Mücke, Christian; Pelizzon, Loriana; Pezone, Vincenzo; … - 2021
appoint independent directors on the board of an assisted bank that missed six dividend payments to the Treasury - helped … attenuate bailout-related moral hazard. Banks were averse to these appointments - the empirical distribution of missed payments … exhibits a sharp discontinuity at five. Director appointments by the Treasury led to improved bank performance, lower CEO pay …