Dr. Petros Sekeris
Associate Professor
Teaching department :
Sustainable development management: economy, human resources and diversity
Contact :
Email: p.sekeris@montpellier-bs.com
Tel: +33 (0)4 67 10 25 64
site web: https://sites.google.com/view/petros-sekeris/home
Short bio
Dr. Petros Sekeris, Associate professor in Economics, joined Montpellier Business School in September 2016. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Namur (Belgium). Prior to joining the MBS, he was associate professor in Economics at the University of Portsmouth. He has a teaching experience in development economics, microeconomics, institutional economics, and international economics, amongst others. His research mostly employs game theoretical tools to analyze several different topics including development economics, institutional economics, conflicts, and industrial organization. His research is published in international journals such as RAND journal of economics, Journal of Public Economics, Public Choice, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and Journal of Comparative Economics.
Selected Intellectual Contributions
Menuet M. & Sekeris P.G. Forthcoming. Overconfidence in conflicts. Economic Inquiry.
Sekeris P.G. & van Ypersele T. Forthcoming. An economic analysis of violent crime. Revue d'Economie Politique.
Sekeris P.G. & Siqueira K. 2021. Payoff-increasing competition: Games with negative externalities. Review of Industrial Organization, 58: 455-474.
Melcki M. & Sekeris P.G. 2019. Media-driven polarization. Evidence from the US. Economics EJournal Articles, 13(2019-34).
Adam A. & Sekeris P.G. 2019. Guerre et paix : les vertus de l’indépendance du gouvernement et de l’armée. Revue Française d'Economie, 34(3): 3-21.
Dickson A., MacKenzie I. & Sekeris P.G. 2018. Rent-seeking incentives in share contests. Journal of Public Economics, 166: 53-62.
De Luca G., Sekeris P.G. & Spengler D. 2018. Can Violence Harm Cooperation? Experimental Evidence. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 90: 342-359.
De Luca G., Sekeris P.G. & Vargas J. 2018. Beyond divide-and-rule: weak dictators, natural resources, and civil conflict. European Journal of Political Economy, 53: 205-221.
Adam A. & Sekeris P.G. 2017. Self-containment: achieving peace in anarchic settings. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 61: 173-203.
Teaching
2019-2020: Introductory Microeconomics (Montpellier Business School)
2019-2020: Introductory Mathematics (Montpellier Business School)
2019-2020: Business Economics (Montpellier Business School)
2017-19: Intermediate Macroeconomics (Montpellier Business School)
2017-19: International Trade (Montpellier Business School)
2016-17: Macroeconomics (Montpellier Business School)
Prior to joining Montpellier Business School: Microéconomie (U. de Namur), Gouvernance et Dévelopement (U. de Namur), Principes d'Economie (U. de Namur), International Economics (U. of Portsmouth), Development Economics (U. of Namur)
