Chrysa’s Papalexatou research focuses on European Political Economy, on issues of economic inequality, monetary integration, banking, housing, and public policy. In her PhD thesis she investigated the relationship between the Euro adoption, wealth and income inequality outcomes. In her postdoctoral research project at the Hellenic Observatory, LSE she examined the evolution of the bank-state ties in Greece during the Economic Adjustment Programmes. Before conducting her PhD studies at the LSE’s European Institute, she studied Economics (BSc) and Politics and Economics of South Eastern Europe (Master’s) at the University of Macedonia (Greece). She also worked for two years in the Greek banking sector at the National Bank of Greece. She has taught courses at the LSE and at the University of Macedonia on various topics including, International and European Political Economy, Monetary Integration, Inequality and Capitalism, and Public Policy.
Chrysa Papalexatou
Research Fellow, Greek and European Economy Observatory
In focus - Housing cost for tenants and owners in the EU
September 14, 2023
In focus - Electricity prices in Greece and in the EU
September 7, 2023
In focus - Energy prices are falling in Europe
July 27, 2023
In focus - Minimum wages in the EU countries
June 22, 2023
In focus - EU budget: How is it allocated?
May 25, 2023
In focus - Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU
April 27, 2023
In focus - The digital performance of European member states
April 20, 2023
In focus - The profit-price spiral
March 30, 2023
Inflation erodes the purchasing power of wages
March 23, 2023
In focus - Europeans support the common currency
March 9, 2023
In focus - Where will Europe import diesel from after the embargo?
February 23, 2023
In focus - Global foreign exchange reserves: Recent developments
February 2, 2023
In focus - Critical raw materials: Is Europe lagging behind?
January 26, 2023
In focus - European oil imports: Recent developments
January 19, 2023
In focus - Recent changes in the EU’s imports of natural gas
January 12, 2023
European exports of goods and services to Russia in the last decade
December 30, 2022
In focus - Imports of goods and services from the US to the EU
December 22, 2022
In focus - European exports of goods and services to the US
December 15, 2022
In focus - Imports of services from China to the EU
December 8, 2022
In focus - EU’s exports of services to China
December 1, 2022
In focus - EU imports from China
November 25, 2022
In focus - China as a destination for goods "Made in EU"
November 18, 2022
In focus - Equality between women and men in Greece and in the EU
November 11, 2022
In focus - Variable and fixed rate housing loans in EMU
October 27, 2022
In focus - Rents and house prices in Greece and in the EU
October 21, 2022
In focus - Non-wage costs in Greece and the EU
October 14, 2022
In focus - Inflation and Wage costs
October 7, 2022
The challenges of the EU housing market – Chrysa Papalexatou
September 14, 2023
How safe are European bonds considered? - Chrysa Papalexatou
February 2, 2023
Health systems’ post-pandemic plight – Chrysa Papalexatou
January 19, 2023
"The Inequality of Inflation" - Chrysa Papalexatou
January 5, 2023
De-globalization or a changing globalization? - Chrysa Papalexatou
November 24, 2022
The pandemic and the "maternity wage penalty" - Chrysa Papalexatou
November 10, 2022
"Trickle down" economics: a controversial idea - Chrysa Papalexatou
October 13, 2022