EDUCATION
Ph.D., 1992, Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign,
USA.
M.Sc., 1991, Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, USA.
M.A., 1987, Economics, Florida Atlantic University, USA.
B.A., 1986, Economics, Graduate Industrial School of Thessaloniki, Greece.
DISSERTATION TITLE
"Experience in the Application of Unit Roots and Fractional Difference Models and Tests"
DISSERTATION CHAIRPERSON
Professor Paul Newbold
AREAS OF INTEREST
Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance, Macroeconomics and Industrial Organization.
GRADUATE LEVEL
Summer 2001: Instructor, as Visiting Professor, in Time Series
Econometrics, Master of Science in Policy Economics, University of Illinois
at Urbana - Champaign, USA.
1995-2002: Instructor in Managerial Economics, Master of Business Administration
Program, University of Piraeus, Greece.
1991-1992: Instructor in Statistics and Applied Econometrics, Master of Science
in Policy Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, USA.
1991-1992: Instructor in Macroeconomics Policy in Developing Countries, two
summer semesters, Master of Science in Policy Economics, University of Illinois
at Urbana - Champaign, USA.
UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
Summer 2001: Instructor, as Visiting Professor, in Microeconomics,
Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, USA.
1994-2000: Instructor in Economics and Econometrics, Department of Economics,
University of Piraeus, Greece.
1989-1991: Teaching Assistant in Statistics, Department of Economics, University
of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, USA. Responsible for the entire course. Administrative
Assistant, Fall 1990 to Spring 1991.
1987-1989: Teaching Assistant in Principles of Economics, Department of Economics,
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, USA. Responsible for teaching
quiz sections and for all grading. Administrative Assistant, Spring 1989.
1986-1987: Teaching Assistant in Principles of Economics, Department of Economics,
Florida Atlantic University, USA.
PUBLISHED PAPERS
"An Alternative Approach for Selecting TS vs. DS Processes
Using the Nelson and Plosser Time Series", 2001, SPOUDAI, 51, 3-12.
"Internet as a tool of growth of e-commerce in Greece" with N Georgopoulo
and J. Pollalis, 2000, SPOUDAI, 50, 140-158.
"A selective Review on the Issue of Testing for a Unit Autoregressive Root",
1999, SPOUDAI, 49, 14-32.
"A Note on the Unit Root Test Based on the Sample Autocorrelations",
1996, SPOUDAI, 46, 97-106.
"The balance between size and power in Dickey-Fuller tests with data-dependent
rules for the choice of truncation lag", with Paul Newbold, 1996, Economics
Letters, 52, 229-234.
"Interconnection Charges, Substitutability and Network Externalities",
with Demetrius Yannelis, 1996, DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FUR WIRTSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG,
VIERTELJAHRSHEFT 4·96, Special Issue - The Regulation of Utilities, 441-444,
DUNCKER & HUMBLOT: BERLIN.
"Lagrange Multiplier Tests for Fractional Difference", with Paul Newbold,
1994, Journal of Time Series Analysis, 15, 253-262.
"Adventures with ARIMA software", with Paul Newbold and John Miller,
1994, International Journal of Forecasting, 10, 573-581.
"Bias in the Sample Autocorrelations of Fractional Noise", with Paul
Newbold, 1993, Biometrika, 80, 698-702.
"Long-term Inference Based on Short-term Forecasting Models" with
Paul Newbold and John Miller, 1993, In Developments in Time Series Analysis,
In Honor of M.B. Priestley, edited by T.S. Rao, 9-25, Chapman & Hall: London.
"Bias in an Estimator of the Fractional Difference Parameter", with
Paul Newbold and Mark Wohar, 1993, Journal of Time Series Analysis, 14, 235-246.
"U.S. Common Stock Prices, 1871-1970: Playing with Dummies", with
Paul Newbold, 1992, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2, 215-220.
"Empirical Evidence on Dickey-Fuller-Type Tests", with Paul Newbold,
1992, Journal of Time Series Analysis, 13, 471-483.
"Looking for Evolving Growth Rates and Cycles in British Industrial Production:
1700-1913", with Paul Newbold, 1991, Journal of Royal Statistical Society,
A 154, 341-348.
WORKING PAPERS
"Spurious Regression in Econometrics", with Anil Bera, 2002, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, USA and University of Piraeus, Greece.
ACADEMIC VOLUMES
Forecasting Methods and Decision Analysis, by Christos Agiakloglou
and George Economou, 2002, E. Benou Publishing Company, Athens, Greece.
Introduction to Econometric Analysis, by Christos Agiakloglou and Theofanis
Benos, 2001, Volume B, E. Benou Publishing Company, Athens, Greece.
Introduction to Econometric Analysis, by Christos Agiakloglou and Theofanis
Benos, 2000, Volume A, E. Benou Publishing Company, Athens, Greece.
Methods of Analyzing Business and Economic Decisions, by George Economou and
Christos Agiakloglou, 1997, E. Benou Publishing Company, Athens, Greece.
Selected to co-edit, Economic Statistic Guide: I, A Supplement for Economics
172, by H.F. Williamson, Jr., 1991, Stipes Publishing Company, Champaign, Illinois,
USA.
Winner of the Robert E. Demarest Memorial Award for excellence in teaching,
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, USA, 1992.
List of Instructors Rated Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois
at Urbana - Champaign, USA, for Spring 1991, 1988 and for Fall 1990, 1989 and
1988.
Deans List, Florida Atlantic University, USA, 1987.
Graduated with Highest Honors, Highest-Ranking Graduate from Graduate Industrial
School of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1986.
Hellenic Foundation Scholarship Award, Greece, 1984, 1985 και 1986.