Andros Kourtellos

Andros Kourtellos is the Department Chair and Professor in Economics at the University of Cyprus. He is a senior fellow of the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) of the University of Bologna and a member of the academic council of the Economic Research Centre (ERC) of the University of Cyprus. Recently, he has been honored with Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships.

His scholarly focus spans econometrics, intergenerational mobility, social interactions, economic growth, and macroeconomic forecasting. His significant econometric contributions traverse theory and practical applications including nonlinear models, spatial econometrics, model averaging, and mixed sampling frequencies. He developed estimation and inference for threshold regression models that accommodate endogenous threshold variables and models featuring threshold social interaction effects, critical for analyzing multiple equilibria and poverty traps. Recently, he utilized these models to explore status traps in intergenerational mobility. His work has been published in journals such as Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, and Journal of Econometrics.

Kourtellos earned his B.S. in Economics from the University of Cyprus in 1996 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001. He has held visiting appointments at Virginia Tech, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Chicago.