Nikiforos T. Laopodis is a finance professor at the School of Business and Economics’ Finance Department at The American College of Greece. Dr Laopodis is widely published in the areas of finance and economics on topics such as investments, monetary and fiscal policies, and financial econometrics and in highly respected finance journals. Since 1995, he has been, and continues to be, a regular participant in the Eastern Finance Association, Financial Management Association (US and Int’l) and later in the European Financial Management Association.