Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "Economics"
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Analyzing the location decisions of agro-industrial investments in Greece
(2015)This article examines empirically the factors determining the agro-industrial investments in Greece and their impact on tourism development. Firstly, the determinants influencing the spatial configuration, the socioeconomic ... -
Analyzing the Maritime Transportation System in Greece: a Complex Network Approach
(2014)Maritime networks of coastal and insular countries constitute fundamental transportation systems affecting the economy and the developmental dynamics of their countries. Under this perspective, the present article studies ... -
Application of mathematical method in public works tendering in Greece
(2013)In Greece, the legal framework for public works has application in each one of them, without exceptions. Historically, the Greek collective capitalist has utilized this framework for the purpose of reinforcing the degree ... -
Application of zonal pricing in Greece's electricity market
(2009)Greece's electricity market is divided in two zones, North and South, due to a generation-consumption system configuration that creates a significant transmission bottleneck from North to South. Clearly, a zonal pricing ... -
ARMED CONFLICTS AND CAPITAL MARKETS: THE CASE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN THE GAZA STRIP
(2010)This paper addresses the issue of the impact that armed conflicts have on capital markets. It focuses on the recent Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip launched in late 2008 and concluded in early 2009. The paper ... -
The Athenian economy in the age of Demosthenes: path dependence and change
(2010)In this paper, we formulate for the first time the Persian-Athenian conflict of the fifth century as a signaling game. A specific approach to path dependence and regime change is presented. Following the successful outcome ... -
Auction mechanisms for network resource allocation
(2010)In the autonomic Internet of the future, auction mechanisms arise as key methods for realizing efficient resource allocation. The major asset of auctions is their obliviousness to node utilities, which renders them capable ... -
Audit quality in common-law and code-law emerging markets: Evidence on earnings conservatism, agency costs and cost of equity
(2012)This study focuses on firms that are audited by a big auditor and examines the differentiation in the earnings management potential and the level of conservatism. It also investigates whether being audited by a big auditor ... -
The Balkans in the new European economic space - Problems of adjustment and policies of development
(2002)Europe is undergoing simultaneous processes of integration and systemic transformation. Within this process, the Balkan region can be seen as being on the periphery of both processes. On the one hand, the process of economic ... -
Beach Erosion and Consequential Impacts Due to the Presence of Harbours in Sandy Beaches in Greece and Cyprus
(2015)Harbours with protruding breakwaters that are built on coasts cause alterations to the wave field, which attacks the coastline adjacent to the structures. As a result, sandy beaches often start eroding. Examples from Greece ... -
Beyond the manual: Practicing deliberative visioning in a Greek island
(2009)Deliberative visioning refers to processes of inclusive, multi-stakeholder deliberation over a desirable future. Methodologies include scenario workshops, future searches and community visioning. This paper looks critically ... -
Budgetary trade-offs between defence, education and social spending in Greece
(2011)We examine the presence of budgetary trade-offs between defence spending and welfare expenditure in the case of Greece, the country with the highest defence burden in the European Union. The findings reported herein point ... -
Carbon dioxide emissions and governance: A nonparametric analysis for the G-20
(2013)This paper applies nonparametric estimators to examine the carbon dioxide emissions-governance relationship. By using data for the twenty largest economies (Group of twenty, G-20) the dynamics of the considered relationship ... -
Central bank transparency and the interest rate channel: Evidence from emerging economies
(2015)This paper highlights the essential role of central bank transparency in the transmission mechanism Of monetary policy through the interest rate channel for emerging economies. It has been Shown that when the central bank's ... -
Circular economy. The Greek industry leaders’ way towards a transformational shift
(2020)Circular Economy (CE) has caught the eye of scholars, practitioners and policy makers. Τhe discussion so far seems to touch mainly the meso and macro level, while investigations on implementation issues regard mainly ... -
Cloud computing economics
(2015)Cloud services and technologies are currently receiving increased attention from the industry mostly due to business-driven promises and expectations. Significant innovations in virtualization and distributed computing, ... -
Cokriging areal interpolation for estimating economic activity using night-time light satellite data
(2014)There is a strong correlation between economic activity, which can be measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the night-time light emissions data. Gross Domestic product is usually available in large aggregate units ... -
A collaborative city-based game to support soft skills development in engineering and economics
(2021)HERA is an Erasmus+ project aimed at the development of soft skills in higher education engineering and economics students through collaborative serious games. It proposes a digital learning game platform whose goal is to ... -
Collusion of operators in wireless spectrum markets
(2012)The liberalization of wireless spectrum markets has been envisioned as a method for improving mobile communication services and accommodating the increasing traffic volumes of wireless users. It has been assumed that ... -
Colocteral cancer management and prevention policies in Greece
(2010)Despite lower cancer mortality rates in Greece compared to other European countries, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most important cause of cancer mortality. Given the significant economic and societal impact of CRC ...