We investigate the role of CEO power and government monitoring on bank dividend policy for a sample of 109 European …. Government ownership and the presence of a government official on the board of directors of the bank, also reduces payout ratios …, in line with the view that government is incentivized to favor the interest of bank creditors before the interest of …

measurement of bank efficiency, competition, and liquidity creation a critical issue for both policy makers and bank managers … stability, examining the cases of fourteen Asia Pacific countries between 2003 and 2010, and goes on to discuss whether bank … insight for researchers, policy makers and bank managers with an interest in financial rationalization, restructuring and …