In recent years, Private Clinics as well as State Hospitals (Healthcare Units) in Greece have been forced to find a method in order to arrive at their operational costs. The method Healthcare Units have selected is that of direct costing. The present article attempts to present the operational...

The aim of the present study is to compare the value relevance of accounting information under International Financial Reporting Accounting standards (IFRS) and Greek Accounting Standards (GAS) and to investigate whether the results are influenced from firm specific characteristics. Firstly, it...

The aim of the present study is to record the attitude of Greek listed companies towards the mandatory adoption of IFRS, in Greece. In this context, a questionnaire was send to the listed companies of the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) in 2008. The 135 responses revealed the advantages of the...

The financial crisis in Greece and other countries has resulted in an increasing concern over public debt and its viability throughout the world. The debt crisis in the Eurozone is still unfolding, as other European countries after Greece (such as Ireland) seek financial support from the rescue...

The aim of this study is to investigate which factors influence loan quality in Greece. In this context, it is examined the effect of various accounting and macroeconomics indices to loans loss provisions (LLP) and loans loss reserves (LLR) ratios. The empirical analysis is carried out at both...

The aim of this study is to investigate the value relevance of earnings and cash flows, after the mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Greece. According to accounting literature, value relevance is defined as the ability of financial information contained...

The aim of the present study is to investigate the loan portfolio quality of the Greek banking system. In our days, loan quality threatens the financial well-being and the soundness of banking institutions globally. However, Greece is under surveillance due to its severe ongoing sovereign debt...

In this paper, we study the determinants of credit risk in the Greek banking sector. Credit risk is related to bank asset quality and considered responsible for bank failures. In this context, we investigate how loan quality can be explained by accounting and macroeconomic factors. Aggregate...