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Christos Shiamptanis is an Associate Professor and MABE Graduate Program Director at the Department of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University. His research focuses on sovereign default, fiscal sustainability, debt dynamics, monetary policy, and fiscal risk assessment. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics (details not explicitly stated in text) and has published extensively in top journals such as the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking and the Journal of International Money and Finance.
Shiamptanis teaches graduate and undergraduate courses including EC681: Research Paper and Seminar, EC640: Macroeconomics, and EC140: Intro to Macroeconomics. He is actively involved in policy-related research, contributing to reports by institutions like the C.D. Howe Institute and TD Economics. His work often explores the implications of fiscal and monetary policies under economic uncertainty, including pandemic-related fiscal responses.
Key research themes include the effectiveness of austerity measures, nonlinear fiscal policy rules, and identifying fiscal crisis risks in developed economies. He has collaborated with scholars like Betty C. Daniel and Ke Pang on projects analyzing central bank behavior and sovereign debt dynamics. Shiamptanis' research bridges macroeconomic theory with policy applications, emphasizing empirical analysis of fiscal limits and debt management strategies.
His current projects include studies on fiscal fatigue, productive government spending, and nonlinear effects of government debt on output. Office hours are by appointment, and he maintains an active personal website with working papers and academic materials.
