Dr. PHOEBE KOUNDOURI CV, revised 10/03 University of Reading University College London School of Business Department of Economics & CSERGE Department of Economics Remax House Faculty of Letters & Social Sciences Gower Street PO Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, UK London WC1E 6BT, UK Tel.: +44 (0) 118 378 7862 Tel.: ++44 - (0)207 - 6795240 Fax: ++44 - (0)118 – 9750236 Fax: ++44 - (0)207 - 9162772 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] http://www.rdg.ac.uk/economics/koundouri.html http://www.econ.ucl.ac.uk/index.php http://www.cserge.ucl.ac.uk/Koundouris_CVweb.pdf MAIN AFFILIATION (TENURE, FULL-TIME POSITION) § LECTURER IN ECONOMICS, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF READING. OTHER AFFILIATIONS § SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND CSERGE/ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON. § MEMBER OF THE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ADVISORY TEAM (GW·MATE), GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP ASSOCIATED PROGRAM, THE WORLD BANK. http://www.worldbank.org/gwmate § CO-ORDINATOR OF ‘ARID CLUSTER’ OF EU PROJECTS, EUROPEAN COMMISSION 5TH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. http://www.arid-research.net PERSONAL DATA Date of birth: 30-05-1974 Nationality: Cypriot, UK Residency: UK Marital Status: Single EDUCATION CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Politics 1996-2000 Ph.D. Economics. Thesis Title: Three Approaches to Measuring Natural Resource Scarcity: Theory and Application to Groundwater. Supervisor: Prof. Paul Seabright Internal Examiner: Prof. David Newbery External Examiner: Prof. Ulph Alistair. 1995-1996 Ph.D. Course Work (MSc in Economics) – Fields: Microeconomic Theory and Applications, Optimal Control Theory and Applications, Econometrics, Environmental & Resource Economics. 1994-1995 MPhil Economics (Distinction) – Subjects: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Environmental and Resource Economics. Dissertation: “An Econometric Investigation in the Growth Experience of Malaysia”. LEICESTER UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences 1991-1994 BA Economics (1st Class Honors) – Ronald L. Meeks Prize Dissertation: “The Use of Economic Instruments Towards an Efficient Inland Water Management in Cyprus”. 1 Dr. PHOEBE KOUNDOURI CV, revised 10/03 HONOURS 2002 University of Reading, Pump-Priming Project Award. 1996 University of Cambridge, Peterhouse Scholarship for Academic Excellence 1996 University of Cambridge, Smuts Memorial Fund Scholarship 1996 Fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Society 1995-1997 Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Fees Scholarship 1995-1997 Overseas Research Student Award (ORS) 1994-1995 University of Cambridge, Friends of Peterhouse Bursary 1994 University of Leicester, Ronald L. Meeks Prize in Economics, awarded to the outstanding student of the Department of Economics, over the academic period 1991-1994. 1991-1994 University of Leicester, Economics Scholarship 1991-1994 Cyprus Government Scholarship for study in British Universities 1991 Development Bank Mathematics Award MAJOR FIELDS OF INTEREST · Theoretical Microeconomics · Applied Micro-Econometrics · Environmental and Resource Economics · Agricultural Economics · Public Economics · Optimal Control Theory and Applications OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS · Senior Research Fellow, Department of Economics and CSERGE (Centre for Socio- Economic Research on the Global Environment)/Economics, University College London. · Member of the Groundwater Management Advisory Team (GW·MATE), Global Water Partnership Associated Program, The World Bank. (The Team consists of the World Bank Task Manager, who is the leader of the Team, a hydrologists, a hydrogeologist, an engineer, a lawyer, and myself, the economist of the team). · Member of the Water Resource Management (WRM) Group on Economic Incentives, World Bank. · Research Fellow, Cyprus International Institute of Management. · Research Fellow, Aquatic Environments Research Centre, Department of Geography, School of Human and Environmental Sciences, University of Reading. · Research Fellow, Centre for Research in the Environment, Growth and Development, School of Business, University of Reading. · Research Fellow, Centre for Urban and Regional Econometrics, School of Business, University of Reading. · Research Fellow, Centre for Institutional Performance, School of Business, University of Reading. · Research Fellow, Centre for Euro-Asia Studies, School of Business, University of Reading. · Member, American Economic Association. · Member of the Econometric Society. · Member, American Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. · Member, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. · Member of Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge. · Fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Trust. · Member of Cambridge University Teachers Association. · Member of Cambridge Society – UK, Cyprus and Greek Branches 2 Dr. PHOEBE KOUNDOURI CV, revised 10/03 PUBLICATIONS AND WORKING PAPERS EDITED BOOKS 1. Koundouri, P., Pashardes, P., Swanson, T., and Xepapadeas, A., 2003. “Economics of Water Management in Developing Countries: Problems, Principles and Policies”. Edward-Elgar Publishers. ISBN: 184376122X 2. Koundouri, P. “The Micro-Econometrics of Demand and Supply Estimation: Theory and Applications to Water” Edward-Elgar Publishers (forthcoming 2004). ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS 3. Hadjispirou, S., Koundouri, P., and Pashardes, P., 2002. Household Demand and Welfare Implications of Water Pricing in Cyprus. Environment and Development Economics, 7(4): 659-685. 4. Koundouri, P., 2003. Groundwater and Economics, in “Groundwater”, edited by Luis Silveira, in Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK – invited paper (Also downloadable from http://www.eolss.net) 5. Koundouri, P. and Groom, B., 2003. Groundwater Management, in “Groundwater”, edited by Luis Silveira, in Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK – invited paper (Also downloadable from http://www.eolss.net) 6. Koundouri, P., and Pashardes, P., 2003. Hedonic Price Analysis and Selectivity Bias: Water Salinity and Demand for Land. Environmental and Resource Economics, 26 (1): 45-56. 7. Pearce, D., Groom, B., Hepburn, C., Koundouri, P., 2003. Valuing the Future: Recent Advances in Social Discounting. World Economics, 4(2): 121-141. 8. Groom, B., Hepburn, C., Koundouri, P., and Pearce, D., 2003. The Case for Declining Long-Term Discount Rates. Environmental and Resource Economics (forthcoming). 9. Koundouri, P., 2003. Current Issues in the Economics of Groundwater Resource Management. Journal of Economic Surveys (forthcoming). 10. Koundouri, P., 2003. The Potential for Groundwater Management: Gisser-Sanchez's Result Revised and Reconsidered. Water Resource Research (forthcoming). 11. Koundouri, P., and Xepapadeas, A., 2003. Measuring Natural Resource Scarcity: A Distance Function Approach. Water Resource Research (forthcoming). 12. Koundouri, P., and Xepapadeas, A., 2003. Introducing the Special Section on Groundwater Economics and Policy. Water Resource Research (forthcoming). 13. Koundouri, P., 2002. Book Review for ‘Economic Policy for the Environment and Natural Resources: Techniques for the Management and Control of Pollution’; edited by A. Xepapadeas, published in 1996 by Edward Elgar. Economia, 5(2). 3 Dr. PHOEBE KOUNDOURI CV, revised 10/03 14. Koundouri, P., and Groom, B., 2003. Book Review for ‘Sustainability and Endogenous Growth by Karen Pittel, published in 2003 by Edward Elgar’. Ecological Economics, (forthcoming). 15. Koundouri, P., and Groom, B., 2003. Book Review for ‘Economic Theory for the Environment: essays in honor of Karl-GoranMaler, by C. Kristrom, P. Dasgupta and Lofgren (eds.), published in 2002 by: Edward Elgar’. Ecological Economics, (forthcoming) CHAPTERS IN BOOKS 16. Groom, B., Koundouri, P., and Swanson, T., 2003. Integrated Resource Management in Cyprus: Introducing and Applying a New Methodology, in “Economics of Water Management in Developing Countries: Problems, Principles and Policies” (eds. P. Koundouri, P. Pashardes, T. Swanson and A. Xepapadeas), Edward-Elgar Publishers. ISBN: 184376122X 17. Groom, B., Koundouri, P., and T. Swanson, 2003. Efficient water allocation in Cyprus, in “The Economics of Water” (eds. R. Brouwer and D. Pearce), Kluwer: The Netherlands (forthcoming). 18. Howe, C., and Koundouri, P., 2003. The Economics of Water Management in Developing Countries Principles and Policies, in “Economics of Water Management in Developing Countries: Problems, Principles and Policies” (eds. P. Koundouri, P. Pashardes, T. Swanson and A. Xepapadeas), Edward-Elgar Publishers. ISBN: 184376122X 19. Koundouri, P., 2003. Contrasting Different Methodologies to Deriving Natural Resource Scarcity Rents, in “Economics of Water Management in Developing Countries: Problems, Principles and Policies” (eds. P. Koundouri, P. Pashardes, T. Swanson and A. Xepapadeas), Edward-Elgar Publishers. ISBN: 184376122X 20. Koundouri, P., 2003. Integrated Water Management: An Application in Cyprus, in “Microeconomic Policy and the Environment” (eds. A. Xepapadeas and Emanuel Petrakis), IMOP, Greece. [In Greek] 21. Koundouri, P., and Pashardes, P., 2002. Hedonic Price Analysis and Selectivity Bias, in “Economics of Water Resources, Theory and Policy” (eds. P. Pasharades, T. Swanson and A. Xepapadeas), Kluwer: The Netherlands, pp. 69-80. ISBN 1-4020- 0542-3 22. Koundouri, P., and Xepapadeas, A., 2003. A New Methodology to Measuring Groundwater Scarcity: