Empirical research of the relation in teaching economics between secondary and higher education

The aim of this paper is to study the relation of the course 'Principles of Economic Theory' of Lyceum (secondary education) with the curriculum of Accounting Departments in Greece. An empirical research is realised to students of three Accounting Departments in Greece, in order to study this relation. Information and comments regarding the course and the curriculum of the Departments are given simultaneously with the statistical analysis. The analysis concludes that there is a strong relation between the course and the curriculums.