Theodore Panagiotidis Department of Economics, Loughborough University   Department of Economics Loughborough University Loughborough, Leics LE11 3TU UK   t.panagiotidis@lboro.ac.uk   http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ec/       Primary Research Focus: Applied Econometrics, Nonlinear Time Series Analysis, Forecasting   JEL Areas: C5 : Econometric Modeling: General C1 : Econometric and Statistical Methods: General