The broad spectrum and the increased complexity of financial products that compose modern portfolios have forced credit and financial institutions to focus on innovative and more effective ways of estimating market risks. These new approaches, very often, prove to be more conservative compared...

The present study adds evidence, from three former emerging and currently transition countries along with two EU member countries of South and Eastern Europe, relevant to the market risk their stock exchanges possess under the same global financial environment. In order to assess market risk, we...

We explore an input--output based framework for optimizing production in the Greek economy, under constraints relating to energy use, final demand, greenhouse gas emissions and solid waste. Using empirical data, we consider the effects on the maximum attainable gross value of production when...

This study examines a combination of comovement and integration effects on volatility of home cross-listed equities in three Germanic markets (Frankfurt, Zurich and Vienna). Specifically, we investigate the impact of lagged stock prices and lagged futures contracts on asymmetric (bad and good...

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...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine volatility transmissions between portfolios of cross-listed equities and exchange rate differences and also the volatility persistence for home, foreign equities, and exchange rate differences in the UK and German markets....

We test the impact of corporate governance effects on the stock price volatility of the DAX100 and find that these variables increase the volatility and decrease the error terms statistically significant. In addition, controlling for contemporaneous and next period's movements, we find that...

This paper examines empirically the impact of M&As on the post-merger performance of Greek merger-involved firms in the long-run perspective. The post-merger performance of an extensive sample of acquiring listed firms is investigated with accounting data analysis. For the purpose of the study,...