Curriculum Vitae

Date: August 2020

Name: Dimitrios I. Diamantaras

EDUCATION, UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE:

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Economics 1984‒1988, 1988, Ph.D.
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Economics, 1984‒1987, 1987, M.A.
Athens School of Economics and Business Science, Athens, Greece, Economics, 1981‒1983, 1983, M.A.
University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Economics, 1976‒1981, 1981, B.S.

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION:

Dissertation entitled Public Goods, Equity, Regularity, and Uncertainty, July 1988, Advisor: William Thomson. Dissertation Committee Members: Jeffrey S. Banks and Lionel W. McKenzie. 

POSITIONS HELD:

Temple University, Associate Professor of Economics, 1994 to date.
Temple University, Assistant Professor of Economics, 1988 to 1994.

PUBLICATIONS:

ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS PUBLISHED:

  1. Robert P. Gilles, Marialaura Pesce, and Dimitrios Diamantaras, “The Provision of Collective Goods through a Social Division of Labour”,  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 178 (2020) 287–312.
  2. Dimitrios Diamantaras and Robert P. Gilles, “Ambiguity, Social Opinion and the Use of Common Property Resources”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011, vol. 80:210‒222; appeared online on April 6, 2011. Previous title: “Public Opinion and the Tragedy of the Commons”, 2008.
  3. Robert P. Gilles, Tabitha James, Reza Barkhi and Dimitrios Diamantaras, “Simulating Social Network Formation: A Case-Based Decision Theoretic Model”, International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking, October-December 2009, 1(4): 1-20.
  4. Robert P. Gilles and Dimitrios Diamantaras, “New Classical Economics: Toward a New Paradigm for Economics?”, Division of Labour and Transaction Costs, June 2005, 1/1:35‒56.
  5. Dimitrios Diamantaras and Robert P. Gilles, “On the Microeconomics of Specialization”. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, October 2004, 55/2: 223‒236.
  6. Robert P. Gilles, Dimitrios Diamantaras, and Pieter H.M. Ruys, “Optimal Design of Trade Institutions,” former version titled “Valuation, Efficiency and Cores in Economies with Costly Trade,” joint with Robert Gilles and Pieter H.M. Ruys, Review of Economic Design, December 2003, 8: 269‒292.
  7. Robert P. Gilles and Dimitrios Diamantaras, “To Trade or Not to Trade: Economies with a Variable Number of Tradeables,” International Economic Review, August 2003, 44: 1173─1204.
  8. Robert P. Gilles and Dimitrios Diamantaras, “Linear cost sharing in economies with non-Samuelsonian public goods: core equivalence,” Social Choice and Welfare, January 1998, 15: 121‒139.
  9. Dimitrios Diamantaras and Robert P. Gilles, “The pure theory of public goods: efficiency, decentralization, and the core,” International Economic Review, November 1996, 851‒860.
  10. Dimitrios Diamantaras, Robert P. Gilles, and Suzanne Scotchmer, “Decentralization of Pareto optima in economies with public projects, nonessential private goods and convex costs,” Economic Theory, October 1996, 555‒564.
  11. John Conley and Dimitrios Diamantaras, “Generalized Samuelson conditions and welfare theorems for nonsmooth economies,” Journal of Public Economics, 59 (1996) 137‒152.
  12. Dimitrios Diamantaras and Simon Wilkie, “On the set of Pareto efficient allocations in economies with public goods,” Economic Theory, 7 (1996) 371‒379.
  13. Dimitrios Diamantaras and Simon Wilkie, “A generalization of Kaneko’s ratio equilibrium for economies with private and public goods,” Journal of Economic Theory, 62 (1994) 499‒512.
  14. Dimitrios Diamantaras, “Regular public good economies,” Journal of Mathematical Economics, 21 (1992) 523‒542.
  15. Dimitrios Diamantaras, “Generic existence of rational expectations Lindahl equilibria,” International Economic Review 33 (1992) 513‒523.
  16. Dimitrios Diamantaras, “On equity with public goods,” Social Choice and Welfare 9 (1992) 141‒157.
  17. Dimitrios Diamantaras, “Envy-free and efficient allocations in large public good economies,” Economics Letters 36 (1991) 227‒232.
  18. Dimitrios Diamantaras and William Thomson, “A refinement and extension of the no-envy concept,” Economics Letters 33 (1990) 217‒222.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Dimitrios Diamantaras, Robert P. Gilles and Pieter H.M. Ruys, “Decentralization in economies with costly trade: the public project approach to transaction costs,” in L.A. Bokuts, S.S. Kutateladze, and M.M. Lawrentev (editors), Syberian Conference on Applied and Industrial Mathematics: Sobolov Institute of Mathematics, PAN, 1997, 306─315.

