This paper investigates whether crisis narratives affect how the judiciary handles tax evasion. We study this question in the context of the Greek debt crisis, in which tax evasion was publicly blamed for the fiscal collapse, and judges themselves experienced substantial salary cuts as part of...

(1) Background: Professional burnout threatens secondary school principals' well-being and educational quality worldwide. This study investigated burnout prevalence and gender differences among Greek secondary school principals, addressing gaps in understanding gendered manifestations of burnout...

Background: Professional burnout, characterized by three distinct psychological dimensions-emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal achievement-threatens elementary teachers' well-being and educational quality. Limited research examines burnout patterns in elementary...

This study assesses the effectiveness of social media advertising campaigns in the supermarket sector by combining managerial insights with multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to support informed, sustainable decision-making. Considering the ever-increasing complexity of digital...

This research aims to record hotel owners' perceptions as subjective measures of the degree of integration of local traditional cheese varieties in the hospitality sector. Within the context of cheese tourism, this specific type of alternative tourism is operationalized through B2B co-creation...

This study examines administrative employees' perceptions of integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the administration of Greek public universities. Using a cross-sectional online questionnaire administered across three universities (N = 127), we map perceptions across five domains: (i)...

This paper aims to provide evidence of the impact on the minimum wage to employment in Greece over the period 2016 to 2024. The main contribution of this paper is the examination of the effects of the minimum wage during a period characterized by many difficulties and research interest not only...

This study investigates tax evasion and the informal economy in Greece through an integrated research design that combines bibliometric analysis with large-scale survey data to examine both the structure of scholarly discourse and public perceptions of economic non-compliance. The analysis...

Seit dem 7. Oktober 2023 haben sich die Beziehungen zwischen der Türkei und Israel von einer konflikthaften Partnerschaft zu einer Rivalität entwickelt. Getrieben wird diese Dynamik von regionalen Machtverschiebungen, innenpolitischen Eskalationslogiken und divergierenden Ordnungsvorstellungen...

Seit dem 7. Oktober 2023 haben sich die Beziehungen zwischen der Türkei und Israel von einer konflikthaften Partnerschaft zu einer Rivalität entwickelt. Getrieben wird diese Dynamik von regionalen Machtverschiebungen, innenpolitischen Eskalationslogiken und divergierenden Ordnungsvorstellungen...

The hospitality sector is an environment where leadership quality significantly impacts organizational performance and employees' well-being. However, research on leadership styles in the Greek hotel industry remains limited. Using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), this research...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly characterized as a General Purpose Technology (GPT) capable of reconfiguring work, accelerating digitalization, and raising aggregate productivity. Yet the pace and inclusiveness of AI adoption depend less on technical potential than on complementary...

In the Hellenistic era, there was widespread convergence to the Attic standard and a similar narrowing of coin types in terms of aesthetics. The competition between issuers resulted in an equilibrium in which improvements to the consistency and quality of money were sought after. This...

We study the social and distributional implications of the euro area (EA) sovereign debt crisis in countries that received external financial assistance for macroeconomic adjustments. Combining granular data from about one million survey interviews with households across euro area states carried...

This paper takes a historical perspective and assesses the evolution of the institutional features in setting the minimum wage in Greece between 1975 and 2023. It also evaluates developments regarding the minimum wage level, its bite and alignment with productivity. The paper reviews the limited...

This innovative study breaks new territory in two key areas: it puts VET centre stage as a key intervention to support NEETs and presents the first mixed-methods research effort to collect and analyse evidence on the profile and role of NEETs teachers in Greece. It fills a significant knowledge...

This study explores the unique realm of women's entrepreneurial leadership within Stewart's role demands-constraint-choice in Greece. This brings to light the underrepresented role of women entrepreneurs in the country and sets out to fill the literature gap by exploring their distinct...

The interest in clusters in the economy and regional space, which has persisted for nearly three decades, has reignited the understanding of the economy as a system of interdependencies between industries. Although the concept of clusters can be traced back to contributions dating from the early...

Migration can stimulate economic growth when managed strategically. Heterogeneous impacts require targeted and redistributive policies. Narratives of migration as purely a supply-side issue are overly reductive. Migration can serve as a deficit-financing alternative to tax hikes or spending...

The significant increase in non-performing loans (NPLs) during the escalating recession of the Greek economy motivates us to study the predictive power of credit rating models in periods of economic shocks. In parallel, we examined the responsibilities of bank management in the expansion of NPLs...

We estimate the causal effect of schooling on log earnings using instrumental variables (IV), addressing the endogeneity of schooling by using father's education as an instrument. The IV estimate implies a return of approximately 7.7 percent per additional year of schooling. First-stage and...

Little is known about the effects of political conflicts on the status of women in society. Polarizing attitudes might have a differential effect on women's lives after a conflict. To consider this, the case of Greece after the Second World War is exploited, when the country became highly...

This working paper evaluates the impact of the COSME Loan Guarantee Facility (LGF) on SMEs in Greece, Poland, Spain, and Romania between 2015 and 2023. Using advanced econometric methods, we compare SMEs that received a guarantee with a control group of similar companies. We find that SMEs...

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine marked the start of a prolonged confrontation between Moscow and Europe - one that is fundamentally reshaping the parameters of European security. The return of Donald Trump to the White House and his stated intent to quickly end the war in Ukraine and put...

This research uses linear correlation and time-series analysis to examine the evolution of the external debt accumulated in periods of current account deficits and reserve purchases. Statistical data of GIPS countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain), Ireland, and the United States show that...

The increasing pressure for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) accountability in publicly funded institutions has raised concerns about the authenticity and efficiency of ESG implementation. This study investigates the relationship between public ESG funding, disclosure quality, and...

This policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training (VET) policy developments in Greece between 2020 and the end of 2024. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This paper examines how social movements influenced Greece's macroeconomic adjustment during the financial crisis and austerity period (2010-2015). The purpose is to identify the channels through which mobilizations-anti-austerity protests, general strikes, youth actions, and solidarity...

Digitalization is reshaping entrepreneurship, yet the mechanisms that translate new technological possibilities into entrepreneurial intention remain poorly understood, especially for resource-constrained small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Building on the Theory of Planned Behaviour,...

This study examines the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the Greek economy, assessing its effects on economic growth, employment, productivity, and sectoral competitiveness. The research aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation of AI adoption, its potential benefits, challenges, and...

The European Commission, Italy, and Greece are seeking to curb irregular migration through Libya. These efforts come at a time when several aspects of European Union (EU) migration policy in Libya must be acknowledged as having failed. This is particularly true of attempts to improve conditions...

This research aims to determine the utilization levels of local products and the challenges and opportunities of creating a recognizable food-centered cultural identity based on collaborative networks developed between agriculture and tourism. This has the potential to strengthen collaborative...