We analyze the relation between comprehensive measures of board quality and the cost as well as the non-price terms of bank loans. We show that firms with higher quality boards and even a single (non-insider) advisory board member borrow at lower interest rates. This relation exists even after...

This paper explores the spillover effects of Hurricane Katrina on corporate bonds through the liquidations of bond holdings by property and reinsurance companies exposed to the Katrina shock. We find that the sales of exposed property and reinsurance companies create a persistent negative price...

This paper compares funding structure, financial facilities, and evolution of roles and activities of Export-Import Banks (EXIMs) in six Asian economies -- Japan, Korea, Taiwan of China (hereinafter referred as Taiwan), India, Thailand, and China. It examines the similarities and differences...

Whilst the ongoing banking regulatory reforms towards a comprehensive Basel III framework emphasise bank transparency, disclosure and a competitive banking market environment, very little is known about the empirical relationship between bank opacity and banking competition. We investigate the...

Credit risk management is an important aspect for a banking institution. This study attempted to investigate the impact of bank-specific factors and macroeconomic factors that will affecting credit risk of Bank of Ayudhya in Thailand. This study employed multi regression analysis from the year...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the measurement of the bank credit risk required for the indicator, the use of financial information, and the relationship of the company's information collected by the bank over the years and based on the past research like articles, journal and so...

The report analyzes the bank's credit risk over five years from 2013 to 2017. Through the analysis of this study, the bank's credit risk analysis and comparison. The results of the research show that the performance of the bank is influenced by credit risk and macroeconomics

The paper aims to explore the bank specific factors and macroeconomics factors of profitability in Barclays Bank PLC in United Kingdom during 2013-2017. The regression analysis findings shows that ROE was positively and statistically significant, whereas debt to equity negatively and...

How do developments at lending institutions that alter the way they grant and monitor loans influence their borrowers' financial reporting quality (FRQ)? We examine this question by investigating the influence that privatizations of Chinese state banks (CSBs) had on the quality of their...

This paper examines the cash management practices of firms during the period of increased FDIC insurance on noninterest-bearing accounts. While the Transaction Account Guarantee Program and Dodd-Frank Act were intended to help banks by preventing deposit withdrawals, they also seem to have...