• ​" 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)

Work In Progress

Publications

• ​​"Knowing who you actually are: The effect of feedback on short and long term outcomes" with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), Appendix 1, Under Review                                                                         
  
•  ​​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 Revisions​​
• ​"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
• ​ “Does the girl next door affect your academic outcomes and career choices? ” with Yi Zhang (Queensland) and Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), Under Review
  
• ​“Feedback, Learning and Performance: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial" with Isabella Dobrescu (UNSW), Marco Faravelli (Queensland) and Alberto Motta (UNSW), Under Review
  
• "​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
  

Working Papers

Rigissa Megalokonomou

​Lecturer in Economics

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• "Swine Flu, Class Attendance, and School Performance. Should we force students to go to class? with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford),  under revisions
  
• “Does the Gender Composition Matter in Justice? Evidence from the Supreme Judicial Court”​ 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)
  
• "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)
  
• ”Estimating Human Capital Depreciation: Evidence from Greek Teacher Waitlists” with Michael Dinerstein (Chicago) and Costantine Yannelis (Chicago)
  
• ​"The Effect of Self-Control on Students’ Investment in Human Capital Accumulation in Saudi Arabia" with Elif Incekara Hafalir (UTS) and Stephanie Wang (Pittsburgh)
  
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