Studies

He holds BSc. Applied Informatics in Economics from University of Macedonia of Thessaloniki, MSc. Project Analysis Finance and Investment from University of York UK, and a PhD on “Performance analysis of an international diversified portfolio composed by bonds, stocks and currencies” from University of Macedonia.

Experience - Academic Positions

During 1999-2003 he was CEO of the Greek brokerage company Finaccor Analysis. He joined the Department of Economics at University of Thessaly in 2005 as a Lecturer. He was Professor in Economics of Money & Banking, in the Department of Economics at the University of Thessaly for 21 years. He was director of the MSc Program in Applied Economics at the University of Thessaly for two years (2018-2020). Currently he is Professor in Macroeconomic Monetary Theory and Economics of Banking, in the Department of Economics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

He has significant teaching experience, more than 21 years, in undergraduate and postgraduate levels in International Banking and Finance, Investment Appraisal, Monetary Policy and Theory, Banking Strategies and Portfolio Management courses. He teaches relevant courses at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and Hellenic Open University. He participates in national and international research projects (e.g. PHARE, EUSECON, THALIS) and his writing and speaking skills in English and French are very good. Currently he serves as the Co-Editor of the Bulletin of Economics Journal.

Research interests

His research interests include macroeconomics, monetary policy, banking, capital markets, and behavioural financial economics. Recently have been focused on the effect on unconventional monetary policy measures on foreign exchange, money and capital markets.

Publications - Conferences

 He is the author of three textbooks in Greek:

1. Portfolio Management: A contemporary approach, Gutenberg Editions, Athens 2009.
2. Introduction to Banking and Capital Markets, Utopia Editions, Volos 2014 with C. Siriopoulos.
3. Principles of Investment Appraisal: Α Financial and Socioeconomic Approach E-book 2015 with C. Siriopoulos.
4. Investment Analysis in Money and Capital Markets: With Applications in Python and Excel, Broken Hill Publishers Ltd, 2024, co-authored with Prof. A. Fassas.

Moreover, his works have been included in collective volumes, he participated as instructor in more than 45 conferences, he made the editing in 4 academic books in Greek, and he has published over 110 papers in academic peer-reviewed international journals. More specifically, his papers has been published in high quality academic international journals such as  Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of International Money and Finance, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, International Review of Financial Analysis, European Journal of Finance, International Review of Economics & Finance, European Journal of Political Economy, Southern Economic Journal, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Business Ethics, Eastern European Economics, Managerial Finance, Applied Financial Economics, Applied Economic Letters, Research in International Business and Finance, and many others.

Publications in the following link:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZidYwiQAAAAJ&hl=el&oi=ao