This investigation focuses on the volatility of stock returns in the Belgian Stock Exchange from the period of April 1991 to April 2008. Empirical results have shown that there is a mean and volatility spillover effect from the big European markets. There are also mean spillover effects from the...

Directive 1937/2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law became effective very recently. However, Directive 1937/2019 lacks sufficient guidance on the implementation or governance of whistleblowing frameworks. In addition, the existing literature lacks a definition of...

Purpose - The research explores the extent to which the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in the Greek banking sector has affected its financial and narrative reporting between the periods prior (2002-2004) and after (2005-2007) the implementation of the IFRS....

Abstract. This study empirically investigates the relationship between independent directors’ cash compensation and the likelihood of corporate fraud. Using data of 2542 Chinese firms and 17239 firm years from 2010 to 2017, the findings of logistic regression, firm-fixed effects, instrumental...

The main object of this research focuses on the empirical study of the causal relation among the degree of openness of the economy, the financial and economic growth using a multi-variate autoregressive model VAR. The long-term relation among GDP, the financial development and the degree of...

This paper analyzes the volatility of stock returns on the Belgian stock exchange during the period April 1991 to April 2008. The empirical analysis showed that there is a mean and volatility spillover effect from the big European markets. There are also mean spillover effects from the markets...

The main object of this research focuses on the empirical study of the causal relation among the degree of openness of the economy, the financial and economic growth using a multi-variate autoregressive model VAR. The long-term relation among GDP, the financial development and the degree of...

The purpose of the study is to analyze and compare the financial performance of manufacturingfirms of Central and South European, Scandinavian and Balkan countries. In addition, the impactof firm’s productivity on country’s export intensity, foreign direct investments, R&D activity...

The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship that exists between tourism, money supply and construction, on the one hand, and the economic growth in Greece, using a multivariateautoregressive model VAR. The long-term relation based on the Cointegration test results has shown the...