We empirically investigate whether a bank's decision to recapitalize is influenced by the separation between voting and … cash-flow rights of the ultimate owner. We use a novel dataset on bank ultimate control and ownership structure of 442 … more pronounced if the ultimate owner is a family or a state, or if the bank is headquartered in a country with weak …

This paper empirically investigates whether a bank's decision to adjust its capital is influenced by the existence of a … bank is headquartered in a country with relatively weak shareholder protection. Moreover, this behavior is tempered during …

We investigate the impact of the interaction of disclosure and ownership structure on bank risk. Using a sample of 209 … by individual bank default risk. Furthermore, a deeper investigation shows that disclosure on income statement, loans …

and have critical policy implications for the implementation of Basel III and the debate on capital requirements and bank …

and have critical policy implications for the implementation of Basel III and the debate on capital requirements and bank …

We investigate the influence of the institutional environment on bank capital ratios. Using a sample of 149 banks …. Our findings contribute to the bank capital structure literature and have important policy implications for developing …

, we explore the influence of religiosity, institutional factors, and bank-level heterogeneity. We observe that Islamic …