VAHE LSKAVYAN
ADDRESS:
Department of Economics Tel: (740) 593-2035
Bentley Annex Fax: (314) 593-0181
Ohio University Email: lskavyan@ohio.edu
Athens, OH 45701
WORK EXPERIENCE:
• Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Ohio University, Sept. 2005 - present
• Associate Economist, Bank Supervision and Regulation Unit, Federal Reserve Bank,
St. Louis, Missouri, Oct. 2004 – July 2005
• Instructor and Graduate Teaching Assistant, Washington University, 2000-2004
• Instructor, Anglo-American College in Prague, Czech Republic, 1996, 1998-1999
• Research Assistant, CERGE and the Economics Institute, Academy of Sciences, Czech
Republic, 1996-1998
EDUCATION:
• Ph.D., Economics, Washington University (2005)
• Graduate Certificate, New Institutional Social Sciences, Washington University (2004)
• M.A., Economics, Washington University (2001)
• Graduate coursework in economics, CERGE, Charles University, Prague, Czech
Republic (1994-1996)
• MBA coursework, American University of Armenia (1992-1993)
• BA, Engineering, Polytechnic Institute, Armenia (1992)
DISSERTATION:
Title: “Essays on Asymmetric Information, Ownership and Governance”
Committee: Marcus Berliant (Chair), Lee Benham, Charles Moul, Itai Sened
AREAS OF INTEREST: Industrial Organization, Corporate Finance and Governance,
Applied Microeconomics
PUBLICATIONS:
• “Host Country’s Governance and the Size of Foreign Investors”, with Mariana
Spatareanu, accepted in Economics Letters
• “A Rational Choice Explanation for Stalin’s Great Terror,” Economics and Politics,
Vo. 19, No. 2, 2007
• “Ownership Concentration, Market Monitoring and Performance: Evidence from the
UK, the Czech Republic and Poland,” with Mariana Spatareanu, Journal of Applied
Economics, IX (1), May 2006
• “Multiple Shareholder Control as a Signaling Mechanism”, Economics Bulletin, 7(2),
2006
• “Basel II Will Trickle Down to Community Bankers, Consumers”, with W. R.
Emmons and T. J. Yeager, The Regional Economist, The Federal Reserve Bank of St.
Louis, April 2005
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WORKING PAPERS AND WORK IN PROGRESS:
• “Ownership Concentration and FDI”, with Mariana Spatareanu, submitted
• “Tolerance for Shirking in Exchange for Loyalty”, with Vardges Melkonyan,
submitted
• “US Regime Change and World Democracy”, work in progress
• “Firm Governance and Investment in Workplace Safety”, work in progress
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
• “The Great Purge – A Senseless Act or an Incentive Mechanism?” in CaucasUS
Context, Issue # 2, 2003
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION:
Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 2008 (forthcoming),
Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, San-Antonio, February 2008
(forthcoming), Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Special Ph.D.
Student Paper Sessions, New Orleans, October 2004, Midwest Economic Association
Meetings, St. Louis, Missouri, March 2003, Missouri Economics Conference, Columbia,
Missouri, April 2002, April 2003, International Research Workshop, CNISS, Washington
University, May 2003
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS:
• Dissertation Fellowship, Washington University (2004-2005)
• Competitive summer research grant, Washington University (Summer 2004)
• Center for New Institutional Social Sciences, Washington University, Summer
Fellowship (2001-2003)
• Washington University Fellowship (1999-2000)
• Dean’s List, American University of Armenia (Summer 1993)
COMPUTER SKILLS: MS Word, Excel, Stata, Eviews, SAS
LANGUAGES: Fluent in English, Russian, Armenian (native); good knowledge of
Czech
REFEREE: Journal of the Japanese and International Economics
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