How Firm and Market Characteristics Affect Profitability

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Katsampoxakis ◽  
Haralampos Basdekis ◽  
Konstantinos Anathreptakis
Keyword(s):  
Sovereign Debt ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Government Bond ◽  
Sovereign Debt Crisis ◽  
Bond Yield ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Greek Government ◽  
Greek Economy ◽  
Greek Government Bond ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to assess the impact of specific corporate and market features on the profitability of firms. More precisely, the variables examined for the purposes of this study are firms' size, financial leverage, accruals, volatility of profitability, growth rate of the Greek economy, the 10-year Greek government bond yield, and the Greek sovereign debt crisis. The empirical results exhibit an average profitability of 10.71%, which varies significantly both between firms and during the time period examined. Another finding of this study is the verification of the theoretical relationship between the above variables and Greek firms' profitability between 2004 and 2012. Whereas variables such as firms' size, volatility of profitability and accruals do not seem to affect firms' profitability in a statistically significant way, the signs of the coefficients are consistent with those found the literature review.

scholarly journals Drowning the Greek economy: Injurious speech and sovereign debt

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faye Donnelly ◽  
William Vlcek
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Sovereign Debt ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Unintended Effects ◽  
Sovereign Debt Crisis ◽  
Greek Government ◽  
Greek Economy

Drawing on Judith Butler’s concept of injurious speech, this article conceptualises the ‘Grexit’ crisis as a series of performances. More specifically, we investigate how the Greek government framed the bailout plans tabled by the Troika as a form of torture. By adopting phrases such as ‘fiscal water-boarding’, ‘asphyxiation’, and ‘suicide’, the Syriza government sought to narrate the harm inflicted on Greece by its creditors. Paying attention to this language is important as it casts new light on how Greek sovereign debt has been framed, negotiated, and contested. In many ways, the overarching objective of this article is to tell a different story that takes discursive transitivity and restaging into account. By shifting the emphasis onto injurious speech, the article also brings the unintended effects of this language into focus. Despite the recurrent accusations made by Syriza as it attempted to resolve the Greek sovereign debt crisis, this article questions whether their bargaining strategy ‘misfired’. On closer consideration, we find that the injurious speech acts performed by the Syriza government compromised their ability to negotiate a third bailout deal in 2015. The observations remind us that words can wound in ambivalent ways.

European Economies Stability Faced With Potential Outburst of Sovereign Debt Crisis. An Empirical Study Using Neural Network

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 3255-3260
Author(s):  
Stelian Stancu ◽  
Alexandra Maria Constantin
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Sovereign Debt ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Sovereign Debt Crisis ◽  
European Level ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
European Economies ◽  
The Impact

Instilment, on a European level, of a state incompatible with the state of stability on a macroeconomic level and in the financial-banking system lead to continuous growth of vulnerability of European economies, situated at the verge of an outburst of sovereign debt crises. In this context, the current papers main objective is to produce a study regarding the vulnerability of European economies faced with potential outburst of sovereign debt crisis, which implies quantitative analysis of the impact of sovereign debt on the sensitivity of the European Unions economies. The paper also entails the following specific objectives: completing an introduction in the current European economic context, conceptualization of the notion of “sovereign debt crisis, presenting the methodology and obtained empirical results, as well as exposition of the conclusions.

On Financial Contagion Through ETFs

2020 ◽  
pp. 82-101
Author(s):  
Alexia Thomaidou ◽  
Dimitris Kenourgios
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Sovereign Debt ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Financial Contagion ◽  
Sovereign Debt Crisis ◽  
European Sovereign Debt Crisis ◽  
The Interest Rate ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact

This chapter investigates the impact of the Global Financial Crisis and the European Sovereign Debt Crisis in ETFs across regions and segments. In particular, two tests are taking place, with the first one to examine if there is evidence of contagion effect and the second one to test the affection of risks in each pair of ETFs. The evidence across the stable period and the two crisis periods suggests the existence of the transmission of shocks from the Global Financial ETF to regional and sectoral ETFs. However, there is evidence that some of the ETFs remain less unaffected during both crises and some of them are immune. Moreover, the authors examine the impact of several control variables, which represent various risks, to the correlation of each pair of ETFs and the results show the influence of the interest rate risk and interbank liquidity risk during the Global Financial Crisis and the European Sovereign Debt Crisis.

scholarly journals European Sovereign Debt Crisis and its Impact on Financial Markets and Institutions

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
Afzal Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Sovereign Debt ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Sovereign Debt Crisis ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Markets And Institutions ◽  
European Sovereign Debt Crisis ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the European sovereign debt crisis that began in 2009; it mostly considers Greece and then Italy and Portugal since they were affected by the crisis.  It gives the emergence and the causes of the crisis as well as its effect on their debt as a percentage to Gross Domestic Product and their Real Gross Domestic Product.  It also analyses the impact on sovereign bond and its yields, the stock, gold, derivatives and forex markets, including the impact on financial institutions, it uses graphical illustrations from Bloomberg to back the analysis.  It further assesses the measures taken so far by policy makers and financial institutions to curb the situation.  It finally considers the impact of the crisis on financial landscape and lessons learnt from it.

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