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ANASTASIA LITINA
Mailing Address:
University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, 148, Avenue de la
Faiencerie, L - 1511 Luxembourg.
Tel: 00352-661-981692,
E-mail: [email protected],
Homepage:http://natlitina.webs.com
Current Position:
Jan. 2012-Now
Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Luxembourg
Previous Professional Positions:
Sep. 2010-Aug. 2011
Apr. 2011-Aug. 2011
Lecturer, University of Ioannina
Academic Assistant, International Hellenic University
Short-Term Visiting Positions
Sep. 2011-Dec. 2011
April 2012
Research Fellow, Brown University
School of Economics, Aix-Marseille
Education
2010
Ph.D., Economics, University of Macedonia, Greece
2005
M.A., Economics, University of Macedonia, Greece
2002
B.A., Economics, University of Piraeus, Greece
2001
Erasmus Student, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
PhD Thesis: “Three Essays on Macroeconomic Theory and Policy”,
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Theodore Palivos
Fields of Specialization:
Primary Fields: Comparative Development, Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Corruption,
Cultural Economics
Secondary Fields: Aging, Education and Inequality, Public Economics
Teaching Experience:
University of Luxembourg
Instructor:
Macroeconomics II (undergrad.)
Instructor:
General Economics (Master)
Univeristy of Ioannina
Macroeconomics II (Undergrad.), Economic Growth (Undergrad.),
Economic Growth (Master)
Instructor:
University of
Macedonia
TA:
Mathematics for Economists (Master), Microeconomics II
(Master), Advanced Macroeconomics (Master)
Research Experience:
2009-2011
Research Fellow in the research Programme ”3-LENSUS, Lifelong
Learning Network for Sustainable Development” funded by the
European Union.
2008-2009
Research Fellow in the Research Programme “VCSE-Virtual
Campus for a Sustainable Europe” funded by the European
Union.
2005-2006
Research Fellow of the Research Program Pythagoras on Economic
Growth, funded by the European Union and the Greek Ministry of
Education.
2004-2005
Research Fellow of the Research Program Pythagoras on Economic
Growth and Environmental Policy, funded by the European Union
and the Greek Ministry of Education.
Honors:
2005
Excellence award by the State Agency for Scholarships (ΙΚΥ) for the
best overall study record in the second year of studies at the
interdisciplinary Master’s Programme in Economic Studies of the
University of Macedonia
2004
Excellence award by the State Agency for Scholarships (ΙΚΥ) for the
best overall study record in the first year of studies at the
interdisciplinary Master’s Programme in Economic Studies of the
University of Macedonia
Research Grants:
2011
2010
2009
Aristotle University Post Doctoral Research Grant
John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation Research Grant
University of Macedonia Research Committee Grant
Publications:
“Do Inada Conditions Imply that Production Function Must Be Asymptotically CobbDouglas? A Comment” Anastasia Litina and Theodore Palivos, Economics Letters 99
(2008), 498–499
R&R:
“Natural Land Productivity, Cooperation and Comparative Development” revision requested for
theJournal of Economic Growth
"Corruption,Tax Evasion and Social Values” with Theodore Palivos, revision requested of
the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Submitted papers:
“Great Expectations: The Persistent Effect of Institutions on Culture”
“Intergenerational Transmission of Environmental Traits” with Skerdi Zanaj and
Simone Moriconi
“Dissecting the Act of God: An Exploration of the Effect of Religion on Economic
Activity” with Jean-Francois Carpentier
“The Geographic Origins of State Formation” with Luisito Bertinelli
“Accounting for Long-Run Patterns in Labor Force Participation Rates” with Theodore Palivos
Working papers:
“Corruption and Environmental Policy: An Alternative Perspective” with Athanasios
Lapatinas and Eftichis Sartzetakis
“Population Aging and Innovation” with Andreas Irmen
“Public Versus Private Education: Is There a Role for Institutions?” with Pantelis
Kammas and Theodore Palivos
“A Dynamic Analysis of the Income-Pollution Relationship in a Multicountry Setting” with
Eleftherios Filippiadis
Work in Progress:
“War Made the State and the State Made War” with Luisito Bertinelli
“Population Aging and Immigration” with Andreas Irmen
Professional Activities:
Referee for Canadian Journal of Economics, Cliometrica, Economics Letters, Economic
Journal, International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of the
European Economic Association, Journal of Demographic Economics, Journal of
Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics Dynamics, Review of Economics and Institutions
Member of American Economic Association, Econometric Society, European Economic
Association, Royal Economic Society, European Public Choice Society
Presentations in Conferences:
2015
-AMEF: University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
2014
-Annual Meeting of the Association of Southern European Economic Theorists
(ASSET)*
-FRESH Meeting, University of Southern Denmark
-Deep Causes of Economic Development conference, Utrecht
-European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics
-Association for Public Economic Theory 
-Conference on Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics, Athens University of
Economics and Business
-IMAEF, University of Ioannina
-Warwick Summer Workshop in Economic Growth
-Venice Summer Institute: Demographic Change and Long Run Development
-Beta Workshop in Historical Economics
-Conference on Taxation, Social Norms and Compliance
2013
-NBER Summer Institute
-Deep Determinants of International Comparative Development, Brown University
-CAGE\CEPR Conference: Long-Run Growth: Unified Growth Theory and Economic
History, Warwick University

Presented by co-author.
-Conference on Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics, Athens University of
Economics and Business*
-European Economic Association
-Econometric Society Summer Meeting
2012
-Royal Economic Society, Cambridge University
-8th Beta Conference in Historical Economics, University of Strasbourg
-Conference on Intergenerational Transmission of Entrepreneurship, Occupations and
Cultural Traits in the process of long-run economic growth, Parthenope University of Naples
-Conference on Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics, Athens University of
Economics and Business
2011
-Royal Economic Society Conference, Royal Holloway
-Public Choice Society, University of Rennes
2010
-Association for Southern European Economic, University of Alicante 
-Taipei International Conference on Growth, Trade and Dynamics
2009
-IMAEF, University of Ioannina
-Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, Ischia
-Conference on Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics, Athens University of
Economics and Business
2008
-Econometric Society, North America Summer Meeting: Carnegie Mellon University
Invited Seminars:
2015
SEMILUX, Luxembourg
CREA, University of Luxembourg
2014
CEPS, Luxembourg
CREA, University of Luxembourg (2)
IRES, Louvain la Neuve
Copenhagen Business School
University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics
University of Southern Denmark

Presented by co-author.
2013
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Gothenburg
Copenhagen
Namur
Athens, Economics and Business
2012
IRES, Louvain-la-Neuve
School of Economics, Aix-Marseille
CREA, University of Luxembourg
University of Porto
Groningen University
2011
Namur University
Brown Macro Seminar, Brown University
2009
Athens University of Economics
University of Ioannina
2008
Athens University of Economics
Summer Schools:
2014
Summer School on Panel Data Analysis with B. Baltagi, University of Macedonia
2013
Econometrics Winter School, University of Porto
2011
The 2nd Jerusalem Summer School in Economic Growth, Minerva Growth Center,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2010
Esnie, European School on New Institutional Economics, Cargese Institute, Corsica
2008
-Barcelona LeeX Experimental Economics Summer School in Macroeconomics, June
9-13, University Pompeu Fabra
Other Academic Work:
-Translator for Growth Theory: An Exposition, by Robert M. Solow, University of
Macedonia Press.