Stergios Leventis

Dr Stergios Leventis is a lecturer in Accounting at the School of Economics and Business Administration at the International Hellenic University. Before joining IHU, Stergios was a lecturer at Lancaster University and has worked as an accounting consultant. He gained an MSc from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and a PhD from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

His research focus is on accounting disclosure and quality, accounting choice in emerging markets, auditing and environmental accounting. He has published work in a number of scientific journals including the European Accounting Review, Accounting and Business Research, International Journal of Auditing, Accounting Forum, Advances in International Accounting, etc. Many of his articles in professional periodicals have focused on the International Financial Reporting Standards.

PUBLICATIONS IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

1. 2013: An Empirical Investigation of Audit Pricing in the Public Sector: The Case of Greek LGOs (co-author: Sandra Cohen). Financial Accountability and Management, 29(1) forthcoming.
2. 2012: Effects of municipal, auditing and political factors on audit time (co-authors: Sandra Cohen). Accounting Forum, forthcoming.
3. 2012: Signalling by Banks Using Loan Loss Provisions:  The Case of the European Union (co-authors: Panagiotis Dimitropoulos and Asokan Anandarajan). Journal of Economic Studies, 5 forthcoming.
4. 2012: The Role of Corporate Governance in Earnings Management: Experience from US Banks (co-author: Panagiotis Dimitropoulos). Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 13ii, forthcoming.
5. 2011: Stock market reaction to dividend announcement: Evidence from the Greek stock market (co-author: Apostolos Dasilas). International Review of Economics and Finance, 20(2): 302-311.
6. 2011: The Influence of IFRS on Earnings Management and Capital Management Practices of Banks in the European Union (co-authors: Panagiotis Dimitropoulos and Asokan Anandarajan). Journal of Financial Services Research, 40(1): 103-122.
7. 2011: Agency and Product Market Competition: The Case of Audit Pricing in Greece (co-author: Pauline Weetman and Constantine Caramanis). British Accounting Review, 43(2): 112-119.
8. 2010: The determinants of external audit fees: A study of the Greek audit service market (co-author: Stephen Owusu-Ansah and Constantine Caramanis). Accounting Forum, 34(2): 139-152.
9. 2010: Audit Pricing, Quality of Earnings and Board Independence: The Case of the Athens Stock Exchange (co-author: Panagiotis Dimitropoulos). Advances in Accounting, incorporating Advances of International Accounting, 26(2): 325-332.
10. 2006: Timeliness of Corporate Annual Financial Reporting in Greece: A Research Note (co-author Stephen Owusu-Ansah). European Accounting Review, 15(2): 273-287.
11. 2005: Determinants of Audit Time as a Proxy of Audit Quality (co-author: Constantine Caramanis). Managerial Auditing Journal, 20(5): 460-478. [1*]
12. 2005: Determinants of Audit Report Lag: Some evidence from the Athens Stock Exchange (co-author: Pauline Weetman and Constantine Caramanis). International Journal of Auditing, 9: 45-58.
13. 2004: Voluntary Disclosures in an Emerging Capital Market: Some Evidence from the Athens Stock Exchange (co-author: Pauline Weetman). Advances of International Accounting, 17: 227-250.
14. 2004: Timeliness of Financial Reporting: Applicability of Disclosure Theories in an Emerging Capital Market (co-author: Pauline Weetman). Accounting and Business Research, 34(1): 43-56.
15. 2004: Impression Management: Dual Language Reporting and Voluntary Disclosure (co-author: Pauline Weetman). Accounting Forum, 28: 307-328.
16. 2003: Timeliness of Financial Reporting in a European Capital Market: The Case of the Athens Stock Exchange (co-author: Pauline Weetman). The Southeuropean Review of Business Finance & Accounting, 1(1): 49-72.

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