George Iatridis
Affiliate Research Fellow
Education
2002: PhD in Accounting and Finance, Manchester School of Accounting and Finance, University of Manchester, UK
1998: MSc in Accounting and Finance, Department of Management, University of Southampton, UK
1997: B.A. in Economics, Department of Economics, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece
Research Areas
Accounting Policy Choice , Earnings Quality and Earnings Conservatism
Teaching Areas
Accounting and Finance
Contact
Email: g.iatridis@ipag.fr
George Iatridis is a professor of accounting and finance at the Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, Greece, and the director of the MSc in Accounting and Auditing. Dr Iatridis is the financial accounting subject editor of the International Review of Financial Analysis (Elsevier) and has published more than 50 research papers in international peer-reviewed academic journals. He has worked as a lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the School of Accounting and Finance, University of Manchester, UK. He has also taught at the University of Athens, the London School of Economics and EDHEC Business School. Dr Iatridis studied Accounting and Finance at postgraduate level at the Universities of Manchester (PhD) and Southampton (MSc). Before graduate school, he studied Economics at the University of Athens, Greece. His current research interests mostly relate to the economic consequences of the implementation of international financial reporting standards, accounting policy choice, earnings quality and earnings conservatism. Dr Iatridis participates in the Greek Accounting and Auditing Oversight Board, Ministry of Economics. He has also acted as the Deputy Chairman of the Greek Auditing Practices Board.
Iatridis, G. (2008), “Accounting Disclosure and Firms’ Financial Attributes; Evidence from the UK Stock Market”, International Review of Financial Analysis, 17 (2), pp. 219-241. [ABS 3]
Iatridis, G. and G. Kadorinis (2009), “Earnings Management and Firm Financial Motives: A Financial Investigation of UK Listed Firms”, International Review of Financial Analysis, 18 (4), pp. 164-173. [ABS 3]
Iatridis, G. and S. Rouvolis (2010), “The Post Adoption Effects of the Implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standards in Greece”, International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 19 (1), pp. 55-65. [ABS 3]
Iatridis, G. (2010), “International Financial Reporting Standards and the Quality of Financial Statement Information”, International Review of Financial Analysis, 19 (3), pp. 193-204. [ABS 3]
Iatridis, G. (2011), “Accounting Disclosures, Accounting Quality and Conditional and Unconditional Conservatism”, International Review of Financial Analysis, 20 (2), pp. 88-102. [ABS 3]
Iatridis, G. (2012), “Hedging and Earnings Management in the Light of IFRS Implementation: Evidence from the UK Stock Market”, British Accounting Review, 44 (1), pp. 21-35. [ABS 3]
Iatridis, G. (2015), “Corporate Philanthropy in the US Stock Market: Evidence on Corporate Governance, Value Relevance and Earnings Manipulation”, International Review of Financial Analysis, 39, pp. 113-126. [ABS 3]
Persakis, A. and G. Iatridis (2015), “Cost of Capital, Audit and Earnings Quality under Financial Crisis: A Global Empirical Investigation”, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 38, pp. 3-24. [ABS 3]
Iatridis, G. (2016), “Financial Reporting Language in Financial Statements: Does Pessimism Restrict the Potential for Managerial Opportunism?”, International Review of Financial Analysis, 45, pp. 1-17. [ABS 3]
Persakis, A. and G. Iatridis (2016), “Audit Quality, Investor Protection and Earnings Management during the Financial Crisis of 2008: An International Perspective”, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 41, pp. 73-101. [ABS 3]
Since 2014: Deputy Member (Auditing Practices Board, Accounting and Auditing Oversight Board, Ministry of Economics, Greece)
2009–2014: Member (Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam Committee, Ministry of Economics, Greece)
2013–2014: Deputy Member (Auditing Practices Board, Accounting and Auditing Oversight Board, Ministry of Economics, Greece)
2010–2013: Deputy Chairman (Auditing Practices Board, Accounting and Auditing Oversight Board, Ministry of Economics, Greece)
2007–2013: Member (Accounting Standards Board, Accounting and Auditing Oversight Board, Ministry of Economics, Greece)
2010–2013: Member (Committee for Company Accounting Books and Records, Ministry of Economics, Greece)
2011: Member (Special Regulatory Committee for the Change of Company Accounting Books and Records, Ministry of Economics, Greece)
2010: Member (Working group for the Preparation of the Financial Reporting Regulation for the Government and the Public Sector, Accounting and Auditing Oversight Board, Ministry of Economics, Greece, Π.Δ. 15 (Government Journal – ΦΕΚ – 30/ 2 March 2011)); Member of International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) Translation Committee (Accounting and Auditing Oversight Board, Ministry of Finance and Economics, & Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Greece)
2009–2011: Member (Working group for the Preparation of the Syllabus of the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examination, Ministry of Economics, Greece)