Biography

Ioannis joined the department as a lecturer in Economics in the University of Surrey in 2008. Prior to this, he worked in various capacities at Keele University (since 2001), where he also received his doctorate with commendation in 2006. Ioannis holds a B.A.(Hons) in Business and Financial Economics from Staffordshire University, and a M.Sc. in Money, Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham.

Research Interests

Ioannis' research interests focus primarily on the economics of information and theory of financial intermediation, encompassing the areas of financial stability and financial regulation. Other areas of interest include macroeconomics where he focuses on modelling the financial sector in general equilibrium models, and health economics examining the impact of calorie pricing and promotional activities on purchasing and consumption.

Research Collaborations

Tim Worrall (University of Manchester),  Frederique Bracoud (University of Queensland)

PhD Supervision

Current Students

• Mr Onur Akkaya: The Role of Technological Change and Financial Innovations on Bank Failures in Turkey.
• Ms. Diana Lima: Monetary Policy and Bank Regulation
• Mr. Ervin Kovacs: Twin Crises

Publications

Working Papers

• Lazopoulos, I. 2010 "Optimal Intermediation Under Aggregate Consumption Uncertainty", Department of Economics, University of Surrey (DP07/10).
• Lazopoulos, I. "Cycles and Banking Crisis".
• Lazopoulos, I. and F. Bracoud, "Information Transmission and Optimal Intermediation", ESAM 2007.
•  Diedrich M. and Lazopoulos I. “Experimental analysis of friendship selection”, work in progress.
• Cantore, C, Lazopoulos, I, Levine, P and B. Yang, 2010. “Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy with Banking and Interest Rate Spreads”, work in progress.

Teaching

Current Teaching

• ECO3019: Money and Banking, Autumn Semester 2011

• ECOM027: Research Methods, Autumn Semester 2010

• ECO2052: Intermediate Macroeconomics I, Autumn Semester 2011

• ECOM020: Microeconomics, Autumn Semester 2011

Previous Teaching

• ECO1009: Contemporary Issues in the British and European Economy (L1), Spring Semesters 2009, 2010

• ECO2035: Intermediate Macroeconomics: Theory and Applications (L2), Spring Semesters 2009, 2010, 2011

• ECO3036: Games, Information and Banking (L3), Spring Semesters 2009, 2010, 2011

• ECOM027: Research Methods (LM), Spring Semester 2010

• ECOM033: Theory of Finance (LM), Spring Semester 2011

Ioannis holds the Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice

Departmental Duties

Deputy Examinations Officer

Academic Integrity Officer

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