Hello! My name is Vaios and I am a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Cornell University.

My research interests are broadly in the fields of environmental economics, labor economics, and political economy.

I am an engineer by training; I hold a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from Harvard University and a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

You will find a copy of my CV here.

Publications

Working papers

The non-green effects of going green: Local environmental and economic consequences of lithium extraction in Chile

(with Leonardo Peñaloza-Pacheco and Gonzalo Martínez)

[Latest version] [CAF Working paper]

Works in progress

Lost in the green transition: Workers' foregone earnings during the coal plant phase-out in Germany