Rigas Oikonomou

Rigas Oikonomou serves as a Reader in Economics at the University of Surrey, affiliated with the Department of Economics. His academic position places him within the institution's economics faculty as a senior academic staff member.

Dr. Oikonomou's research spans two primary domains: labor economics with focus on occupational demand shifts during economic shocks, and monetary economics examining debt management within currency unions. His work demonstrates sophisticated methodological approaches combining empirical analysis with theoretical modeling, particularly evident in his studies of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected labor markets and how government debt portfolios function within the Euro Area.

His recent publications reveal consistent output in high-impact economics journals, with particular emphasis on how external shocks reshape economic structures. Both of his 2023 publications employ rigorous empirical methodologies - one using monthly online job postings data across US states, the other analyzing debt portfolios of Euro Area countries through VAR models and theoretical frameworks.