the relationship between board structure (size and composition) and bank performance, as well as some determinants of … board structure. We document that mergers and acquisitions activity influences bank board composition, and we provide new … evidence that organizational structure is significantly related to bank board size. We argue that these factors may explain why …

We estimate the macroeconomic benefits and international spillovers of an increase in competition using a general …-equilibrium simulation model with nominal rigidities and monopolistic competition in product and labor markets. We draw three conclusions … after calibrating the model to the euro area against the rest of the industrial world. First, greater competition produces …