George Nikolakoudis

I am a Saieh Family Fellow at the University of Chicago's Becker Friedman Institute for the 2025-2026 academic year.

I study how organizational and informational frictions shape macroeconomic fluctuations and how household heterogeneity influences aggregate outcomes.

I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 2025. My full CV can be found here and you can contact me at nikolakoudis@uchicago.edu.

Working Papers (Alphabetical)

"Incomplete Information in Production Networks." Paper. January 2025.

"Price Level and Inflation Dynamics in Heterogeneous Agent Economies," with Greg Kaplan and Giovanni L. Violante. Paper, Non-Technical Summary. February 2026. Revise and resubmit, Econometrica.

"Prices vs. Quantities: A Macroeconomic Analysis," with Joel P. Flynn and Karthik Sastry. Paper. October 2024.

"Pricing and Production Without The Invisible Hand," with Joel P. Flynn and Karthik Sastry. Paper, SSRN Link. February 2026.

"Quick-Fixing: Near-Rationality in Consumption and Savings Behavior," with Peter Andre, Joel P. Flynn, and Karthik Sastry. Paper, SSRN Link. September 2025.

"The Economics of Segmented Housing Markets." Paper, SSRN Link. May 2024.

Publications

"A Theory of Supply Function Choice and Aggregate Supply," with Joel P. Flynn and Karthik Sastry. American Economic Review, 2026, 116 (2): 710-48. Publisher's Link, Paper, SSRN Link.

Works in Progress

"An Assignment Model Approach to the Labor Share", with Narek Alexanian and Lukas Mann.

"Informational Gravity," with Elena Aguilar.