Dr. Demetris Koursaros is Associate Professor in the Department of Finance, Accounting and Management Science at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) since 2012. He is the Erasmus coordinator of the Department of Finance, Accounting and Management Science and coordinator of the inter-departmental program in management, which runs in cooperation with both departments of the School of Management and Economics. He holds a Bachelor in Economics, (Honors) from the Department of Economics of the University of Cyprus. He holds 2 postgraduate degrees from Columbia University (MA and MPhil) and a PhD in Macroeconomics and Finance from Columbia University, New York. [...]