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How bureaucracy and corruption affect economic growth and convergence in the European Union: The case of Greece
Papaconstantinou, Panagiota; Tsagkanos, Athanasios G.; … - In: Managerial Finance 39 (2013), pp. 837-847
Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of corruption and bureaucracy on economic growth in Greece as measured … investigate the convergence timing of Greece with the EU. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical approach taken is based on … beta convergence theory. Findings – The results confirm the negative impact of bureaucracy and corruption on economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010709756
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How bureaucracy and corruption affect economic growth and convergence in the European Union
Papaconstantinou, Panagiota; Tsagkanos, Athanasios G.; … - In: Managerial Finance 39 (2013) 9, pp. 837-847
Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of corruption and bureaucracy on economic growth in Greece as measured … investigate the convergence timing of Greece with the EU. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical approach taken is based on … beta convergence theory. Findings – The results confirm the negative impact of bureaucracy and corruption on economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014941945
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The impact of dividend initiations on Greek listed firms’ wealth and volatility across information environments
Dasilas, Apostolos; Lyroudi, Katerina; Ginoglou, Demetrios - In: Managerial Finance 35 (2009) May, pp. 531-543
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009245370
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Investor education: how plan sponsors should report your returns
Johnston, Ken; Hatem, John; Carnes, Thomas A. - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) April, pp. 354-363
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319836
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Total factor productivity change of Greek cooperative banks
Pasiouras, Fotios; Sifodaskalakis, Emmanouil - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) April, pp. 337-353
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319840
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The effect of the mandatory adoption of corporate governance mechanisms on earnings manipulation, management effectiveness and firm financing: Evidence from Greece
Chalevas, Constantinos; Tzovas, Christos - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) March, pp. 257-277
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319851
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The determinants of brand equity: The case of Greek quoted firms
Kapareliotis, Ilias; Panopoulos, Anastassios - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) March, pp. 225-233
Tobin's q in Greece. Another attempt related to Simon and Sallivan's research had never been done, either in marketing or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320525
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Testing the relation between beta and returns in the Athens stock exchange
Theriou, Nikolaos G.; Aggelidis, Vassilios P.; … - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) December, pp. 1043-1056
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009274310
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Key accounting value drivers that affect stock returns: evidence from Greece
Florou, Christie; Chalevas, Constantinos - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) November, pp. 903-916
Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the accounting factors that affect the value of a firm. Design/methodology/approach – Cross-sectional analysis is employed to investigate the association between critical accounting ratios and stock returns. Findings – This study finds that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275356
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Banking productivity: an overview of the Greek banking system
Chatzoglou, Prodromos D.; Diamantidis, Anastasios D.; … - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) December, pp. 1007-1027
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the productivity of the Greek banking sector for the time period 2004-2006. Design/methodology/approach – Standard ratio measures of bank financial performance have been used as output measures in a data envelopment analysis model in combination...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275392