Karamanis Konstantinos

Dr Constantinos Caramanis is Professor of Accounting at the Department of Business Administration, Athens University of Economics and Business - AUEB (since 1999). He previously held a lectureship post at the University of Manchester (1996-1999). He graduated from the Athens University of Economics and Business with a B.A. in Business Administration (1979-1983). He received a Master’s in Accounting and Finance from the University of Lancaster (1991-1992), and a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Edinburgh (1993-1996).

His research interests include the history and current developments in the Greek auditing profession, the market for audit services, the establishment of ‘independent’ accounting oversight boards, and issues in financial reporting. Four of his papers have been published in two of the leading international academic journals: Accounting, Organizations and Society and Journal of Accounting and Economics. Other published work has appeared in reputable international journals including: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Accounting Forum, British Accounting Review, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, European Accounting Review, and International Journal of Auditing. His research work has been cited in high quality academic journals. He has served as a reviewer (ad-hoc) for several journals including: British Accounting Review, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, European Accounting Review and International Journal of Auditing. He has also authored an auditing textbook (in Greek) and two books for practitioners, and a series of articles for the Greek press and professional magazines.

In January 2016, he was awarded "The Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award" by the American Accounting Association, for "Audit Effort and Earnings Management" (published in Journal of Accounting and Economics in 2008, with Clive Lennox).