Vasileios Zikos

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• Recent publications
• Current working papers
• Current teaching

Vasileios Zikos graduated with a BSc in Economics from the University of Crete in 2002. He then received a Masters degree in Economic Theory and Policy from the same institution in 2003 and a Masters in Economics from the University of Essex in 2005. In the same year he moved to the University of Loughborough to undertake a PhD in Economics. Vasileios joined the University of Surrey as a lecturer in September 2008. His main research interests are in the field of industrial organisation with a particular focus on economics of innovation in relation to collaboration networks, privatisation policy and labour unions.

Recent publications

• “R&D Collaboration Networks in Mixed Oligopoly”, Southern Economic Journal, 2009, forthcoming.
• “Endogenous Contracts in Unionized Oligopoly”, Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 2009, 23(2), 209-235 (with D. Kesavayuth).
• “Stackelberg mixed oligopoly with asymmetric subsidies”, Economics Bulletin, 2007, 12(13), 1-5.
• "Unions’ and firms’ attitudes towards Research Joint Ventures: When will the incentives be aligned?", Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 2007, 21(1), 135-156 (with C. Manasakis).
• “A Reappraisal of the Irrelevance result in mixed duopoly: A note on R&D competition”, Economics Bulletin, 2007, 12(8), 1-6.

Current working papers

• "Public Policy towards R&D in Mixed Duopoly with Spillovers", (with M.J. Gil-Molto and J. Poyago-Theotoky). Discussion Paper Series 2006_17, Department of Economics, Loughborough University

Research in Progress

• "Can stronger unions lead to more technology collaborations?", (with N. Rickman).
• "Wage-Setting Institutions and R&D Collaboration Networks", (with Ben Ferrett).

Current teaching

• ECO2028: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory