Petros Golitsis

Dr. Golitsis is an Assistant Professor in Economics, Econometrics, and Statistics, and a Research Associate at the South-East European Research Centre (SEERC), contributing to EU-funded projects such as BORDEUR and MORE. A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, he is also an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Sheffield Management School and an Associate Member of the Centre for Applied Finance and Economics at Birmingham City University.

Dr. Golitsis has presented at major international conferences and serves as a peer reviewer for leading journals, including Applied Economics, Financial Innovation, and the Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Greece, Bulgaria, and across multiple European cities through international MBA programmes in collaboration with the University of York and the University of Strasbourg. His teaching and research span macroeconomics, financial economics, and applied econometrics, underpinned by extensive international academic and professional engagement.

• Research Methods for Finance (MSc in Finance and Risk Management)
• Econometrics for Finance (MSc in Finance and Risk Management)
• Applied Risk Management (MBA)
• Business Economics (MBA)
• Applied Statistics (MSc in Business Analytics and Decision Sciences)
• Introduction to Econometrics (BA in Business Studies)
• Business Statistics (BA in Business Studies)

• Monetary policy and monetary policy transmission channels
• Financial Spillovers and Macroprudential Policies
• Trade Openness
• Exchange rates
• Optimum Currency Areas
• Foreign Inflows

Maksic, K., Golitsis, P. , Radev, L. and Gkasis, P. (2024) Impact of Digitalization on Serbian Banking: Social Factors and Customer Satisfaction. Theoretical Economics Letters, 14, 2000-2035. doi: 10.4236/tel.2024.145100.

Mirkovikj, B., Gkasis, P. and Golitsis, P. (2024) Regulatory Quality and Foreign Direct Investment: A Case Analysis of North Macedonia. Theoretical Economics Letters, 14, 1883-1913. doi: 10.4236/tel.2024.145095.

Yovchev, R., Golitsis, P., & Khudoykulov, K. (2024). Determinants of GDP Growth and Debt-to-GDP: A Comparative Study of Finland and Greece after Joining the European Monetary Union, Journal of East-West Business. 30(3), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/10669868.2024.2338139

Rodrigues, J. D. C., Golitsis, P., & Gkasis, P. (2024). Investigating the Impact of Geopolitical Risks and Uncertainty Factors on Bitcoin. Theoretical Economics Letters, 14, 1131-1164. https://doi.org/10.4236/tel.2024.143059

Emmanouilidis, K. , Golitsis, P. and Khudoykulov, K. (2024). On the Determinants of the Fiscal Policy Response to COVID-19: Evidence from Robust Estimation and Country Outlier Detection. Theoretical Economics Letters, 14(2), 679-688. https://doi.org/10.4236/tel.2024.142035

Radev, L.., Golitsis, P., & Mitreva, M. (2023). Economic and Financial Determinants of Gold ETF Price Volatility on the U.S. Futures Market (COMEX), Journal of Economics, 8(2), 12-26. https://www.doi.org/10.46763/JOE

Bellos, S.K., & Golitsis, P. (2023). The Nexus Between Financial and Investment Developments and State Capacity. The Case of G-20. Journal of Government and Economics, 100081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jge.2023.100081

Bantimaroudi, P., Golitsis, P., & Mitreva, M. (2023). An empirical study of the relationship between Foreign Direct Investments, Remittances, Political Stability and Economic Growth in Greece, Journal of Economics, 8(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.46763/JOE238101b

Golitsis, P.,  Khudoykulov, K. & Palanov, S. (2022). Determinants of non-performing loans in North Macedonia, Cogent Business & Management, 9:1. http://10.1080/23311975.2022.2140488

Golitsis, P., Gkasis, P., & Bellos, S. K. (2022). Dynamic spillovers and linkages between gold, crude oil, S&P 500, and other economic and financial variables. Evidence from the USA. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 63, 101785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2022.101785

Mitsas, S., Golitsis, P., & Khudoykulov, K. (2022). Investigating the impact of geopolitical risks on the commodity futures, Cogent Economics & Finance, 10(1). doi: 10.1080/23322039.2022.2049477

Golitsis, P., & Prodromidou, A. (2022). ‘Mapping migration and integration tendencies in Greece and their impact on bordering practices’, in Nikodinovska Krstevska, Ana and Kosevaliska, Olga, eds. Deconstructing realities and framing policies in the New European Borderlands. University Goce Delcev – Stip, Stip, pp. 23-42.[ISBN 978 – 608 – 244 – 978 – 4].

Prodromidou, A., & Golitsis, P. (2022). United in bordering, divided in solidarity:(re) bordering practices in and à la carte/flexible solidarity towards Greece in the post-2014 migration management. bordEUr, 56.

Demiralay, S., & Golitsis, P. (2021). On the dynamic equicorrelations in cryptocurrency market, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 80, pp. 524-533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2021.04.002

Golitsis, P., Bellos, S., Fassas, A.P., & Demiralay, S. (2021). The Spillover Effect of Euribor on Southeastern European Economies: A Global VAR Approach. Journal of East-West Business, 27(1), 57-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/10669868.2020.1826383

Golitsis, P., Bellos, S., & Alexandridis, A. (2021). Is EMU good for the Southeastern European Economies? A G-VAR model. International Conference on International Business (ICIB)/ICIB 2019/20, Thessaloniki, Greece, 23rd to 26th May 2019, Bitzenis, A., Kontakos, P. (Eds), pp. 62-84.

Golitsis, P., Bellos, S., & Alexandridis, A. (2020). The EMU REER spillovers on Southeastern European Economies. A G-VAR model, Applied Economics Quarterly. 66(4), 259-290. https://doi.org/10.3790/aeq.66.4.259

​Golitsis, P., Fassas, A.P., & Lyutakova, A. (2019). Credit Risk Determinants: Evidence from the Bulgarian Banking System. Bulletin of Applied Economics, 6(1). 41-64. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3518366

Golitsis, P., Avdiu, K., & Szamosi, L.T. (2018). Remittances and FDI Effects on Economic Growth: A VECM and GIRFs for the case of Albania. Journal of East-West Business, 24(3), 188-211. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.1080/10669868.2018.1435432

Gkolitsis, P. (2018). Interactions of Monetary Policies in South East Europe Countries in a European Monetary Union Context. A G-VAR Model. PhD thesis, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. [Online]. Available from White Rose: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/21736

Golitsis, P. (2017). ‘Interactions of Monetary Policies in SEEC in an EMU Context. A G-VAR Model: Focusing on the Bulgarian case’, in K. Dimopoulos, P. Gkasis, E. Kalyva, T. Lagkas, Z. Tatsioka (ed.) Proceedings of the 11th Annual South-East European Doctoral Student Conference Infusing Research and Knowledge in South-East Europe, Thessaloniki: SEERC Books, pp. 13-63 [ISBN 978-960-9416-18-4].

Golitsis, P. (2015).‘Interactions of Monetary Policies in SEEC in an EMU context. A Global-VAR model. An overview’, in M. Ntika, E. Kalyva, A. Karamanos, T. Lagkas, P. Patsala, A. Prodromidou, Z. Tatsioka (ed.) Proceedings of the 10th Annual South-East European Doctoral Student Conference. Infusing Research and Knowledge in South-East Europe, Thessaloniki: SEERC Books, pp. 263-288 [ISBN 978-960-9416-08-5].