Dr Vasiliki Athanasakou

Lecturer in Accounting

Research interests

• Earnings management and earnings quality
• Expectations management
• Voluntary disclosure 
• The impact of accounting and market regulation on capital markets and intermediaries
• Executive compensation and corporate governance 

Publications

• The market reward for achieving analyst earnings expectations: does managing expectations or earnings matter? ? (with N.C. Strong and M. Walker) 2011. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 38, 58-94.
  
  
• The association between classificatory and inter-temporal smoothing: Evidence from the UK's FRS3' (with N.C. Strong and M. Walker) 2010. International Journal of Accounting 45, 224-257.
  
  
• Discussion of 'The impact of dual class structure on earnings management activities'. 2010. Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting 37, 486-494.
  
  
• Earnings management or forecast guidance to meet analyst expectations? (with N.C. Strong and M. Walker) 2009. Accounting and Business Research 39 (1), 3–35.  
  
  
• Classificatory Income Smoothing: the impact of a change in regime of reporting financial performance (with N.C. Strong and M. Walker) 2007. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 26, 387-435.
  
  
• Understanding the earnings reporting practices of UK firms and their interactions with analysts' earnings forecasts (with Choi, Y.S., Lin, S., Walker M., and S. Young) 2008. ICAEW Briefing (Centre for Business Performance).

Working papers

• 'Forward-looking performance disclosure and earnings quality' (with K. Hussainey).  

Awards and Honours

My PhD was funded by:

1. ESRC (+3) Research Studentship (2003-2005)
2. URS (University Research Studentship) granted by the University of Manchester (2003-2005)
3. Departmental Studentship granted by the Manchester School of Accounting and Finance (2002-2003)

During my undergraduate studies I received the following awards:

a.    The Greek State Scholarships Foundation (granted to the top 10 students in each
       academic year). 
b.    The Georgiou Halkiopoulou Foundation (specific to exceptional students of the
        Athens University of Business and Economics).

Teaching

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Lectures / classes

• AC100 Elements of Accounting and Finance
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• AC330 Financial Accounting, Analysis and Valuation
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• LL440 Corporate Accountability: Topics in Legal and Accounting Regulation