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Athanasios Vazakidis

University of Macedonia, Greece

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Research ArticleOpen accessTime-Driven Activity-Based Costing in the Public Sector. The Case of Greek General Chemical State Laboratory under the Greek CrisisAthanasios Vazakidis, Eleftheria KyriakidouThe international globalized environment and the financial crisis have generated new demands with internals (citizens-users) and externals (creditors) pressuring the governments to control public spending and improve efficiency in the supply of public goods/services. The control of the public sector costs seems more important now, in the context of the financial and fiscal crisis of 2008. Activity Based Costing (ABC) … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 16, Issue 1 · 4 Mar 2020 · 7,950 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessCredit Market Development and Economic Growth an Empirical Analysis for United KingdomAthanasios Vazakidis, Antonios AdamopoulosProblem statement: This study investigated the causal relationship between credit market development and economic growth for UK for the period 1975-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Questions were raised whether economic growth spurs credit market development taking into account the negative effect of inflation rate on credit market development. This study aimed to investigate the short-run and the … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 29 Nov 2011 · 7,238 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessCredit Market Development and Economic Growth an Empirical Analysis for GreeceAthanasios Vazakidis, Antonios AdamopoulosProblem statement: This study investigated the relationship between credit market development and economic growth for Greece for the period 1979-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Questions were raised whether economic growth spurs credit market development taking into account the negative effect of inflation rate on credit market development. This study aimed to investigate the short-run and the long-run … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 6 · 13 Jun 2011 · 6,881 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessActivity-Based Costing in the Public SectorAthanasios Vazakidis, Ioannis Karagiannis, Anthi TsialtaProblem statement: In the modern economic environment, the Public Sector aims at the continuous improvement of quality of the provided services. Thus, detailed information with regard to the cost of services is essential along with capable management to take advantage of this information. Approach: The study discussed the basic beginnings, the processes of activity-based costing and whether this costing method … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 9,557 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessA Causal Relationship between Financial Market Development and Economic GrowthAthanasios Vazakidis, Antonios AdamopoulosProblem statement: This study investigated the causal relationship between financial market development and economic growth for United Kingdom for the period 1965-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Questions were raised whether financial market development causes economic growth or reversely taking into account the negative effect of interest rate. The objective of this study was to examine the causal … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2010 · 7,678 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessMeasuring Investors' Reaction to the Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in Greece, Using a Market-Based ModelAthanasios Vazakidis, Stergios AthianosProblem statement: The aim of this study is to highlight the main differences between International Accounting Standards and Greek accounting, The sample constituted by 90 randomly selected Greek companies which are listed in Athens Stock Exchange were scrutinized concerning the differences in financial figures which have been appeared due to the adoption of IFRS. Approach: The use of capital asset … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 7,538 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessStock Market Development and Economic GrowthAthanasios Vazakidis, Antonios AdamopoulosProblem statement: This study investigated the causal relationship between stock market development and economic growth for France for the period 1965-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Questions were raised whether stock market development causes economic growth or reversely taking into account the negative effect of interest rate. Stock market development is estimated by the general stock market index. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 11 · 30 Nov 2009 · 8,361 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessFinancial Development and Economic Growth An Empirical Analysis for GreeceAthanasios Vazakidis, Antonios AdamopoulosProblem statement: This study investigated the causal relationship between financial development and economic growth for Greece for the period 1978-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Questions were raised whether financial development causes economic growth or reversely taking into account the positive effect of industrial production index. Financial market development is estimated by the effect of credit market development … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2009 · 7,749 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessCredit Market Development and Economic GrowthAthanasios Vazakidis, Antonios AdamopoulosProblem statement: This study investigated the relationship between credit market development and economic growth for Italy for the period 1965-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Questions were raised whether economic growth spurs credit market development taking into account the negative effect of inflation rate on credit market development. This study aimed to investigate the short-run and the long-run … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2009 · 8,402 accessesView PDF Cite