Velayoudom Marimoutou is Professor of Economics at the University of Aix-Marseille 2 and a member of GREQAM. His research fields include: time series analysis, non-stationary processes, long range dependence, and applied econometrics of exchange rates, finance, macroeconometrics, convergence, and international trade. His articles have appeared in publications such as the Journal of International Money and Finance, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, and the Journal of Applied Probability.