Dimitris Doulos

BS, Deree – The American College of Greece; MA, Western Michigan University; MA, Wayne State University; MBA, Western Michigan University; PhD, Wayne State University

Dimitris Doulos received his Ph.D. degree from Wayne State University at Detroit in 1995. He taught Economics and Finance at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Wayne State University from 1990 until 1996. He joined the Economics Department of The American College of Greece in 1996, where he teaches courses in the areas of macroeconomics, international economics, and international finance. He has also engaged in business consulting and participated in EU-funded projects. His current research focuses on the area of international economics and finance. Dr. Doulos has published and presented papers at various international conferences on foreign direct investment, inflation dynamics, effectiveness of structural funds, export competitiveness, and external imbalances in the European Union. He served as Head of the Department of Economics and Social Studies from September 2008 until August 2009, as Graduate Program Coordinator for the Master of Science in Finance program from 2009 until 2012 and as Head of the Accounting, Economics and Finance Department from September 2022 until May 2024. He is currently the Senior Associate Dean for the School of Business and Economics.

Selected Publications

• Bardaka, I., Doulos, D., Zombanakis, G. (2023), The Determinants of FDI Inflows as Seen Through the Lens of the Doing Business Indicators: Evidence from EU, Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 51, December, pp. 243-257. doi.org/10.1007/s11293-023-09785-6
• Bardaka, I., Doulos, D., Zombanakis, G. (2023), Defense Expenditures and Public Debt in Greece: A Non-linear Relationship, Security and Defense Quarterly, Vol. 41, 1/2023, pp. 1-14, doi 10.35467/155960.
• Doulos, D., Katsaitis, O., Zombanakis, G. (2021), How to Make Butter out of Guns: The Turkish Case and the Greek Bitter Lesson, European Research Studies Journal, Vol. XXIV, Issue 1, pp. 1055-1072.
• Doulos, D., Katsaitis, O., Zombanakis, G. (2020), Is the Emphasis on Unit Labor Costs an Effective Export-Promoting Policy? A Comparison Between Greece and Portugal, Eurasian Economic Review, No. 3, pp. 393-410, doi 10.1007/s40822-020-00145-2, 2020.