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Corporate Governance of Banks, Performance, Market and Capital Structure

Lazarides, Themistokles G. - 2019

Many scholars have linked Corporate Governance (CG) and performance or CG, capital structure of banks or market structure. The decision to use the capital market or debt in order to obtain the necessary capital to finance firms' operations is a critical factor for the formulation of corporate...

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The Corporate Governance Movement, Banks and the Financial Crisis

Cheffins, Brian R. - 2014

This paper discusses why a “corporate governance movement” that commenced in the United States in the 1970s became an entrenched feature of American capitalism and describes how the chronology differed in a potentially crucial way for banks. The paper explains corporate governance's...

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Corporate Governance of Banks : Is More Board Independence the Solution?

Dorenbos, Edyta M. - 2013

In the context of corporate governance reforms following the global financial crisis, policymakers have focused on how to reduce the bank manager' incentives to take risks in order to promote financial stability. On both sides of the Atlantic, legislation seeks to pursue this goal by enhancing...

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The Duty of Care of Bank Directors and Officers

Hill, Julie Andersen - 2017

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) brought numerous lawsuits against directors and officers of failed banks asserting that they had breached their fiduciary duty of care. Under state corporate law, duty of care claims arise in...

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Chapter 6. Boards, and the Directors Who Sit on Them

Adams, Renée B. - 2017

Boards of directors are intellectually interesting; the literature on boards has academic impact and there is substantial scope for this literature to have policy impact. I illustrate these points by combining a select review of the literature with evidence from a variety of data sets. Boards...

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Board meetings and bank performance in Africa

Kyei, Simms Mensah; Werner, Katarzyna; Appiah, Kingsley … - In: Cogent business & management 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-16

This study examines the relationship between a board meeting and banks performance in Africa. This paper provides insight on this question after taking into account the endogeneity of the relationship between board meetings and performance. Specifically, we use the GMM technique and a sample of...

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Quack Corporate Governance, Round III? Bank Board Regulation Under the New European Capital Requirement Directive

Enriques, Luca - 2014

After a crisis, broad and sweeping reforms are enacted to restore trust. Following the 2007-2008 Great Financial Crisis, the European Union has engaged in an ambitious overhaul of banking regulation. One of its centerpieces, the 2013 Fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), tackles,...

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Abnormal Returns of Japanese Acquisition Bidders - Impact of Pro-M&A Legislation in the 1990s

Higgins, Huong N. - 2009

This paper examines the market's reaction to news of corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by Japanese bidders during the 1990s. Domestic versus global bids and pro-M&A legislation are considered as determinants of bidders' abnormal returns. The results show that bidders for domestic targets...

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Minority Shareholders' Enforcement of Corporate Governance in Takeovers : An English Law Perspective on the Belgian Fortis Bank Case

Lee, Joseph - 2016

The Fortis Bank takeover court case demonstrates how shareholders' claims can make a merger and takeover case less … speedy and, indeed, more costly. The case also raises a number of legal issues relating to corporate governance in a takeover …-market efficiency and social-legal justice in intervening in a financial takeover. The case reveals the divergent views taken by the two …

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Gender quotas, board diversity and spillover effects : evidence from Italian banks

Del Prete, Silvia; Papini, Giulio; Tonello, Marco - 2024

We study the impact of a law, which required the increase of the proportion of women on boards of listed companies to at least one third. We look at its impact on listed banks, but also test whether it led to spillovers into non-listed banks belonging to listed groups or along other board...

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