probability. Though results vary substantially across individual banks, domestic activity and U.S. growth, and higher asset prices …

. The paper discusses the corporate governance of Italian banks, its regulatory framework, and the specific challenges … arising from the role played by foundations and large cooperatives. Although Italian banks have recently made progress in … of foundations when they are the controlling shareholders in banks; and (iv) facilitating the transformation of large …

the possible repercussions of these on the performance of banks can be avoided only by implementing a solid system of … governance. The main purpose of this article is to determine the impact of governance on the performance of banks, through an … empirical study of a sample of 10 Tunisian banks during the period 1997-2007. Our empirical investigation shows a positive …

banks over a 13-year period (1993–2005) we find on average a negative effect of ownership concentration on bank value …This paper investigates the relationship between ownership concentration and market value of European banks, and the … concentration results in a lower bank value particularly in the countries belonging to German legal family, the impact of ownership …

This technical note assesses the reform of Spanish savings banks (SSBs). It provides a brief overview of the SSB …

paper analyses the banks ownership and control structure. It finds that Pakistan has its own idiosyncrasies, which are …