TEXTBOOKS PUBLISHED:

Dimitrios Diamantaras, Emina I. Cardamone, Karen A. Campbell, Scott Deacle and Lisa A. Delgado, A Toolbox for Economic Design, Palgrave Macmillan, March 2009, viii + 292 pages. A graduate and advanced undergraduate level textbook written with four Temple University Economics graduate students as coauthors.

OTHER WORKS PUBLISHED:

  1. Dimitrios Diamantaras, review of An Introduction to the Theory of Mechanism Design by Tilman Börgers, Journal of Economic Literature,54 (June 2016), pp. 589-591, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jel.54.2.589.r1.
  2. Dimitrios Diamantaras, review of Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius, by Sylvia Nasar, Journal of Economic Psychology, 33 (2012), 435-436.
  3. Dimitrios Diamantaras, review of Cooperative Microeconomics: A Game-Theoretic Introduction, by Hervé Moulin, Southern Economic Journal, April 1998, 1012─1016.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:

  1. Social Opinion and the Use of Common Property Resources, joint with Robert P. Gilles, Economics Research Seminar, Villanova University, October 2009. Local research seminar near Philadelphia.
  2. Public Opinion and the Tragedy of the Commons, joint with Robert P. Gilles, 9th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, June 2008. International.
  3. Cultures and Output, joint with Charles Swanson, Economics Research Seminar, Drexel University, November 17, 2004. Local research seminar in Philadelphia.
  4. “On the Microeconomics of Specialization” (old title “Specialization Results for the Consumer-Producer Problem”), joint with Robert P. Gilles, April 2002, presented at the Sixth International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare in Pasadena, CA, in July 2002. International.
  5. “Nash Implementation of Valuation Equilibrium,” joint with Simon Wilkie, presented in the 2001 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, College Park, Maryland, June 2001. National.
  6. “Optimal design of trade institutions in a service economy,” joint with Robert P. Gilles and Pieter H.M. Ruys, presented in the Southeast Economic Theory Conference, Georgetown University, November 1999. Regional.
  7. “Pricing in economies with a variable number of commodities,” joint with Robert P. Gilles, presented in the North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, New Orleans, January 1997 and in the Public Choice Society Meetings, San Francisco, March 1997. National.
  8. “Valuation, efficiency and cores in economies with costly trade,” joint with Robert P. Gilles and Pieter H.M. Ruys, presented in the Public Choice Society Meetings, Houston, TX, April 1996. National.
  9. “Public aspects of trade infrastructures in large economies,” joint with Robert P. Gilles and Pieter Ruys, presented in the 1994 North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, Boston, MA, January 1994. National.
  10. “Efficiency in economies with a public project,” February 1993 (rev.: June 1993), joint with Robert P. Gilles, presented in the Public Finance Seminar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, April 1993. Research seminar in Urbana-Champaign.
  11. “Equitable allocations in economies with local public goods,” presented in the Ohio State Edwin Smart Symposium on Game Theory, 1990 and in a Micro Theory seminar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 1991. Regional.
  12. “A generalization of Kaneko’s ratio equilibrium for economies with private and public goods,” joint with Simon Wilkie, presented as “Ratio equilibrium in the presence of many private goods” in the Midwest Mathematical Economics Conference at Urbana-Champaign, November 1990, and in the Cost Sharing Workshop at Stony Brook, July 1991. Regional.
  13. “Envy-free and efficient allocations in large public good economies,” presented in the Ohio State Edwin Smart Symposium on Game Theory, summer 1989. Regional.
  14. “Regular public good economies,” presented in the Econometric Society North American Winter Meetings, New York, December 1988. National.
  15. “Generic existence of rational expectations Lindahl equilibrium,” presented in the Midwest Mathematical Economics Conference at Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA, October 1988. Regional.
  16. “Platform Competition as Network Contestability”, “Culture as Organizational Capital in Economic Growth”, “The pure theory of public goods,” “Efficiency in economies with a public project,” “Equitable allocations in economies with local public goods,” “A generalization of Kaneko’s ratio equilibrium for economies with private and public goods,” “Envy-free and efficient allocations in large public good economies,” “Regular public good economies” and “Strict No-Envy, the Consistency Principle, and Public Competitive Equilibria in Economies with Public Goods,” presented in the Economics Department Workshop at Temple University.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS:

“Inequality and Growth as Measured by the Human Development Index”, by Olena Berchuk (economics 4+1 student) and Dimitrios Diamantaras.

