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Liberalisation and deregulation of financial markets, lower currency volatility and the introduction of the euro have …
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Considers the macroeconomic effects of European monetary union and the launch of the euro, suggesting that it offers … of remaining outside the euro zone; and the likelihood that governments will push the ECB into accelerating monetary …
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Considers the likely effects of EMU and the introduction of the euro on the “fragmented” European banking industry …. Recognizes that transition to the euro will be expensive in terms of equipment, training, customer care etc.; and that some new … products and services will be demanded (e.g. cross‐border cash management systems, euro‐denominated bonds etc.) while others …
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Considers the implications of EMU and the introduction of the euro for European financial institutions and markets …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of dividend initiations on shareholders’ wealth using a sample of 38 Greek listed firms. Design/methodology/approach – The event study methodology of Brown and Warner was employed to examine the share price reaction to...
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Purpose – Most investors' retirement portfolios have inter-period cash inflows. The standard time-weighted mean return (or geometric mean return) is generally used to report returns on investors' retirement portfolios. The purpose of this paper is to examine the standard time-weighted mean...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the total factor productivity (TFP) change in the Greek cooperative banking industry over the period 2000-2005. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs the Malmquist index and estimate two models, one based on the intermediation...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the mandatory adoption of corporate governance mechanisms on serious firm issues (earnings manipulation, management effectiveness and firm's financing). Design/methodology/approach – Cross-sectional analysis is employed to...
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Tobin's q in Greece. Another attempt related to Simon and Sallivan's research had never been done, either in marketing or …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between beta and returns in the Athens stock exchange (ASE), taking into account the difference between positive and negative market excess returns' yields. Design/methodology/approach – The data were taken from DataStream...
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