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• ​“Feedback, Learning and Performance: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial" with Isabella Dobrescu (UNSW), Marco Faravelli (Queensland) and Alberto Motta (UNSW), Revise and Resubmit, Economic Journal (A*)
  
• "Marathon, Hurdling or Sprint? The Effects of Exam Scheduling on Academic Performance",with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), Revise and Resubmit, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (A)
  
• ​​"Knowing who you actually are: The effect of feedback on short and long term outcomes" with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), Appendix 1, Under Review, Journal of Public Economics                                                                        
  
•  ​​Unicredit & Universities Young Economist Prize for best paper presented at the 2016 Belgrade Young Economist Conference​   and   Recipient of the Best Paper Recognition in Social Sciences ​presented at the Asia Pacific Institute of Advanced Research, Melbourne 
• ​ “Persistency in Teachers' Grading Biases and Effect on Longer Term Outcomes: University Admission Exams and Choice of Field of Study" with Victor Lavy (Warwick), Under Review, American Economics Review​
• ​ “Does the girl next door affect your academic outcomes and career choices? ” with Yi Zhang (Queensland) and Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), Under Review, Journal of Human Resources
• "​Class size and performance: At what cost? " with Desire Kedagni (Iowa State University), Kala Krishna (Pennsylvania State University) and Yingyan Zhao (Pennsylvania State University), NBER Working Paper, Under Review, European Economic Review
  
• How Do Parents Respond to Regulation of Sugary Drinks in Childcare? Evidence from California"  with Jiafei Hu  (University of Queensland) and Haishan Yuan (University of Queensland) , Under Review, JEBO
  

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Rigissa Megalokonomou

​Lecturer in Economics

Work In Progress

Publications

Working Papers

• "Long Term Effects of Teachers: Evidence from a Teacher Value Added Approach” with Victor Lavy (Warwick) work in progress
  
• "Swine Flu, Class Attendance, and School Performance. Should we force students to go to class? with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford),  revising existing draft
  
• “Does the Gender Composition of Judges Matter? Evidence from Random Assignment of Judges to Cases from more than 3,000 Supreme Court cases”​ , data collection done, draft in preparation​
• "Externalities in the Classroom. Are High-Achievers Hostages of Low-Achievers?" with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford) and  Silvia Griselda (Melbourne) revising the draft for circulation
• "The Effect of the Exposure to Refugees on Crime Activity. Evidence from the Greek Islands​" with Valantis Vasilakis (Bangor) draft in preparation
  
• "The impact of scholarships and bursaries on academic success in University and the Labor Market”  with Valantis Vasilakis (Bangor)
  
• "The Long Run Gender Peer Effects" with Yi Zhang (Queensland) and Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), first draft ready
  
• ”Estimating Human Capital Depreciation: Evidence from Greek Teacher Waitlists” with Michael Dinerstein (Chicago) and Costantine Yannelis (Chicago), first draft ready, conducting a survey at the moment​

• ​" Which degrees do students prefer during recessions? ”  with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), Empirical Economics, 2018    ​                                                                                                                                                                                          Featured in: The Conversation, Epoch Times (Singapore), Scrollin (India) , EUROPP (LSE), ​The Kathimerini (in Greek) and The Ethnos ( in Greek)