This paper presents the results of the actuarial valuation method Projected Unit Credit ("benefits/years of service") in order to assess the effects of the public sector downsizing on real economy and social security in Greece, using a prototype data set. We found a social security loss of about...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine two novel theories that concern the relationship between stock market development (SMD) and foreign direct investment (FDI). The authors focus on Greece that was demoted to the emerging market category in 2013–2014 in the international lists....

This paper develops a small-scale macro-econometric model for Greece. The model will be used in order to examine the impact of macroeconomic policies on the real sector of the economy during the very difficult adjustment period that the Greek economy is currently facing. The model combines...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to show how the influence of the diffusion speed of a financial innovation (FI) increases the operational risk (OR) in any business line with different rate.Design/methodology/approach - A stochastic model is considered presenting the influence of diffusion...

We herein examine the progress of financial innovations over the past 30 years, beginning with how they have influenced the financial system. We adopt a framework of classification that provides an overview of previous findings to examine the continuity of financial innovations. We find that the...

We examine the performance of the expected convexity path of a stock market index using a novel measure of a tangent linear approach. The expected path is expressed as a linear combination that shows whether the transmission from the present value t to the future one (t k)-th is a convex or a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how financial characteristics associated with the choice of a big audit firm with further investigation on the agency costs of free cash flows.Design/methodology/approach – The sample used for this work includes industrial listed companies...

Various studies model the dynamics of the yield curve assuming that some of the yields are measured without error but this methodology lacks economic interpretation. We overcome this problem by estimating a modified affine model with macroeconomic and latent factors which introduces measurement...

This study contributes to the relevant literature by providing an explanation on the reason and the economic conditions under which the spread proves to be such a powerful predictor of economic activity. For over two decades numerous studies have provided evidence on the predictive ability of...

We consider three models of teaching strategies and their effect on developing economics graduates ‘Analysis', ‘Deduction', and ‘Induction' skills. For each model we compute quantile regression estimates for total sample, male, and female graduates separately. Results show that enriched...