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Bank mergers in the financial crisis: A competition policy perspective
Hellwig, Michael; Laser, Falk Hendrik - 2019
We analyze a large merger in the Dutch banking market during the financial crisis using disaggregated data. Based on a merger simulation model, we evaluate merger-induced changes in the interest rates for savings accounts. We find that the merging banks decreased interest rates by 3 to 5 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119076
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Blockholdings and Corporate Governance in the EU Banking Sector
Köhler, Matthias - 2008
Ownership structures widely differ across the EU. While large blockholdings dominate in the banking sector in Continental Europe, ownership is widely dispersed in the United Kingdom. These differences have consequences for corporate governance in the EU banking sector. This paper analyzes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298692
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Blockholdings and corporate governance in the EU banking sector
Köhler, Matthias - 2009
Ownership structures widely differ across the EU. While large blockholdings dominate in the banking sector in Continental Europe, ownership is widely dispersed in the United Kingdom. These differences have consequences for corporate governance in the EU banking sector. This paper analyzes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299073
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Corporate governance and current regulation in the German banking sector: an overview and assessment
Köhler, Matthias - 2010
for stock corporations. Recent empirical evidence, moreover, suggests that bank shareholders pushed for greater risk …-taking and not managers. This contrast with public view that the bank managers are pushed by aggressive remunerations schemes to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299931
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Women on the board and executive duration: Evidence for European listed firms
Buchwald, Achim; Hottenrott, Hanna - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015
The participation of women in top-level corporate boards (or rather the lack of it) is subject to intense public debate. Several countries are considering legally binding quotas to increase the share of women on boards. Indeed, research on board diversity suggests positive effects of gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011203170
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Women on the board and executive duration: Evidence for European listed firms
Buchwald, Achim; Hottenrott, Hanna - 2015
The participation of women in top-level corporate boards (or rather the lack of it) is subject to intense public debate. Several countries are considering legally binding quotas to increase the share of women on boards. Indeed, research on board diversity suggests positive effects of gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491290
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Bank owners or bank managers: who is keen on risk? Evidence from the financial crisis
Gropp, Reint E.; Köhler, Matthias - 2010
In this paper, we analyse whether bank owners or bank managers were the driving force behind the risks incurred in the … manager-controlled banks. The results are robust to controlling for a wide variety of bank specific, country specific …, regulatory and legal variables. Regulation does not seem to mitigate risk taking by bank owners. We find no evidence that profit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299988
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Bank owners or bank managers: who is keen on risk? Evidence from the financial crisis
Gropp, Reint; Köhler, Matthias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
In this paper, we analyse whether bank owners or bank managers were the driving force behind the risks incurred in the … manager-controlled banks. The results are robust to controlling for a wide variety of bank specific, country specific …, regulatory and legal variables. Regulation does not seem to mitigate risk taking by bank owners. We find no evidence that profit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518270
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Blockholdings and corporate governance in the EU banking sector
Köhler, Matthias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
Ownership structures widely differ across the EU. While large blockholdings dominate in the banking sector in Continental Europe, ownership is widely dispersed in the United Kingdom. These differences have consequences for corporate governance in the EU banking sector. This paper analyzes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533672
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Corporate governance and current regulation in the German banking sector: an overview and assessment
Köhler, Matthias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
for stock corporations. Recent empirical evidence, moreover, suggests that bank shareholders pushed for greater risk …-taking and not managers. This contrast with public view that the bank managers are pushed by aggressive remunerations schemes to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008494187