Purpose – The paper aims to investigate European equity market integration by analyzing volatility spillover effects between selected indices of high liquidity from the major regulated European equity markets. Design/methodology/approach – In undertaking the empirical analysis, data for...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the intervalling effect bias in ETFs' systematic risk expressed by beta. The authors' findings reveal the existence of a significant intervalling effect on ETFs' beta obtained by the ordinary least squares method (OLS). Also investigated is the impact...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine value gains to acquirers in large commercial bank mega‐mergers (with transaction values over £1 billion) that occurred in the European Union during the period 1997‐2007, distinguishing between domestic and cross‐border transactions....

Purpose – This study aims to examine the effects of the introduction of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on the explanatory power of earnings for stock returns in Greece. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses variants of the Easton and Harris model. Moreover, the...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of corruption and bureaucracy on economic growth in Greece as measured by the growth rate of per capita GDP. Also, using the mean per capita GDP of the EU as a benchmark, it seeks to investigate the convergence timing of Greece with the EU....

The rapid changes that have taken place globally on the economic, social and business fronts characterized the 20th century. The magnitude of these changes has formed an extremely complex and unpredictable decision-making framework, which is difficult to model through traditional approaches. The...

Key Features:Extensive discussion of the current trends of M&As in bankingComprehensive analysis of the motives of M&AsExtensive presentation and comparison of several statistical and computational methodologies for analyzing and predicting M&AsEmpirical results on the use of existing...

The growth margins of the Greek banking industry have been considered quite significant compared with those of the European Union, with increasing competitiveness and concentration. This has made the Greek financial market very attractive. The articles in this e-book present the most recent...