Gieorgios P. Kouretas
Affiliate Research Fellow
Education
1985 – 1988: Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Birmingham, U.K.
1983 – 1985: Master of Arts in Economics (International Economics, Econometrics) from Wayne State University, U.S.A
1981 – 1983: Master of Arts in Economics (Public Finance) from the University of Notre Dame, U.S.A.
1977 – 1981: Graduate of the Economics Department of the University of Piraeus, Greece.
Research Areas
International Banking & Finance, European Financial Markets & Monetary Problems, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics
Teaching Areas
International Banking, International Finance, International Economics, Economics of Financial Markets
Centre of European Studies and Research at the University of Crete (November 2004-February 2006). He has over 100 publications in refereed international journals and collective volumes, numerous contributions in international conferences, he has acted as referee for international journals in economics and finance and he has been co-organizer of several international conferences, workshops and summer schools. He is co-organizer of the internationally recognized for their high quality Annual Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance and Advanced Summer School in Economics and Econometrics. Invited speaker to a large number of leading universities such as: University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, London School of Economics, London Business School, Warwick Business School, Michigan State University, University of Michigan, European University Institute, University of Bern, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Luxemburg, Free University of Amsterdam as well as Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, National Bank of Poland and Central Bank of Cyprus. Furthermore, he is Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Asymmetries and Panoeconomicus and he has acted as guest editor for high quality international journals in economics and finance, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Financial Stability, Economic Modelling, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Banking and Finance, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Review of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Open Economies Review and Journal of Common Market Studies. He has been the coordinator of the Human Capital Improvement Marie Curie Development Host Programme at the Department of Economics of the University of Crete (2000-2007) and he participates in a large number of European and Greek funded research projects. His main research interests are: Banking, International finance, European financial markets and monetary issues, international money and capital markets, open economy macroeconomics, portfolio management, financial management, applied econometrics and quantitative economic history.
“Bank-firm relationships in the post-crisis era: Guest editorial”, Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2019 (with Athanasios Papadopoulos), forthcoming.
“Editorial of the special issue on Monetary and Fiscal Policy Stabilization amid a Debt Crisis”, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2018 (with Athanasios P. Papadopoulos), forthcoming.
“The Relevance of the monetary model for the Euro/USD exchange rate determination: a long run perspective”, Open Economies Review, 28, 2017 (with Dimitris A. Georgoutsos), forthcoming.
“Financial crisis and Tobin Taxation: an event analysis”, International Review of Financial Analysis, 53, 12-24, 2017 (with Th. Bratis and N.T. Laopodis).
“Saving, investment and capital mobility in EU member countries: A panel data analysis of the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle”, Applied Economics, 2017, (with Anastassios A. Drakos and Prodromos Vlamis), forthcoming.
“Editorial of the special issue on Debt, taxation, economic activity and financial variables, Economic Change and Restructuring, 50, 189-191, 2017 (with Athanasios P. Papadopoulos), forthcoming.
“Monetary policy and long-term interest rate spreads dynamics: evidence from Eurozone”, Financial Review, 2017 (with Th. Bratis and N.T. Laopodis), forthcoming.
“Editorial of the special issue on Global Economy: Future financial and macro challenges”, Journal of International Money and Finance, 73, 249-251, 2017 (with A. P. Papadopoulos).
“Financial integration and international capital mobility in the EU member countries: Evidence from panel cointegration tests”, International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2017 (with A. Drakos, L. Zarangas, S. Stavroyiannis), forthcoming.
“Is the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle still with us? National saving-investment dynamics and international capital mobility: A panel data analysis across EU member countries”, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 47, 76-88, 2017 (with A. Drakos, L. Zarangas and S. Stavroyiannis).
Since 2017: Adjunct Professor of Banking and Finance, Luxembourg School of Finance, University of Luxembourg
Since 2016: Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Programme on Banking of the Hellenic Open University
2015 – 2016: Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Programme on Banking and Finance of the Open University of Cyprus.
Since 2014: Senior Research Professor, IPAG Business School, Paris, France.
2014 – 2016: Adjunct Professor in the MBA Programme of the Hellenic Open University.
2011 – 2014: Coordinator and Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Programme on Banking of the Hellenic Open University.