Studies

Ph.D. in Accounting, Aristotle University, Department of Economics
MSc Business Administration (specialisation in Finance), Groningen University, Netherlands
MSc International Accounting & Financial Studies, Strathclyde University, UK
BSc Economics, Aristotle University, Department of Economics

Experience - Academic Positions

Assistant Professor, Aristotle University, Department of Economics (2018-present)
Lecturer, Exeter University (UK), Department of Accounting (2012-2018)
In the past I worked as Economist, as well as in ING Investment Management (Fixed Income and Treasury) in the Netherlands.
Member of the Higher Education Academy (UK).

Research Interests

External audit of public listed companies, Audit Committees, Audit and financial reporting quality

Publications – Conferences

Publications in Scientific Journals
Livne, G., Tsipouridou, M., and Wood, A. (2024). “Do Audit Committees and Auditors Coordinate Effort? Evidence from Risk Areas, Materiality and Meetings”. Forthcoming in The Accounting Review. (ABS 4*)
Floropoulos, S., Tsipouridou, M., and Spathis, C. (2024). “Book-tax conformity and earnings management: a research agenda”. Forthcoming in the Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. (ABS 3)
Horton, J., Tsipouridou, M., and Wood, A. (2018). “European market reaction to audit reforms”. European Accounting Review, 27(5), 991-1023. (ABS 3)
Tsipouridou, M. and Spathis, C. (2014). Audit opinion and earnings management: Evidence from Greece. Accounting Forum 38, 38-54. (ABS 3)
Tsipouridou, M. and Spathis, C. (2012). Earnings management and the role of auditors in an unusual IFRS context: The case of Greece. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation 21, 62-78. (ABS 3)
Floropoulos, J, Spathis, C., Halvatzis, D. and Tsipouridou, M. (2010). Measuring the success of the Greek Taxation Information System. International Journal of Information Management 30, 47-56. (ABS 2)

Other publications:
Tsipouridou, M., Boskou, G., and Spathis, C. (2023). Exploring the determinants of Key Audit Matters in audit reports. 17th ICESALM 2023 International Conference on Enterprise Systems, Accounting, Logistics and Management- Proceedings (in press).
Petropoulos, G, Tsipouridou, M., Boskou, G., and Spathis, C. (2021). Disclosure of important issues in audit reports: first year of implementation. International Conference on Business & Economics - Proceedings, Hellenic Open University (ICBE HOU). Vol.1, No.1, https://eproceedings.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/ICBE-HOU/issue/view/202
Floropoulos, S., Tsipouridou, M., and Spathis, C. (2021). Book-tax conformity and earnings management: recent research. International Conference on Business & Economics - Proceedings, Hellenic Open University (ICBE HOU). Vol.1, No.1, https://eproceedings.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/ICBE-HOU/issue/view/202
Boskou, G., Tsipouridou M., and Spathis, C. (2020). Corporate Governance and its association with audit opinion: the case of Greece. Advances in Applied Economic Research Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Applied Economics, Springer. (ISBN 978-3-030-63969-3).
Spathis, C. and Tsipouridou, M. (2012). “Audit opinion, audit firm and financial information in an IFRS context”. Chapter in book ‘Contributions to Accounting Research I’. Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. ISBN 978-960-7943-09-05

Conferences:
2023: 45th Annual Conference of the European Accounting Association (Helsinki)
2022: 44th Annual Conference of the European Accounting Association (Bergen)
2022: 21st Hellenic Finance and Accounting Association Conference (Thessaloniki).
2021: International Conference on Business & Economics, Hellenic Open University (virtual)
2021: 1st Virtual Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association
2020: 19th Annual Conference of the Hellenic Finance & Accounting Association (online)
2020: International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE) (online)
2019: 10th European Auditing Research Network (EARNet) Symposium (Parma)
2017: 40th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association (Valencia)
2016: 15th Annual Conference of the Hellenic Finance & Accounting Association (Thessaloniki)
2015: 8th European Auditing Research Network (EARNet) Symposium (Lausanne)
2013: 36th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association (Paris)
2011: 34th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association (Rome)
2010: 3rd International Conference on Accounting and Finance (Skiathos)
2010: 1st Annual International Conference on Business & Economics (Thessalonica)
2008: 24th Doctoral Colloquium in Accounting, European Accounting Association (Rotterdam)