Purpose: This paper aims to analyze the effects of internal and external governance mechanisms on the performance and risk taking of banks from the Euro zone before and after the 2008 financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach: To avoid macroeconomic problems and shocks and because of data...

In this paper we analyze the impact of capital regulation on performance and the risk-taking of thirty European banks. We used a technique of panel data over the period 2004 to 2009. Results show that capital regulation measured by the ratio capital has a negative and statistically significant...

The objective of this research is to explain and predict the non-repayment risk of companies in need for a credit in order to improve their decision-making process. In this context, we try to distinguish between solvent and non-creditworthy businesses by choosing a discriminant analysis on a...

This study suggests classifying thirty banks from four countries on the basis of their governance practices through a cluster analysis. Banks' membership in countries is not enough for them to explain the proximity of the governance practices between banking industries. Governance mechanisms...

This paper analyzes the impact of the internal governance mechanisms on the bank performance of the thirty European commercial banks. This paper uses a technique of static panel data over the period 2004 to 2009. The results of our paper suggest that the relationship between the executive...

The objective of this study is to examine the effect of the attributes of the board of directors on the compensation of the CEO of thirty European commercial banks. This research uses a technique of static panel data over the period 2004-2009. The study was conducted on a sample of thirty banks...