TEACHING

COURSES TAUGHT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS:

  • Economics Inequality (WI), ECON 3698, Spring 2019
  • Economic Writing Seminar (undergraduate capstone), ECON 3598, Spring 2018
  • Cooperative Experience in Economics (undergraduate internship course), ECON 3581, Spring 2018
  • Mathematics for Economists II (PhD), ECON 9101, Spring 2017, Spring 2013
  • Economic Inequality, under Special Topics in Economics (Undergraduate), ECON 3580, Spring 2017
  • Microeconomic Analysis (MA/PhD), ECON 8001, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
  • Mathematics for Economists I (MA/PhD), ECON 8003, Fall 2016, Fall 2013
  • Economic Theory of Networks, (Undergraduate) ECON 3522, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
  • Microeconomic Principles, (Principles) ECON 1102/1902, Fall 2015
  • Mechanism Design Theory, under Advanced Topics in Economics (MA/PhD), ECON 8190, Spring 2015
  • Macroeconomic Principles (Principles), ECON 1101/1901, Fall 2014
  • Intermediate Microeconomics (Undergraduate), ECON 3501, Fall 2014, Spring 2014

SPECIAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE:

  • Named Outstanding Graduate Teacher of the Year by the Department of Economics, Temple University, 2013

DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED:

  • Shu Deng, Temple University, May 2014, PhD. Three Essays on Industrial Organization and International Economics.
  • Jerry Hionis, Jr., Temple University, June 2013, PhD. Non-Parasitic Warlords and Geographical Distance.
  • Luke A. Tilley, Temple University, November 2011, PhD. Dynamic Energy Models and Carbon Mitigation Policies.
  • Brent M. Edelman, Temple University, May 2010, PhD. Classroom Peer Effects, Effort, and Race.
  • Emina I. Cardamone, Temple University, April 2010, PhD. Games of Charitable Giving.
  • Lisa A. Delgado, Temple University, May 2009, PhD. Matching Market for Skills.
  • Karen A. Campbell, Temple University, May 2008, PhD. Towards a General Theory of Entrepreneurial Behavior. This dissertation was awarded a prize for an exceptional dissertation by the Economics Department in 2008.
  • Jeffrey S. Coons, Temple University, 1996, PhD. Necessary Conditions and Sufficient Conditions for an Informationally Efficient Equilibrium.

MASTER’S AND DOCTORAL COMMITTEE SERVICE

  • Julie Ragatz, Temple University, Philosophy Department, 2019 Ph.D., “The Eclipse of Institutionalism? An Investigation into the Formation of Consensus Around Neoclassical Economics in the 1950s”.
  • Lulei Song, Temple University, 2018, PhD. “Three Essays on Money and Banking”.
  • Neals Frage, Temple University, 2007, PhD. “Market Structure and the Relationship Between Foreign Direct Investment and Exports”.
  • Gregory Green, Temple University, 1997, PhD. “Game Theoretic Analysis of Intraindustry Trade”.
  • John A. Aloysius, Temple University, 1996, PhD. “The Selection of Joint Projects by a Consortium”.

SERVICE

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION:

  • Chaired the session “Auction Theory II” in the 2001 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, College Park, Maryland, June 2001.
  • Was a discussant in all Econometric Society conferences listed above.
  • Member of the Board of Editors of the Journal of Public Economic Theory (1998 to September 1999).
  • Referee for Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Economic Theory, Social Choice and Welfare, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Public Economics, International Economic Review, Journal of Economics and Business, Mathematical Social Sciences, Games and Economic Behavior, Review of Economic Design. (From 1988 to the present.)

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY:

  • Mathematical Economics program advisor in the Economics Department (program is jointly run by CST and CLA)
  • Member, Temple University Graduate Board, 2003─2009.

SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE:

  • CLA representative faculty senator, 2015–2017.

SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT:

  • Was honored with the Distinguished Service Award by a faculty member by the Economics Department in May 2019.
  • Omicron Delta Epsilon International Honor Society advisor for Temple University 2017–present. Helped organize the first of the annual Economics Nobel Prize Lectures, which was given by Professor Swanson in October 2018 and Conducted a successful recruitment campaign in 2019 that increased the size of the Temple chapter significantly.
  • Created the website Economics at Temple and worked with colleagues and work-study students to populate it with articles on the achievements of department faculty, students, and alumni.
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Economics Department, 1995–1997 and 2015–2017.
  • Chair, Department of Economics Special Recruitment Committee, May–July 2010.
  • Member, Department of Economics Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2011–present.
  • Member, Department of Economics Executive Committee, 2009─2010, 2012-13, 2013-17.
  • Member, Department of Economics Personnel Committee, 2009─2010.
  • Economics Department Webmaster, 2008─present. During 2012-13, worked on a complete redesign of the departmental Website.
  • Member, Economics Department Technology Committee, 2009─present.
  • Member, Economics Department Working Papers committee, 2010─present.
  • Chair, Department of Economics Hiring Committee, 2007─2010.
  • Member, Department of Economics Hiring Committee, 2006─2007, 2010─2011.
  • Member, Department of Economics Hiring Committee, 1988─1990.
  • Member and Secretary, Department of Economics Graduate Affairs Committee, 1989─1991, 1992─1994; member 1994─present.
  • Department of Economics Graduate Placement Advisor, 1990─1998.
  • School of Business and Management Promotion and Tenure Committee, 8 1995─2001.
  • School of Business and Management representative faculty senator, 1993─1996.