The recent financial crisis has heightened the research interest worldwide in the relationship between various corporate governance (CG) mechanisms and firm performance. Nevertheless, few published papers focus on investigating this nexus for the case of the banking industry. This study is the...

This study tests for the existence and direction of causality between output growth and tourism expenditure using a trivariate model with real effective exchange rate (REER), analysed as a whole and in sub-categories (i.e. leisure travel and tourism expenditures, LTS and business travel and...

The purpose of this paper is the sectoral analysis and evaluation of the external audit reports in relation to the amounts of deferred taxes on the balance sheets of listed companies in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). External auditors participate significantly in the preparation of financial...

The adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) is gaining momentum across the world. Greece initiated a general financial management reform program which includes the transformation of financial accounting. The public sector in Greece adopted IPSAS-based standards...

The main purpose of the paper is to benchmark the ethical behavior of internal auditors in Greece proposing a theoretical framework for 'ethics' based on principles and rules of professional conduct. Furthermore, the paper aims at comparing internal auditors' ethical behavior among the public...

The purpose of the paper is to examine the operation of internal auditing in Greece. It analyzes the definition of both internal auditing and internal controls. Special emphasis is placed on the analysis of its usefulness. Furthermore, this paper examines the role of International Internal...

This study contributes to the understanding of Corporate Governance term by using content analysis on twenty two definitions, dated from 1992 to 2010. We developed a six-dimensional framework and we calculated the frequency count using Internet search engine. Our results reveal that the more...