Iliyan Georgiev

Iliyan Georgiev is an Associate Professor of Econometrics at the Faculty of Economics, University of Bologna, since 2018. Previously, he held roles at Nova School of Business and Economics (2011–2015) and the Agency for Economic Analysis and Forecasting in Sofia (1995–1998). He obtained a PhD in Economics from the European University Institute (2004), and degrees in Mathematics and International Economic Relations from Sofia University and Karl Marx Institute of Economics. His research focuses on econometric theory, time series analysis, bootstrap inference, and spurious correlations. He teaches Econometrics and Mathematics, including differential calculus and stochastic calculus.

Georgiev’s work emphasizes robust statistical methods for non-stationary processes and rare events, with applications in financial and economic forecasting. His recent publications explore predictive regression, canonical correlation analysis, and unit root testing under heavy-tailed distributions. He has contributed to methodologies addressing parameter instability and spurious correlations in time series data.

No explicit scientific awards are listed, but he achieved National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor in Econometrics (MIUR, 2018). No grants or lab affiliations are mentioned in the provided texts.