Evgenia Anastasiou Department of Business Administration, University of Thessaly   Gaiopolis Campus, Larissa-Trikala Ring Road Larisa, 41500 Greece   evanastasiou@uth.gr             JEL Areas: E6 : Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General F4 : Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: General