston College, he was on the faculty at Penn State University and McGill University and has held visiting positions at Harvard University, Princeton University, Stanford University and MIT Sloan. Theodore is a Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory.
Detailed CV can be found here.