He received his B.A degree in Economics from the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece in 2001. He received his Master’s degree in Economics from the Warwick University, U.K in 2003. He received his Ph.D degree in economics from the Democritus University of Thrace in 2010. His research interests include Financial Economics, Fiscal and Monetary Policy and Time Series Analysis. He has published in many major economics journals such as: Journal of Financial Stability, Finance Research Letters, Journal of Economic Studies. He participated in many EU and National funded projects.