Corresponding member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, professor emeritus at University of Belgrade and the president of the Fiscal Council Republic of Serbia since 2011. Main interests of professor Petrović are empirical research in macroeconomics and macroeconomic policy: fiscal and monetary. He published in international journals such as: Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Cambridge Journal of Economics, etc. and refereed for most of them. Visiting fellow at Harvard, Princeton and Cornell Universities. Professor of economics at University of Belgrade through 2015. where he lectured Econometrics and Macroeconomics. Served as the chief editor of Quarterly Monitor of Economic Trends and Policies in Serbia (2007 – 2011), a publication that regularly addresses economic policy and reform in Serbia. He was the President of National Bank of Serbia Council (2003-2004), and assistant finance minister in Government of the Republic of Serbia (2001-2002).