Dimitri Vayanos is Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics, where he also directs the Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Finance Theory Group, a Research Fellow at CEPR and a former Director of its Financial Economics program, a Research Associate at NBER, a former Director and Managing Editor of the Review of Economic Studies, and a former Director of the American Finance Association. His research, published in leading economics and finance journals, such as Econometrica, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economic Studies, and the Review of Financial Studies, focuses on what drives financial market liquidity, why asset prices can deviate from assets’ fundamental values, and what the implications of imperfect financial markets are for asset management, financial regulation, monetary policy and the macroeconomy. He is a co-editor of the book “Beyond Austerity: Reforming the Greek Economy”, a member of the Pissarides Commission, tasked by the Greek government to develop a growth plan for Greece, a co-author of the European Safe Bonds (ESBies) proposal, and a Director of WWF Greece.

Research interests: the Greek financial system and the liks with the real economy; greek economic growth; environmental protection in Greece; the Greek public administration and the links with the political system.