Ladas Anestis

Anestis Ladas is an Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Business Administration, University of Macedonia. He holds a PhD in Accounting from the same university, an MSc in International Securities Investment and Banking from the University of Reading (UK), and a BSc in Economics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

• Specializes in textual analysis of financial statements and network analysis for risk measurement
• Active in blockchain applications for accounting and auditing
• Publishes in journals like International Journal of Accounting and Journal of Financial Stability

His research explores:

• Information content of financial reports
• Impact of accounting variables on financial risk
• Accounting conservatism and value relevance
• Cryptoasset accounting frameworks
• Big data analytics in accounting

Recent publications analyze:

• Textual characteristics of 10-K filings (2021)
• Capital flow regulation and liquidity (2020)
• Aggregate accounting data for credit risk prediction (2019)
• Financial contagion prevention mechanisms (2019)

He supervises PhD research on textual analysis of accounting comparability and serves as ad-hoc reviewer for journals including British Accounting Review and Multinational Finance Journal.