. At the transition point there is a jumpin risk taking, as private banks do not internalize the social costs of bank … data complementing existing evidence that financial instability is highest when bank control is capturedby small lobbies. …

significantly influencing the risk-taking attitudes of bank managers. Particularly, we intend to substantiate the theory that banks … banking sectors due to a missing ability to monitor bank managers. Our results underline that these problems appear to mislead … bank managers showing an unreasonable risk-taking behavior. In a first stage, we rely on a theoretical model explaining …

Some have suggested that weaknesses in bank corporate governance played a prominent role in the recent financial crisis …, we are able to simultaneously account for the incentives and constraints that influence the major participants in a bank …'s management and oversight. We find that the stock ownership by bank managers, their wealth diversification, the structure of …

incentives of insiders to expropriate bank resources and promote bank efficiency, and are supposed to have real economic effect …

This paper presents recent trends in bank ownership across countries and summarizes the evidence regarding the … implications of bank ownership structure for bank performance and competition, financial stability, and access to finance. The … the impact of government bank ownership suggests few benefits, especially for developing countries …