This paper examines the trends and endogenous formation of bank board structure (size, independence, CEO duality and gender diversity) for a sample of 212 bank holding companies from 1997 to 2004. Overall, the results show that the costs and benefits of boards monitoring and advising roles could...

Focuses on financing tools and program models to support local economic development. Includes an overview of private capital markets and financing sources to understand capital market imperfections that constrain economic development; business accounting; financial statement analysis; federal...

Seit dem 01. Januar 2007 ist Bulgarien Mitglied der Europäischen Union. Es ist unumstritten, dass ein gut entwickeltes und stabiles Finanzsystem entscheidend für die Konvergenz und die erfolgreiche Integration des jeweiligen Mitgliedstaates ist. Die Banken spielen in der bulgarischen...

In this dissertation, two questions concerning monetary policy under the Taylor rule have been addressed. The first question is on, under the Taylor rule, whether a central bank should be responsible for both bank supervision and monetary policy or whether the two tasks should be exercised by...

Hasta que tuvieron lugar los acontecimientos de otoño de 2008 tras la quiebra de Lehman Brothers, la atención de los responsables de política económica y, en buena parte el debate académico, en el ámbito de la estabilidad financiera se había centrado en la coordinación entre supervisión...