Simonas Algirdas Spurga
PhD candidate, lecturer
Research groups
Research group in political economy
Research areas
Political economy
Additional info
saspurga@gmail.com
Simonas Algirdas Spurga is a lecturer and a PhD candidate at Vilnius University, Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS VU). In 2017, Simonas graduated with a MSc in Political Science and Political Economy at the London School of Economics (Distinction). In 2015, Simonas graduated the IIRPS VU BA program in Political Science (Diploma Cum Laude). During his PhD studies, he completed a research visit at University of Geneva, Switzerland. Simonas also works at the Bank of Lithuania. In 2021-23, he worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), US.
Courses taught
Principles of Economics
Research interests
Comparative political economy
Varieties of capitalism (VoC)
Growth models
Publications
Kuokštis, Vytautas; Muhammad Asali; Simonas Algirdas Spurga (2022), “Labor market flexibility and exchange rate regimes”, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, Volume 75. Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2022.102205
Spurga, Simonas Algirdas (2022), “A new perspective on the diversity of capitalism”. Knygos recenzija. European Political Science, Volume 21, p. 332–334. Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41304-021-00352-8
Spurga, Simonas Algirdas, Emilė Šreiberytė (2021), "Joint Debt Arrangements in EMU: From NextGenEU to Eurobonds", Occasional Paper Series, Bank of Lithuania, No. 37 / 2021. Link: https://www.lb.lt/en/reviews-and-publications/category.85/series.140#item_d_5344
Spurga, Simonas Algirdas, Vytautas Kuokštis ir Ramūnas Vilpišauskas (2021), „Lietuvos narystė euro zonoje: patirtis ir dilemos“. Knyga: Gediminas Vitkus (sud.), Lietuvos narystė Europos Sąjungoje: patirtys, tendencijos, refleksijos, Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2021, pp. 64-107. ISBN 978-609-07-0658-9.
Spurga, Simonas Algirdas (2020), Ch. “Latvia” and Ch. “Lithuania”. In: Variations of Market Economy: Comparative Study of 16 Countries of the Region, ed. by Prof. Krzysztof Jasiecki (University of Warsaw), published by China-CEE Institute Nonprofit Ltd., Budapest, p. 147-193. ISSN: 978-615-6124-35-7. Link: https://china-cee.eu/2020/12/21/central-and-eastern-europe-30-years-of-capitalism-1989-2019/
