Christos KOULOVATIANOS

Christos KOULOVATIANOS is a Full Professor and Head of the Department of Finance at the University of Luxembourg's Faculty of Law, Economics, and Finance. His academic career includes roles as Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham, Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna, and Visiting Professorships at Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Cyprus. He holds a PhD from the University of Rochester (1999).

His research focuses on the intersection of finance and micro-founded macroeconomics, with specialties in asset pricing, household finance, fiscal policy, dynamic games, and resource economics. Key projects include the FNR-funded 'POPULISM' grant (2024-2027) examining social media polarization and the MORTGAGE project analyzing post-COVID-19 nonperforming loans. He has served on editorial boards and advised Luxembourg's economic policy during the pandemic.

Publications span journals like Journal of Economic Theory, European Economic Review, and Dynamic Games and Applications. Recent work addresses populism dynamics, demographic impacts on FDI, and policy evaluation of pronatalist measures.