Department of Economics · University of Glasgow
Yiannis Vailakis joined the Department of Economics at the University of Glasgow in May 2013. Prior to this, he held academic appointments at the University of Exeter, serving as Lecturer and later Associate Professor between 2006 and 2013, and at the University of Sorbonne as a Marie Curie Fellow from 2004 to 2006. He received his PhD in Economics from the Université Catholique de Louvain in 2004. Since 2024 he is a fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET).
Yiannis’ research spans general equilibrium theory, macroeconomics, and optimisation, with a focus on foundational questions in economic theory. His work in general equilibrium and macroeconomics examines environments featuring asymmetric information, transaction costs, endogenous borrowing constraints, limited commitment, and sovereign debt. In optimisation, his research centres on dynamic programming and fixed-point theory, contributing to the analytical tools used to study dynamic economic environments.
Econometrica · Journal of Economic Theory · Games and Economic Behavior · Theoretical Economics · International Economic Review · Journal of Mathematical Economics · Economic Theory · European Economic Review · B.A. Journal of Theoretical Economics · Economics Letters · Journal of Macroeconomics · Macroeconomic Dynamics · Journal of Public Economic Theory · Journal of Dynamics and Games · Mathematical Social Sciences
University of Paris-Dauphine (May 2023) · Australian National University (July 2022) · Australian National University (July–September 2019) · Yeshiva University (April 2018) · Virginia Tech (October 2017) · University of Paris-Dauphine (May 2017) · Yeshiva University (May 2016) · Kobe University (November 2015) · University of Paris-Dauphine (June–July 2015) · Yeshiva University (March 2015) · Kobe University (July 2014) · University of Evry (May–June 2013) · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (September 2012) · University of South California (April 2011) · Arizona State University (April 2011) · University of California Davis (March–May 2011) · Arizona State University (January 2009) · Nova University, Portugal (March 2006) · Arizona State University (March 2005) · University of Alabama (November 2002)
Email: yiannis.vailakis@glasgow.ac.uk
Office: 637 Adam Smith Building